Equilibrium

“a patch of mangroves could absorb as much as 10 times the carbon of a similarly sized patch of terrestrial forest” Conservation International

“More than one in six mangrove species worldwide are in danger of extinction due to coastal development and other factors, including climate change, logging, and agriculture” Conservation International

We have some workshops you may find interesting, if you want to learn more about climate change, the future of security in a warming world, CSR and the environment and how to make your house safe and eco-friendly.

We have workshops this March!

Join us  for topics like climate change, green homes, CSR or climate security.

Workshops are open to all with no prerequisites other than your curiosity and concern. 

Fungal diseases are on the rise. Is environmental change to blame? 

“A major factor protecting us from fungal disease is the difference in temperature between the human body and the outside environment. As fungi adapt to living at higher temperatures, we may begin to lose some of that natural protection,” 

https://ensia.com/features/19036/

“In 2015, governments took two urgent steps to transform the nature of development so that it meets the Brundtland standard of sustainability. One was the Paris climate change agreement31, which set out an agenda and timetable for nations to make the structural shift to low-carbon economies. It aims to keep the world well below two degrees of global warming and to help the most vulnerable communities to adapt. The other step was governments’ agreement to achieve 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development by 2030.”

Better Business, Better World

In ‘blockchain’ technology, a futuristic solution to conservation’s greatest challenges

by JENNIFER MORRIS

“the technology of blockchain has been compared to the creation of the internet for the extraordinary impact it could have on how we transfer things of value to each other”

A Curious Plan To Save The Environment With The Blockchain - Wired

“Enthusiasts believe these decentralized, cryptographically sealed databases could starve inefficient middlemen from virtually any system. And today in Nature, conservation biologist Guillaume Chapron argues that blockchains can even save the planet”

How Blockchain Technology is Helping to Clean the Niger River - Bitcoin Magazine

“By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, blockchain technology created the backbone of a new type of internet” BlockGeeks

Bitcoin & Blockchain Explained:

BLOCKCHAIN, EXPLAINED

An MIT Expert on why Distributed Ledgers and Cryptocurrencies have the potential to affect every industry.

Just What the Heck Is Blockchain? Watch This Explainer Video:

5 Essential Blockchain Predictions That Will Define 2018

The ‘New Urbanism’ Movement Might Be Dead

City revival has ceased to be a radical idea, and that’s a good thing.

In the October issue of the magazine Governing, William Fulton director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University wrote a short opinion piece suggesting the possible death of New Urbanism. Being a short opinion piece it was low on numbers and facts but high on anecdotal personal thoughts. 

In response are two articles for you:

1- The death of New Urbanism is greatly exaggerated

Restoring the human-scale to the modern built environment is a long-term task, key to human health and welfare, that has barely begun.

This response argues that rather than proving that New Urbanism is in decline, Fulton has shown how necessary it is. The response suggests that the challenges facing cities and towns today require doubling of efforts by New Urbanists. 

2- New Urbanism isn’t dead – but thanks to climate change, it is evolving

Here is how we got drawn into this little back and forth. City Metric suggests that Climate Change is a main factor in reviving and reinvigorating the New Urbanists. This article is interesting because it provides you with a wealth of references from the leading lights in the field now to studies and examples.

Targets and Indicators of Climatic Change