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Buen Vivir: The Rights of Nature in Bolivia and EcuadorIn the Andean countries of Ecuador and Bolivia, indigenous worldviews that prioritise harmony with nature over economic development have been enshrined in...
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How China brought its forests back to life in a decadeOver recent decades most countries around the world have been cutting down their trees at alarming rates. Since the 1990s, however, China has bucked this...
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Reclaiming the streets: the increasing trend of pedestrianisation around the worldAs urban dwellers and city administrations become increasingly conscious of the corrosive effects cars and air pollution have on our lives and lungs, cities...
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Off-grid solar power lighting up rural KenyaThis rapid transition has seen the booming of a private market since the early 1980s – with hundreds of thousands of Solar Home Systems (SHS) installed...
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The Medellin miracleIn the early 1990s Medellín, the second largest city in Colombia, was the most violent city in the world. The homicide rate reached an unprecedented and...
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The World’s first renewable island – when a community embraces wind powerThe Danish island of Samsø went from being entirely fossil fuel dependent to becoming the World’s first 100% renewable island, in under a decade. In...
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The rise of the rights of natureA global movement to give nature rights is growing in the face of a mass extinction event driven by climate change and human over-use of the natural...
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Taiwan’s Transition – from Garbage Island to Recycling LeaderThe world’s mountain of waste is growing, but one country once known as ‘Garbage Island’ has revolutionised its approach and rapidly reduced waste,...
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Work less, gain more? The 4 day working weekResponding to a recession in the early 1990s, the public sector in the Netherlands began offering a four-day week to staff to save money. Since then it has...