Can cities continue to grow without destroying Earth? A new paper from ICTA-UAB, Spain, offers insight into this complex issue. While there is no general answer to the question of whether sustainable ...

Across both studies, the full proposal with or without the labels received majority support: 74–84% in the UK and 67–73% in the US. By contrast, support for the degrowth label alone was much lower, at ...

Depending on which climate advocate you talk to, economic growth can either be the force that will deliver us from planetary destruction or the source of it. Most climate models assume growth is a ...

Conventional economic logic hinges on a core assumption: Bigger economies are better, and finding ways to maintain or boost growth is paramount to improving society. But what if growth is at best ...

The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has revealed how limited we are in how we think about solutions to the climate emergency. Much of the discussion revolved around countries pledging to lower their ...

The term has recently begun taking root in popular culture and policy. By Ephrat Livni This article is part of Shop Talk, a regular feature that explores the idioms of the business world: the insider ...

Maybe you’ve heard this story before, a cautionary environmental tale for the modern world: Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, some 1,400 miles west ...

It’s a five-minute bike ride to the train station. On brisk mornings like this, I wear gloves and pack a warm coffee for the commute. My work buddy Lucy gets on two stops down, always with a pair of ...

The year 2023 saw the hottest Summer on record in the northern hemisphere while those in the southern hemisphere felt the hottest winter on record. It was followed by a Fall with terrifying storms and ...

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If you had the option of a four-day work week, would you use some of your newly freed time to pitch in at a community food garden in exchange for a share of the produce? How about putting your tools ...