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Big finance destabilises ecosystems, communities and climate
Deregulated global financial capital combined with new digital tools and asset classes have resulted in an accelerating rush to convert land and oceans — encompassing wild nature and people’s livelihoods…
Intermission
Earlier stories than this are now several years old, due to a long intermission during which the purpose, scope and strategy for ReStory were challenged, doubted, reaffirmed and, eventually, updated….
Economic system leads humanity to a cliff-edge
Human activities are now killing so much of the natural world that biological diversity in dozens of regions of the globe has fallen to dangerous levels, threatening the stability of…
Lawmakers dismiss win-win energy policy and stick with climate violence
Politicians and lawmakers are persistently ignoring a win-win policy proposal that could accelerate progress towards a zero carbon society in a fair and equitable fashion. A study published last year…
Leaders of nuclear states unfit to act for peace
A new UN working group on nuclear disarmament has embarked on a series of international meetings taking place through 2016 with a view to harnessing the clear and growing worldwide…
Scientists learn ancient techniques offering key to fertile future
Indigenous women in villages of West Africa have demonstrated a 700 year old farming technique, which converts nutrient-poor soil into fertile farmland, to anthropologists and soil scientists from a number…
New book explains the power of biochar and its role in restorative agriculture
The second edition of the potentially world-changing book Biochar for Environmental Management: Science, Technology and Implementation has been published.
Road-building decisions reveal profound failures of leadership
Road-building is having widespread, devastating effects on the planet’s forests, which in turn are critical to Earth’s ability to support life, recent research has revealed. Another study has confirmed clear,…
Cooperative network in Australia to transform employment and energy
The Earthworker Cooperative, a community-led initiative with the aims of addressing the reality of climate change and a lack of secure, dignified work in sustainable sectors, has taken the first,…
Ecological water purification method becomes freely available
Mycologist Dr Paul Stamets has announced the release of his company’s water improvement technology to the public domain. Performing functions that Stamets has termed mycofiltration and mycorestoration, the technology entails…