To reduce the pressure on the world's productive land and to help assure long-term food security, writes Herbert Girardet, city people are well advised to revive urban or peri-urban agriculture. While large cities will always have to import some food, local food growing is a key component of sustainable urban living.
Making cities sustainable with urban agriculture Herbert Girardet | 3rd December 2014 Ethical Living Food Farming Cities Sustainability herbie-china-city-farming-cut.jpg To reduce the pressure on the …
James Lovelock will be for ever known for his Gaia theory - a huge contribution to how we as humans understand and relate to the biosphere.
The loss of Lovelock Herbert Girardet | 2nd August 2022 | Comment Earth System Science General Systems Theory Biosphere Gaia Economics Editor’s Picks james_lovelock_in_2005.jpg James Lovelock will be …
How pre-industrial societies and cultures mesh together with their host environments.
Towards an Indigenous economics Herbert Girardet | 1st May 2023 | Comment Editor’s Picks Megamorphosis Indigenous Peoples Sustainability Food And Farming 4222262089_0f3030694d_k.jpg How …
Now is the time to be bold, and to envisage a holistic, green recovery linking human wellbeing with the health of ecosystems.
Reframing economics Herbert Girardet | 27th April 2021 | Comment Economics Editor’s Picks Resurgence & Ecologist Club Of Rome Jackson Bigasaki, caretaker at the permaculture demonstration garden in …
Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters?
A manifesto for the Coronacene Herbert Girardet | 21st May 2020 News Covid-19 Coronavirus Economics Thought Leaders Regenerative Farming Circular Economy Cities screenshot_2020-05-20_at_15.20.14.png …
We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.
The metabolism of modern cities Herbert Girardet | 13th February 2023 | Comment Economics Megamorphosis Circular Economy Biosphere Technosphere Editor’s Picks 51673619924_920c64dcf4_o.jpg We must …
The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?
Leverage points: a 60 year legacy Herbert Girardet | 26th September 2022 | Comment Economics Megamorphosis Editor’s Picks World Future Council Club Of Rome dana-379x251-custom.png The threat posed to …
Covid-19 exposes the inherent fragility of our globally interconnected economic systems and the inequalities that they perpetuate.
Is nature taking revenge? Herbert Girardet | 15th April 2020 News Coronavirus Covid-19 Nature Economics Growth screenshot_2020-03-24_at_14.07.02.png Covid-19 exposes the inherent fragility of our …
How do we recalibrate our economies towards restorative ecologies?
The case for a smaller future Herbert Girardet | 17th February 2023 | Comment World Future Council Small Is The Future The Ecologist Club Of Rome EF Schumacher Small Is Beautiful Economics Editor’s …
Creating regenerative urban systems is a key to solving the many interconnected crises of our times.
Cities of the future Herbert Girardet | 11th November 2021 | Other Systems Cities Sustainable Cities Club Of Rome Megamorphosis city-of-london-skyline-corbis-1024x640-57ff778d0e03d-57ff778d2bdb1.jpg …
The sustainability of cities is inextricably linked to the sustainability of distant places. We need a new, integrated approach to planetary stewardship to address this challenge.
People and nature in an urban world Herbert Girardet | 26th February 2020 News Nature Urban Living Cities Editor’s Picks screenshot_2020-02-25_at_18.58.53.png The sustainability of cities is …