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evolveSustain is a social media project aggregating links to news, articles, and commentary relating to global sustainability, resilient systems, science/technological innovations, and human progress. the focus is on worldwide/macroscopic and regional issues, along with small/local developments that are interesting or inspirational. topics include climate & the environment, energy & electricity, e

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We’ve reached the end of the U.S.-Canada climate bromance https://t.co/JLeFsr1XnJ /
05/10/2017

We’ve reached the end of the U.S.-Canada climate bromance https://t.co/JLeFsr1XnJ /

Where do Trump's climate change denial and anti-environmental policies leave Canada?

Should rivers be granted legal rights? https://t.co/TbuYRGMT8Y /
05/09/2017

Should rivers be granted legal rights? https://t.co/TbuYRGMT8Y /

Should arguments for degrowth be anthropocentric or ecocentric? And what does this mean in practice? There is an interesting discussion going on, starting with two recent court rulings in New Zealand and India about rivers being granted personal rights. We present an article by Ashish Kothari, Mari…

The alternative to the G20 Summit in Hamburg – Global Solidarity Summit https://t.co/8IETDbTxsg /
04/06/2017

The alternative to the G20 Summit in Hamburg – Global Solidarity Summit https://t.co/8IETDbTxsg /

On 7 and 8 July 2017, the Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) will meet in Hamburg. This self-styled club of 19 of the most powerful economies in the world and the EU claims to fight global crises. However, reality reveals a different picture:

Degrowth is anything but a strategy to reduce the size of GDP https://t.co/QwRNFcH7ck /
03/10/2017

Degrowth is anything but a strategy to reduce the size of GDP https://t.co/QwRNFcH7ck /

, I would like to point to a fundamental misrepresentation of the quoted research on degrowth: degrowth is not a strategy “aimed at reducing the size of the GDP”.

Commoning: a different way of living and acting together https://t.co/weP5zuAqrx /
02/24/2017

Commoning: a different way of living and acting together https://t.co/weP5zuAqrx /

Commons are products and resources that are created, cared for and used in a shared way in a great variety of forms. The term has increasingly come into use again over the past decades – “again“ because commons as concept and praxis are ancient and exist worldwide. Today, the research on the shared…

Digitalization, efficiency and the rebound effect https://t.co/MDOk52SP5c /
02/23/2017

Digitalization, efficiency and the rebound effect https://t.co/MDOk52SP5c /

Since the very beginning of modern growth-critique, starting with the publication of the report „Limits to Growth“ in 1972, the mainstream response to this critique has always been: “Well, we can grow the limits by making things ever more efficient”. Now, with the shiny user interface of the ongoing...

Chile, one of the U.S.’s top salmon providers, just lost millions of salmon https://t.co/HW2Lsvdozq /
03/13/2016

Chile, one of the U.S.’s top salmon providers, just lost millions of salmon https://t.co/HW2Lsvdozq /

A massive algal bloom has killed millions of fish in Chile, threatening the country with millions of dollars in lost profits.

In Argentina, an innovative traditional & natural medicine initiative sprouts from urban agriculture https://t.co/tJvUBw...
03/13/2016

In Argentina, an innovative traditional & natural medicine initiative sprouts from urban agriculture https://t.co/tJvUBw8luY /

Trading jokes with his housemates as the sun sets over downtown Rosario, Argentina, nursing student Miguel Suarez drags a hose across the courtyard of the Medical Student House to water a leafy burrito plant (Aloysia polystachia). Leaning from a lawn chair to pick small leaves, agronomist Custodio "…

Unpacking the U.S.-Canada joint statement on climate, energy, and Arctic leadership https://t.co/nxeERmobIQ /
03/13/2016

Unpacking the U.S.-Canada joint statement on climate, energy, and Arctic leadership https://t.co/nxeERmobIQ /

Quick out of the gates this morning, Canada and the U.S. released their joint statement on climate, energy and Arctic leadership in the midst of Prime Mini

Could a new plastic-eating bacteria help combat this pollution scourge? https://t.co/T3p3Q3SBwW /
03/13/2016

Could a new plastic-eating bacteria help combat this pollution scourge? https://t.co/T3p3Q3SBwW /

Karl Mathiesen: Scientists have discovered a species of bacteria capable of breaking down commonly used PET plastic but remain unsure of its potential applications

Aviation emissions are rising – and industry solutions are just technological myths https://t.co/q83Tkzg9qq /
03/13/2016

Aviation emissions are rising – and industry solutions are just technological myths https://t.co/q83Tkzg9qq /

The airline industry's promised technological solutions have not arrived, and they never will.

USA / ReFED Roadmap creates “actionable paths” towards food waste reduction https://t.co/GgHYv8qHpi /
03/13/2016

USA / ReFED Roadmap creates “actionable paths” towards food waste reduction https://t.co/GgHYv8qHpi /

ReFED is releasing its Roadmap, which aims at a 20 percent reduction in food waste in the US by 2030.

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