The importance of local knowledge in finding resilient solutions to environmental problems

By Pablo Fernández

Lavalle is a rural district situated at the north east of Mendoza, Argentine. Surrounded by beautiful desert landscapes this place has, for many years, been home to the Huarpes, one of the last remaining aboriginal communities of the region of Cuyo, in the foothills of the Andes. Grouped in small...

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Video: Watch Johan Rockström explain how resilience will redefine sustainable development

By Will Bugler

Johan Rockström, Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, explains why we must redefine sustainable development and develop Sustainable Development Goals that link poverty eradication to the protection of Earth's life support...

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Green versus Gray: Nature’s Solutions to Infrastructure Demands

by John Talberth, Erin Gray, Logan Yonavjak & Todd Gartner

Substitution of nature’s services with technological alternatives has been pursued with almost religious zeal as societies have industrialized over the past three centuries. But the time for reverse substitution may be upon us...

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