UK children are losing contact with nature at a “dramatic” rate, and their health and education are suffering, a National Trust report says. “As a nation, we need to do everything we can to make it easy and safe for our children to get outdoors,” said National Trust director-general Fiona Reynolds. “We want to move [...]
From the EC’s Resource Efficiency Roadmap (September 2011) Over the 20th century, the world increased its fossil fuel use by a factor of 12, whilst extracting 34 times more material resources. Today in the EU, each person consumes 16tonnes of materials annually, of which 6 tonnes are wasted, with half going to landfill. Trends show, [...]
In times of rapid change we can look to nature for solutions and guidance. Nature has been adaptive and innovative for over 3.5bn years so it knows how to deal with rapid shifts and solve problems. How does nature do risk for example? Or how does nature do communication? Innovation? Leadership and governance? How does [...]
