Costa Rica restored its ravaged land to health. The rich UK has no excuse for such complete failure | George Monbiot
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Costa Rica restored its ravaged land to health. The rich UK has no excuse for such complete failure | George Monbiot
Small actions, like learning about the ecological roles of species (such as bats or wolves), spending mindful time in nature, or exploring Indigenous perspectives, can help build this deeper philosophical connection. These inner shifts ripple outward, influencing how we view ourselves not as masters of the natural world, but as stewards and... See more
Jonathan Aronson • Restoring Respect for Nature: How Mindset Shifts Can Solve the Biodiversity Crisis
Not every route to prosperity involves trashing the planet.
Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment. Here’s how.
Rebuilding our philosophical connection to nature has the largest potential to drive a societal transformation toward sustainability but it is also likely the most difficult connection to change. This is because it demands not only a shift in deeply entrenched and nuanced cultural narratives but also a fundamental transformation in individual... See more
Jonathan Aronson • Restoring Respect for Nature: How Mindset Shifts Can Solve the Biodiversity Crisis
On the flip side, do we actually need to be channelling more money into training western conservationists, when this is what rangers in places like Africa see on the ground:
- Funding trapped in systems: Billions are pledged globally, yet much of it is absorbed by international NGOs, administrative layers, and distant projects. By the time it
Policy was weakening at exactly the time that scientific concerns about the impact of deforestation on global warming were multiplying. During the 1990s, and especially from the beginning of the twenty-first century, policymakers had come to worry about deforestation in the Amazon mainly because of the way that it directly released large amounts of
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