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Milan, Italy: Can Trees Cool a Dense European City?

Green Cities Series | Article 17 For a decade, the Lombard capital has captured...

Cape Town and the Watershed of Resilience: A Metropolitan Study of Post-Drought Transformation

GREEN CITIES SERIES | ARTICLE 15 The atmospheric tension in Cape Town during the austral summer of 2017–2018 was characterized by a distinct psychological phenomena...

Why Mexico City is Sinking: The Environmental History of a Modern Water Crisis

Mexico City faces sinking and water crises due to drained lakes and urban growth. Explore the environmental challenges and solutions shaping its future

The Common Table in a Burning World: Why the United Nations Must Be Revived, Not Abandoned

The chamber still looks improbably calm. Green marble. Translation headsets. Country names set out in alphabetical order, as though the world’s grief can be...

North America Wilderness: From Tundra to Desert

1. Historical Baseline Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent North America contained 3.9 billion acres of wilderness when Europeans first arrived—98% of the continent's land area.¹ From Arctic tundra...

Why Wilderness? The Case for an Earth-Centred World

Wilderness has intrinsic value beyond human use; decolonizing conservation and embracing ecocentric ethics are vital for Earth’s future.

Eastern Europe and Russia: The Forgotten Wilderness

1. Historical Baseline Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent The brown bear watched from the forest edge as Peter the Great's surveyors marked trees for his new capital. In...

The Ocean Floor Under Siege: An Investigation into the Global Deep Sea Trawling Industry

I recall watching Attenborough's 'The World About Us' series on a black and white TV as a child back in the late 1960's, he...

Middle East Wilderness: Desert Wisdom and Scarcity

1. Historical Baseline Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent The Arabian oryx paused at the crest of a sand dune, its white coat reflecting the scorching sun that would...

Europe’s Second Genesis: The Audacious Plans for Rewilding a Continent

The air in Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley, thick with the scent of rockrose and wild lavender, held a charge of anticipation. In 2024, a...

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