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Working with AI to find existing solutions to our problems. #Action #Solutions #Politics #Economics #Social #Technology #Law #Environment #Climate
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The old world is indeed disappearing. The new one is late.

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The Interregnum Economy: When Yesterday Won’t Let Go and Tomorrow Won’t Arrive
The old world is dying. The new one is struggling to be born. And the custodians of yesterday are determined to keep the lights on — even…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Global food production must rise 50% by 2050 despite climate change threats. Achieving this requires enhancing soil health, precision agriculture, reducing waste across the food chain, and smart farming technologies.

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Integrative strategies for sustainable agriculture in the face of climate change - npj Sustainable Agriculture
npj Sustainable Agriculture - Integrative strategies for sustainable agriculture in the face of climate change
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December 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The cooperative is not the future of everything. But in a world that has over-optimised for speed, scale and extraction, it may be one of the few organisational forms still optimised for trust. Capitalism ignores this lesson at its peril.

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Are cooperatives the best way to organise companies, governments and money?
The short answer is no.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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"Do you speak or do you remain silent?"

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Iyah May - Good Citizen - Music Video
YouTube video by iyah may
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December 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Mining-induced deforestation is two to three times higher than previous estimates accounting for 19,765 km2 of deforestation with associated emissions of 0.75 Pg CO2.

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Overlooked deforestation from global mining activities in the 21st century - Nature Communications
The study provides a comprehensive inventory of global mining footprints, finding that mining causes higher deforestation than previously estimated, with half linked to unrecorded activities, and high...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Time to clean the world

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This Is Completely Out of Control - Extremely Satisfying Cleaning
YouTube video by Clean Space
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December 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Do you see water as a human right, a public good, or an economic commodity? The future of water demands uncomfortable trade-offs — and leaders willing to explain them.

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The future of water
How the world’s most essential resource is becoming its most strategic
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December 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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It's clear that our current political, economic and moral systems come short of the ideal humanity is capable of.

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#Action #Solutions #Politics #Economics #Social #Technology #Law #Environment #Climate
Universal Declaration of the Rights of Humanity, Nature, and Artificial Intelligence
We, the peoples of Earth, conscious of our shared origin and interdependence;
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December 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Free press is not doing well these days, especially if you include the private ownership element.

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World Press Freedom Index - Wikipedia
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December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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- More than 2,089 AI-generated news sites are currently operating, publishing content in 16 languages (NewsGuard).
- Social media personalization algorithms contribute to the fragmentation of the public sphere, creating echo chambers.
www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/d... #Action #Solutions
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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The global slowdown in public agrifood R&D spending growth has coincided with a larger contribution from the private sector yet cutting publicly funded R&D slows overall progress and reduces the effectiveness of private innovation.
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Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Nothing stirs the political bloodstream quite like education yet we must accept that its purpose is to prepare for futures that will look nothing like today. Valuing self-actualisation not as a luxury of adulthood but a legitimate goal of schooling.

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The Classroom Wars: Why Education Keeps Failing Its Future
Nothing stirs the political bloodstream quite like education. Schools — those modest brick buildings where the future quietly takes notes…
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December 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Seismology is 140 years old. The fact that it hasn't been used in the scientific study of soil is flabbergasting. It proves once again that solutions to our problems already exist, maybe not in one's field of study though.

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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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"As technologies evolve and markets mature, China’s evolving model offers a valuable reference for other countries seeking to integrate renewables quickly and reliably". www.weforum.org/stories/2025... #Action #Solutions #Politics #Economics #Social #Technology #Law #Environment #Climate
How China adds more renewable energy than any other economy
China is adding more solar and wind power to its energy grid than any other economy – but that huge buildout has its challenges. Here's what we can learn
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December 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Today is
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Governments are rearming, defence budgets are swelling, stockpiles are expanding, national leaders are rehearsing the grim vocabulary of confrontation. It seems the world is preparing for war not as a thought experiment but as an administrative priority. medium.com/@soundprinci... #Action #Solutions
Si vis pacem, para bellum: It Seems the World Is Preparing for War
The ancient Roman maxim Si vis pacem, para bellum — if you want peace, prepare for war — has the chilly ring of timeless wisdom. It has…
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December 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Future productivity depends on "closing yield gaps, diversifying into resilient crop varieties and adopting locally-tailored, resource-efficient practices suited to specific land, soil, and water conditions”.
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Climate and ecosystem service benefits of forests and trees for agriculture
Forests and trees are powerful, often undervalued allies of agriculture. This publication—developed by FAO, SEI, The Nature Conservancy and Conservation International—synthesizes the latest science on...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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"Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 requires bold and smarter choices in how the world manages its land, soil and water". It seems the entire world needs bold and smarter choices in all aspects of life right now.
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Better land, soil and water management key to feeding 10 billion people, FAO warns
Landmark SOLAW 2025 report reminds us that resources for food are not infinite
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December 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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The post-energy abundance world is one with greater prosperity, improved human welfare, and generally a more stable climate fueled by overcoming geopolitical conflicts and scarcity issues associated with fossil fuels.

www.vox.com/climate/4703... #Action #Solutions #Politics #Econ
The long, fun list of things we could do with unlimited clean energy
Imagine we had cheap and abundant energy. Some radical ideas are actually within our reach.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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The question remain: should governments be deeply involved in business or just let the market decide. There are so many movable parts in business that one sided policies often have an undesirable effect somewhere else.

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Industrial Policy Can Lift Productivity—but Comes With Risks and Trade-offs
Potential gains in targeted sectors and overall are not guaranteed and depend on careful policy design and implementation
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November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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There are over 130 armed conflicts today, twice as many as of 15 years. These conflicts are more complex, involving more non-state actors, and lasting for longer periods, with some having persisted for decades.

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The Armed Conflict Survey 2025 book launch
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November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Forests and landscapes are an engine of economic growth, environmental renewal, and community empowerment - for every 100 jobs in the forest sector, 73 additional jobs are created in the broader economy.

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Forests for the Future #LivablePlanet
YouTube video by World Bank
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November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Transhumanism may be arriving slowly, quietly and without a charismatic founder. But revolutions are not always loud. Some sneak in on soft silicon feet.

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Are We Seeing the Actual Birth of Transhumanism?
For decades transhumanism has been dismissed as the hobbyhorse of futurists, Silicon Valley eccentrics and techno-mystics — the sort of…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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They were happy. The government couldn't have that. www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...
A family of five was living off-grid in a remote cabin in central Italy. Then the courts intervened | CNN
The self-described idyllic life of a family of five living in an Italian forest with horses, donkeys and chickens has stalled after a court ordered the children be removed and placed in foster care.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Capitalism is middle-aged but not decrepit. With care, reform and a dose of intellectual honesty, it can remain the most productive, adaptable and liberating economic system humans have devised.

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Repairing Capitalism: A Survival Guide for the World’s Most Misunderstood System
Capitalism, like most elderly institutions, resists being pinned to a precise birthday. Ask an economist, and the answer is “it depends”…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM