Facebook gears up for ‘social VR’; Chicago gets its first CRO
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Dear U.N. Secretary-General: We need ‘polycentric networks’
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Can digital ecosystems save species from extinction?
Biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) — in other words, those natural systems that underpin our economies, well-being and survival — face threats that are increasing in number and severity.
Why we must design as if we’re part of nature
Most of humanity has lost a vital connection with the natural world — a connection that, from our species’ origins until recently, informed and sustained our participation in nature.
Big oil’s $1 billion bet on climate solutions
A group of major oil and gas companies today unveiled plans to invest more than $1 billion towards tackling climate change by accelerating development of low emissions technology such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) and energy efficiency ...
Sustainability voices react to Donald Trump’s victory
Don't kill the messenger; Twitter channeled plenty of political poison in the 2016 presidential contest, but it also served as an organizing platform and a therapeutic outlet on a global scale.
U.N. seeks to integrate climate into city planning
To support cities in climate sustainability, the Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) from U.N. Habitat collaborated with other agencies to develop the report "Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning."
To the president-elect: A confidential briefing
Dear Mr. President-elect: Considering who your closest advisors are, it is a fair guess that no one else will give you a briefing on sustainability.
Beyond reporting: 3 principles for weaving sustainability into communications
It’s a basic truth — we tend to see what’s right in front of us.
Saving seeds in the North Pole
Since 2008, deep inside a mountain on a permafrost-crusted archipelago near the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been open for business, soliciting and accepting sample seed collections from partner seed banks around the globe.
