Oct 23, 2021

framing Nature

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"If life as we know it is at stake (...) the best approach is to ecologize the economy instead of economizing the environment." We...

October

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"Trees have many values – and their highest value is not as firewood! Trees provide many tangible benefits in terms of shelter, shade, ...
Oct 10, 2021

October

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Oct 6, 2021

The choice is (still) ours to make

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To form a collective will, a «We», "will require the critical production and sharing of knowledge, resistance to flattening aesthetic d...
Oct 5, 2021

October

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"While the transition is eminently doable (...) the truly irresponsible thinking today is accepting the assumption that we can simply c...

October

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"While liberal climate propaganda argues that ecological collapse is the responsibility of human individuals, rather than extractivist ...
Sep 26, 2021

September

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Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).

September

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 Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).
Sep 24, 2021

September

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"We need to ask (...) not only what sustainability means when employed, but also whose interests it promotes and whose are excluded....
Sep 22, 2021

September

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  Equinox. Equilibrium between night and day. Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).
Sep 20, 2021

micropausa verde

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Senão podermos dar um passeio pela Floresta (ou parque mais próximo), senão tivermos uma janela por onde observar àrvores e plantas (e ouvir...
Sep 13, 2021

September

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"(...) art holds the promise of initiating (...) creative percepcional and philosophical shifts, offering new ways of comprehending our...

strings

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It all started with a string ( a ) and pieces of wasted biomass ( b ). Then creating little tensions ( c ), expanding one bit ( d ) at a tim...
Sep 8, 2021

September

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"There's no denying the progress of the last decades, but at the same time we´re faced with an ecological crisis on an existential...

September

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"Profitez de vos promenades dans la campagne pour vous intéresser à tout ce que vous voyez, non pas superficiellement, mais en vous eff...
Sep 1, 2021

September

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Attitudes to planetary stewardship and transformation among G20 countries: 83% are willing to do more to become better “planetary stewards” ...
Aug 28, 2021

all shades of green

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Between «all or nothing» there are thousands of green variations. Green washing, like inaction, is not green. Its a waste of time and resour...
Aug 26, 2021

August

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  "(...) what was becoming clear to me was the extent to which humans, in their wish to escape loneliness, made maneuvers that were ver...
Aug 25, 2021

Adaptation

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"The aim of the Adaptation Support Tool (AST) is to assist policy makers and coordinators on the national level in developing, implemen...
Aug 24, 2021

August

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  European Environment Agency (2021). Nature‑based solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and dis...
Aug 19, 2021

August

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More (digital) data about consumers / citizens should be synonym with increased ethical use behaviours, but is it? Image by Monica Pinheiro,...
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Aug 16, 2021

August

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“People you love become part of you – not just metaphorically, but physically. You absorb people into your internal mental world.” When peop...
Aug 15, 2021

August

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"(...) the magic of our brain lies not in it's constituent elements but in the way those elements unceasingly reweave themselves to...
Aug 7, 2021

August

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Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).
Aug 2, 2021

August

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"The presumption that only very high profile individuals face threats of this caliber is a myth quickly busted by the numerous cases we...

August

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  "In a world without caste, being male or female, light or dark, immigrant or native-born, would have no bearing on what anyone was pe...

August

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"The thrill of life is not about who we are but about who we are in the process of becoming." David Eagleman (2020). Livewired: ...

August

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Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).

August

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Image by Monica Pinheiro, license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).
Jul 30, 2021

July

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  "[T]he first study to assess oil and gas companies using the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Net Zero Emissions by 2050 scenario...
Jul 20, 2021

July

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"Here it's neither in, nor out. The transition between the inside and the outside is inspired by the traditional Japanese housing. ...
Jul 16, 2021

July

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"Fully integrate biodiversity values into policies, regulations, planning, development processes, poverty reduction strategies, account...
Jul 9, 2021

July

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“Prevention and mitigation of drought risk have a far lower cost than reaction and response. (…) [T]his report emphasizes the continuum from...
Jul 8, 2021

July

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"O fermento havia desaparecido do pão da terra. Uma presença de graciosidade, alegria e liberdade, uma fonte de energia eléctrica desva...
Jul 2, 2021

July

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"Everyday of continued exponential growth brings the world systems closer to the limits to that growth. A decision to do nothing is a ...
Jun 28, 2021

June

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The Craftsman "(...) focuses on the intimate connection between hand and head. Every good craftsman conducts a dialogue between concret...