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What does designing for life mean in practice? Who is doing it? How we can help? I write, talk, advise, discuss. We also host offsites here in France .

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24 Nov 1992985507035508880

Imagine a subcontinent without nation-state boundaries, where rivers run free, where people and wildlife can migrate without hindrance, and where peace reigns? Here is one such vision https://vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bioregionalism-Report-Final-RGB_31.10.25.pdf @VikalpSangam @rightsofrivers @pipfpdindia @bioregionalism

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21 Nov 1991912934944182514

Today is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s 52nd birthday. 🥳❤️

A hero who refused to abandon his patients and his people, even under unimaginable circumstances.

We will never forget his courage and sacrifice. 🤍

Free the Doctor‼️

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"Instead of using a diet as the entry point of the discussions of the food system, we should start in how we can manage the various agro-ecosystems in an organic/regenerative way. Diet will follow, as it always did" https://gardenearth.substack.com/p/eat-lancet-misses-the-point

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Europe's response to the threat of the war ending ...

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