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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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Rollicking stuff: A chemical engineer (Ian Sutton) asks how much we can trust Ugo Bardi's model in which industrial production declines by almost 50% just ten years from now. https://substack.com/home/post/p-180407510

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Sutton's conclusion sounds wise, but induces anxiety. Suppose we *do* pay attention to "outlying data that doesn’t seem to make sense, because it does not fit the model" - what, then, are we supposed to do?

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China rolled out more solar at the beginning of 2025 than the US has in its entire history. Is this innovation, or implementation? asks Phil Bell

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Progress is in the balance between innovation and implementation - LSE Review of Books

How Progress Ends by Carl Benedikt Frey examines 1,000 years of technological development claiming progress has hinged...

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The United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralism (IYRP 2026) is launched today!

Next year will be a celebration of the importance of rangelands and pastoralism across the world. ⬇️

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Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh @ncbn visited the #APCNF stall in Gopalapuram and appreciated farmer Parimi Rajendra for adopting the Fish–Paddy integrated #NaturalFarming model. By transforming one acre into a diverse, chemical-free ecosystem that generates high income…

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