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

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17 May 2055923170712920114

Passive cooling is a global priority: There must be 100 potential design projects in this report https://efficiencyforaccess.org/publications/landscape-mapping-of-space-cooling-solutions-in-rural-sub-saharan-africa-and-south-asia/

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17 May 2055905843980169493

China has established 903 national wetland parks in 20 years. Over 90 percent of them are free to the public for eco-tourism, cultural activities, and environmental education.

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Wetlands projects protecting species

China has established 903 national wetland parks over the past two decades, protecting 2.4 million hectares of wetla...

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"Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once". @ft blames smart phones. I'm more inclined to blame The System

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Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once

Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world

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16 May 2055632378165411890

on second thoughts, maybe a better word (to explain plummeting birth rates) would be 'development'. The good news is that radical alternatives to development are everywhere - as Ashish Kothari explains in this podcast https://susannashapiro1.substack.com/p/collective-now-podcast?r=napfm&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

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Older Brits here probably heard "Dogger Bank" mentioned on early morning shipping forecasts. Now, the wonderful Embassy of the North Sea and Doggerland Foundation are transforming public awareness. Do read their manifesto:

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Manifest for the Dogger Bank - Embassy of the North Sea

Making Room for the Dogger Bank. Towards a Biodiverse Democracy The Embassy of the North Sea and Doggerland Founda...

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