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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

And nearly all of us use fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and products from intensive agriculture. Remember – the entirety of human civilisation, the flowering of culture, religion, agriculture and cities – has taken place only in the last 10–12,000 years. We are still in the green for ozone-depleting chemicals. What changed?

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

Typically, a population will expand until it meets carrying capacity, or the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support without collapse; however, agriculture allowed humans to sidestep constraints of the natural environment, which gave way for society to continue to innovate and grow. .

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Video Storytelling: 20 Best Climate Change and Sustainability Documentaries (Plus How To Tell Your Green Story)

Green Business Bureau

He meets with innovators and change-makers in technology, civil society, agriculture, education, and sustainability. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground presents Harrelson’s story of discovery as he looks into regenerative agriculture and how it can be used to mitigate our climate and environmental crises. 7: I Am Greta.