Herbert Girardet

The first ever ‘summit of the future’ will be staged by the United Nations next year. It might be our last chance.

How pre-industrial societies and cultures mesh together with their host environments.

How do we recalibrate our economies towards restorative ecologies?

We must urgently move from Petropolis and dependence on fossil fuels to Ecopolis supported by regenerative economies.

Faced with a planetary emergency, is deep ecological transformation, a ‘megamorphosis’ of modern society, still a possibility?

The threat posed to nature and society by the massive expansion of industrial, fossil fuel economies was discussed by a generation of authors 60 years ago. What can they teach us today?

James Lovelock will be for ever known for his Gaia theory - a huge contribution to how we as humans understand and relate to the biosphere.

Creating regenerative urban systems is a key to solving the many interconnected crises of our times.

Now is the time to be bold, and to envisage a holistic, green recovery linking human wellbeing with the health of ecosystems.

The story of deforestation is also the story of the globalisation.

Paiakan died in an ill-equipped hospital in Redensao, as one of over 300 indigenous people who had contracted Covid-19 by the end of June. 

Can we initiate a global green recovery, embedding economics within sound ecological parameters?

Kenny Young - the songwriter who penned Under the Boardwalk and founder of Artists Project Earth - has died following a long battle with cancer. 

Covid-19 exposes the inherent fragility of our globally interconnected economic systems and the inequalities that they perpetuate.

The sustainability of cities is inextricably linked to the sustainability of distant places. We need a new, integrated approach to planetary stewardship to address this challenge.

To reduce the pressure on the world's productive land and to help assure long-term food security, writes Herbert Girardet, city people are well advised to revive urban or peri-urban agriculture. While large cities will always have to import some food, local food growing is a key component of sustainable urban living.