What Do Bears and Smartphones Have in Common?
The challenge that electronics hibernation poses to the circular economy.
We need reliable metrics to know how we are performing on the yardsticks of our economy, sustainability and social harmony. Unfortunately, our radar to track progress is far from satisfactory. Countries still use a 20th-century metric to measure wellbeing: Gross Domestic Product, or GDP.
One act at a time, these winners are tackling the big sustainability problems of our day and have no plans on stopping.
Limiting microcystin in our water supplies is a noble endeavour, but it is a Band-Aid that highlights a more pressing need — to tackle the overarching issue of algal blooms in our bodies of water.