Sustainability

“This is happiness,” Willa Cather’s fictional narrator gasps as he sinks into his grandmother’s garden, “to be dissolved into something complete and great.” A generation later, in a real-life counterpart, Virginia Woolf arrived at the greatest epiphany of her life  - and to this day perhaps the finest definition of what it takes to be an artist - while contemplating the completeness and greatness abloom in the garden.

For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone - Herman Hesse

As a member of The Woodland Trust, I regularly signed petitions to preserve ancient woodlands and unique trees. Does this make a difference? The battle is an ongoing one, but worth fighting, if necessary tree by tree.

Please see below selected recent food-related change.

See also:

• What's New? - Food
• What's Changing? - Animals
• What's Changing? - Health
• What's Changing - Security
• What's Changing? - Water

November 2023

Please see below recent water-related change, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal goal six (SDG 6) of ensuring clean water and sanitation by 2030.

See also:

• What's New? - Water
• Halcyon SDG 6. Headlines
• What's Changing? - Food

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Please see below selected recent optimism-related change.

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• What's New? - Optimism
• What's Changing? - Hope
• What's Changing? - Therapy

October 2023

Please see below recent sustainable development-related change. (Each headline relates to one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.)

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Please see below selected recent sufficiency-related change.

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• What's New? - Sufficiency
• What's Changing? - Acceptance
• What's Changing? - Consumption

September 2023

Please see below recent regeneration-related change.

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• What's Changing? - Demographics
• What's Changing? - Diversity
• What's Changing? - Environment
• What's Changing? - Nature
• What's Changing? - Sustainability

July 2023

Are we now entering the Anthropocene, an age shaped primarily by people?  

Some geologists say we are already living in the Anthropocene age: the age of man. For example, almost 90% of the world’s plant activity, by some estimates, is to be found in ecosystems where humans play a significant role, thereby putting further strains on the planet's resilience.