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An estimated 30 percent of the planet’s food supply is needlessly discarded. Here are some imaginative ideas to stop the rot.

The old take-make-use-lose model of industrial design has depleted resources and dumped waste into the environment. By taking nature as our model and mentor, we can transform manufacturing — and the earth, says economist Kate Raworth.

Not all plastic are evil, but we could all probably do with a whole lot less. Check out these great ideas — from a googly-eyed trash catcher to a styrofoam substitute made from mushrooms — and learn some small steps you can take right now.

气候变化对全球南方的影响尤为深重。本文围绕TED演讲、政府间气候变化专门委员会报告及相关研究，梳理了气候异常带来的水资源短缺、洪涝灾害、疾病传播与粮食危机等多重风险，并探讨全球各国携手应对的可能路径。

Human beings have made enormous changes to Earth, reshaping it, developing it and generally altering it so much that in many cases its pre-human condition has become unrecognizable. In this far-ranging conversation, ecologist Erle Ellis and landscape architect Bradley Cantrell discuss what this means for ecology and architecture … and how we might think about protecting our planet.

面对气候变化带来的种种坏消息，人们容易感到无力和绝望。但历史证明，人类曾以《蒙特利尔议定书》成功应对臭氧层危机。科学家警告，现在仍有机会避免最坏结果，关键在于我们必须立即行动，因为我们才是自身气候命运的真正主宰。

David Moinina Sengeh argues that the 70% of the sub-Saharan African population who don’t have electricity shouldn’t have to put up with inferior solutions, and explains why he’s bullish about the microgrid.