Environment

There is no room for doubt: Earth is getting hotter. The question now is how hot will it get?

Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) movement.

“There were times over the past 20 years when we weren’t sure this would happen,” James said. “But we never gave up hope. We took a stance and said, ‘We love our river. We love our fish. We love our natural resources. We love our culture. And we’re not shy about showing it.’ That’s what Blue Creek means to us. That’s who we are.”

Examples like these are emerging across India, from the Narmada valley to Adivasi Villages in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, where distributed renewable energy is transforming rural life and radically challenging the assumption that the energy transition must happen from above, placing more emphasis on what is happening below.

Perhaps the most holistic solution would be to regulate and limit the use of plastics for clothing and laundry applications altogether.

Batteries have quickly become the fastest improving clean energy technology on the planet, exhibiting growth, cost reductions and improvements that overshadow the record-breaking rise of solar energy.