More consumption: more happiness?

… and this threatens our very survival While anecdotal evidence of the decline in insects was broadly felt (windscreens of cars were are far less maculated now than they were a few decades ago), it is only in 2017, with the publication of a study by a group of amateur entomologists in Krefeld (DE),…

… because those remaining are not concentrated enough Economists have the illusion that a price system is the universal answer to situations of scarcity. Provided the price for a good is high enough, humans will engage in the efforts necessary to access the good, whatever the difficulties, so that …

… to prevent a race to the bottom to satisfy multinationals When political entities are small compared to the issues to be addressed or compared to concentrated economic powers, they are individually powerless. This is probably a driver of populism and of the feeling that many people have of losi…

… for climate-resilient and integrative cities Michela Conigliaro, working at the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), developed over the last years the concept of “urban and suburban forestry”. This concept goes way beyond what most municipalities consider when speaking…