Vandana Shiva: Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest | Alternet

Vandana Shiva: Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Forest | Alternet.

Gretchen Daily: Assessing natural capital – Stockholm Resilience Centre

Gretchen Daily: Assessing natural capital – Stockholm Resilience Centre.

Adapting to a warmer world: No going back : Nature News & Comment

Adapting to a warmer world: No going back : Nature News & Comment.

The Importance of Soil and Its Conservation [Video]

The Importance of Soil and Its Conservation [Video].

CarboNA

CarboNA.

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Home.

GCP : Global Carbon Project : Homepage

GCP : Global Carbon Project : Homepage.

Can De-Chemicalizing Agriculture Save the Planet? by Chandran Nair – The Globalist

Can De-Chemicalizing Agriculture Save the Planet? by Chandran Nair – The Globalist.

Temps set to soar as emissions grow: report – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Temps set to soar as emissions grow: report – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

17141IIED: The eight unmet promises of fast-start climate finance – IIED Publications Database

17141IIED: The eight unmet promises of fast-start climate finance – IIED Publications Database.

Green China — Part I: Why Go Green? by John Mathews – The Globalist

Green China — Part I: Why Go Green? by John Mathews – The Globalist.

US coastal cities in danger as sea levels rise faster than expected, study warns | Environment | guardian.co.uk

US coastal cities in danger as sea levels rise faster than expected, study warns | Environment | guardian.co.uk.

We Have to Be on Guard About False Solutions for Climate Change | Alternet

We Have to Be on Guard About False Solutions for Climate Change | Alternet.

Animals are already dissolving in Southern Ocean – environment – 25 November 2012 – New Scientist

Animals are already dissolving in Southern Ocean – environment – 25 November 2012 – New Scientist.

Experts Agree Global Warming Is Melting the World Rapidly

Experts Agree Global Warming Is Melting the World Rapidly.

Our Climate Is Headed Toward ‘Extremely Dangerous’ or ‘Catastrophic:’ Here’s Our Best Off Plan For Staving Off Total Disaster | Alternet

Our Climate Is Headed Toward ‘Extremely Dangerous’ or ‘Catastrophic:’ Here’s Our Best Off Plan For Staving Off Total Disaster | Alternet.

In Search Of Online Communities’ Good Samaritans | IdeaFeed | Big Think

In Search Of Online Communities’ Good Samaritans | IdeaFeed | Big Think.

Action for a sustainable world | Forum for the Future

They seem pretty good, but I’m not so sure about their framework for a sustainable economy. It’s close.

Action for a sustainable world | Forum for the Future.

Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management : Nature : Nature Publishing Group.

Ecology and Society: Adaptation or Manipulation? Unpacking Climate Change Response Strategies

ABSTRACT

“Adaptation is a key feature of sustainable social–ecological systems. As societies traverse various temporal and spatial scales, they are exposed to differing contexts and precursors for adaptation. A cursory view of the response to these differing contexts and precursors suggests the particular ability of persistent societies to adapt to changing circumstances. Yet a closer examination into the meaning of adaptation and its relationship to concepts of resilience, vulnerability, and sustainability illustrates that, in many cases, societies actually manipulate their social–ecological contexts rather than adapt to them. It could be argued that manipulative behaviors are a subset of a broader suite of adaptive behaviors; however, this paper suggests that manipulative behaviors have fundamentally different intentions and outcomes. Specifically, adaptive behaviors are respectful of the intrinsic integrity of social–ecological systems and change is directed toward internal or self-regulating modification. By way of contrast, manipulative behaviors tend to disregard the integrity of social–ecological systems and focus on external change or manipulating the broader system with the aim of making self-regulation unnecessary. It is argued that adaptive behaviors represent long-term strategies for building resilience, whereas manipulative behaviors represent short-term strategies with uncertain consequences for resilience, vulnerability, and the sustainability of social–ecological systems. Of greatest significance; however, is that manipulative strategies have the potential to avoid authentic experiences of system dynamics, obscure valuable learning opportunities, create adverse path dependencies, and lessen the likelihood of effective adaptation in future contexts.”

via Ecology and Society: Adaptation or Manipulation? Unpacking Climate Change Response Strategies.