Community discussions

#Sustainable Development

Balancing social, environmental and economic progress.

26 discussions found

Imagine Conservation with an always-on intelligent assistant: opportunity or overreach?

A forward-looking discussion on conservation in Environment, Climate & Sustainability, exploring how planet-scale systems helping coordinate energy, conservation and climate adaptation could change opportunity, risk, responsibility and everyday life by 2035.
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Individual action and public policy: Changing personal behaviour or requiring institutional and regulatory change?

An open, professional discussion about individual action and public policy, comparing changing personal behaviour with requiring institutional and regulatory change and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
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Can pursuing green growth and accepting reduced consumption in high-impact sectors coexist in Economic growth and environmental limits?

A welcoming, professional discussion about economic growth and environmental limits, comparing pursuing green growth with accepting reduced consumption in high-impact sectors and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
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Bans and behaviour change: Prohibiting harmful products or practices or using education and incentives?

An open, professional discussion about bans and behaviour change, comparing prohibiting harmful products or practices with using education and incentives and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
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Can we balance improving collection and recycling with buying and using less in practice?

An open, professional discussion about recycling and reducing consumption, comparing improving collection and recycling with buying and using less and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
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Water conservation: A debate with no easy answer

A welcoming, professional discussion about water conservation, comparing using price signals to reduce demand with guaranteeing basic access before higher charges and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
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Community debate: Plastic bans

A welcoming, professional discussion about plastic bans, comparing prohibiting selected single-use products with improving collection and recycling systems and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
0 replies0 participants26 viewsActive

Where should we draw the line on tourism and ecosystem protection?

An open, professional discussion about tourism and ecosystem protection, comparing expanding visitor income with limiting access to sensitive areas and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
0 replies0 participants27 viewsActive

Carbon markets and direct reductions: what do real experiences teach us?

An open, professional discussion about carbon markets and direct reductions, comparing using offsets and trading with requiring direct emissions cuts and seeking practical, context-sensitive conclusions.
0 replies0 participants25 viewsActive

Wildlife tourism: What would change your mind?

A welcoming, professional discussion about wildlife tourism, comparing using tourism revenue for conservation with limiting visitor pressure on ecosystems and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
0 replies0 participants23 viewsActive

When does charging producers for waste become better than charging consumers for disposable choices?

A welcoming, professional discussion about disposable packaging, comparing charging producers for waste with charging consumers for disposable choices and inviting evidence, lived experience and practical recommendations.
0 replies0 participants23 viewsActive