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Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
December 22, 2011

Thrift Shopping Benefits—and the Limits of Secondhand Style

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Thrift shopping benefits both household budgets and the environment when it keeps useful goods in circulation. Yet the secondhand boom has also produced a new trap: buying more because each…

Environment

Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
December 22, 2011

Desertification in Africa: Causes, Hotspots and Solutions

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Desertification in Africa is often pictured as the Sahara steadily marching south. That image is misleading. The real problem is productive dryland losing soil, vegetation and water-holding capacity under the…

Garden and landscape

Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
December 22, 2011

Vertical Farming and the Local Food Network: Promise vs Reality

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Vertical farming was once presented as a near-universal answer to urban food security. The industry’s recent reality is more selective. Indoor farms can produce leafy greens close to consumers with…

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Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
December 21, 2011

From 7 Billion to 8.2 Billion: What Population Change Means Now

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When the world reached 7 billion people in 2011, public discussion often assumed growth would continue accelerating indefinitely. The demographic picture now looks different. The United Nations estimated the world…

Environment

Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
December 18, 2011

Environmental Refugees: Climate Displacement and the Legal Gap

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“Environmental refugees” is an urgent phrase, but it can obscure the people it is meant to describe. Most people uprooted by floods, storms, drought or erosion remain inside their own…

Climate Change

Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
December 10, 2011

Climate Risk Rankings: How to Read Country and City Lists

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Rankings of countries and cities exposed to climate change promise a simple answer to a complicated question: where is risk highest? In 2026, the best response is to treat every…

Energy

Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
December 7, 2011

Environmental Effects of Oil Spills: Damage That Lasts

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The environmental effects of oil spills do not end when the slick disappears from satellite images. Oil can coat birds and marshes within hours, while toxic compounds persist in sediment,…

Climate Change

Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
November 16, 2011

Coping With Climate Change: A Practical Resilience Guide

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Coping with climate change in 2026 means more than staying calm during bad news. Heat, smoke, floods, storms, insurance changes and rising food or energy costs are already affecting households.…

Climate Change

Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
November 1, 2011

Climate Change Vulnerability

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The Earth’s climate has been evolving continuously over millennia but the last two centuries have witnessed the development of the man-made greenhouse problem, which accelerates change climate vulnerability in an…

Environment

Posted byby TEB Sustainability Research Team
September 22, 2011

Rainforests Are Disappearing—But the 2025 Data Add Hope

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Rainforests are still disappearing, but the latest data contain a crucial complication: tropical primary-forest loss fell sharply in 2025 after a disastrous, fire-driven 2024. That improvement is real, yet it…