Avainsana: Nature-based solutions
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A sustainable city mimics the functioning of natural ecosystems
A city is an ecosystem and systems thinking is the key to creating more sustainable cities. When we understand the functioning of human society and nature and their interaction and imitate nature, we can achieve, among other things, zero emissions and zero waste. In addition to natural sciences, human reality, psychology and sociology are of…
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Geoengineering and climate modification vs Nature-based Solutions
It is often suggested that we could be saved from the climate crisis through climate modification and so-called “geoengineering”. In this idea, humans act as engineers who use technological solutions to maintain the Earth like a machine. The so-called ecomodernist movement in particular supports this idea. The fact is that humans could modify the climate…