Creating a future

Clothing, under its current model of throw-away “fast fashion” is one of the most polluting and resource-intensive industries. The EDO collective in Antwerp promotes clothing that lasts long, is repairable and is made ethically.

Cods used to be so abundant around Newfoundland (Eastern coast of Canada) that fishermen came there all the way from Europe. Due to over-fishing, the population has collapsed brutally – with no sign of recovery.

Our ancestors developed technologies that used very little resources or energy. Re-inventing these technologies with the current scienific capacities will be very useful to define the low-tech material world of a sustainable future.

Global warming is not just about increasing the power of air-conditioning by 1 or 2°C. If left unchecked, some self-reinforcing phenomena can bring it totally out of control.

What this podcast intends to achieve, and the four main series: the challenges, inspirational people, the goal and the way forward.

Our ancestors developed technologies that used very little resources or energy. Re-inventing these technologies with the current scienific capacities will be very useful to define the low-tech material world of a sustainable future.

Urban and sub-urban forests have a natural cooling and shading effect. They absorb excess rain and prevent floods. They provide communities with resources and a sense of purpose.

Common insects and arachnids are not loved, but they are essential to support our agriculture – and thus our life.

They have been disappearing at an alarming rate since the 1980s – and show no sign of recovery.

Economists have the illusion that a price system is the universal answer to situations of scarcity. In the case of mineral resources, this is wrong. Lower concentrations of ores means higher energy costs to recover the mineral – an overall reduction of the quantities available to humans when energy itself becomes scarce.

When political entities are small compared to the issues to be addressed or compared to concentrated economic powers, they are individually powerless.

When Member States of the European Union act in full independence, they try to escape their duties and engage in destructive social races to the bottom to attract and satisfy multinationals.