INTERVIEW: Governments have an important role to play in shaping how companies, particularly SMEs, can meet their #sustainability commitments, according to Patrick Paul Walsh, UCD professor and director of the SDG Academy, part of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). 
Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=9960
NEW: Cooperative in Amsterdam Nieuw-West! 
Building a greener, more connected city through cooperatives!
We’re excited about the recent launch of Groen Coöperatie (Green Cooperative) in Amsterdam Nieuw-West - a powerful example of the Community Economy in action!
The cooperative ensures that communities have direct ownership over their neighbourhood’s green spaces, keeping economic and social value where it belongs - within the community, not in the hands of private profit-driven entities.
By giving people a say in how their local environment is shaped, Groen Coöperatie fosters stronger, more resilient neighbourhoods.
Read our blog about the launch: https://www.commonsnetwork.org/2025/03/20/launch-green-cooperative-in-nieuw-west/
Learn more: https://stadsboerderijosdorp.nl/groen-cooperatie-nieuw-west/
There should be a subdiscipline of history, the Boring History, for studying the parts of history where most things went pretty well and calamities were small, few, and long inbetween.
After all, it's these parts that are most worthy of repeating.
Here's Eco-Cat 
with some positive news about #sustainability achievements in the business world.
Commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) made progress towards its emissions reduction targets last year, the company said, as it published its consolidated financial and #sustainability results. 
Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=9919
This isn’t a unique story.
Many golf courses shutting down have been reimagined as serene natural environments.
With a drop in golf participation, thousands of acres are now primed for rewilding! 
#Sustainability
I’m here to build a network of minds—makers, dreamers, engineers, and visionaries.
We have the tools to solve the world’s most pressing problems.
What we lack is collaboration, shared purpose, and the right system.
That’s why I started working on WIN: the Worldwide Innovation Network.
It’s not a company. It’s a movement.
Curious? Let’s talk.
INTERVIEW: SustainabilityOnline caught up with Abby Rinne, director of #sustainability at the U.S. Soybean Export Council, to discuss the U.S. soybean industry’s commitment to regenerative agriculture. 
Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=9861
https://www.europesays.com/1925636/ EPA Withdraws Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Permit Amid Environmental Review #BusinessTrends #CorporateSustainability #EnergyEfficiency #EnergyManagement #Environment #EnvironmentalLeadership #ESGStrategies #RenewableEnergy #sustainability
Not impressed with legacy #publishers, in this case #Brill.
- Publisher's website of (discontinued) journal has no content anymore: https://brill.com/view/journals/hew/hew-overview.xml
- #DOI to article does not resolve: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157018606779068306
For purely academic purposes of verification, I was able to ascertain that the paper exists and would be available from alternative sources...
Countries must move rapidly to slash CO2 emissions from homes, offices, shops and other buildings — a sector that accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas pollution, the United Nations has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/03/18/sustainability/un-buildings-carbon-footprint/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #un #carbon #emissions #constructionindustry #climatechange
Every child can be a gardener in the Seychelles! 
Students engage in gardening and take responsibility for giant tortoises and chickens 
, as all schools are now eco-schools. It´s all about #sustainability and cultural practices, climate adaptation expert Beate Ratter reports.
Interested in her previous research? 
https://www.cliccs.uni-hamburg.de/about-cliccs/news/2024-news/2024-01-24-interview-ratter-unesco.html
#climatechange #adaptation
Yesterday I watched this Danish documentary about how IKEA loves wood yet turns out not to manage their woods in Romania as sustainably as they claim. Was also a bit shocked to learn about how low FSC standards can sometimes go. There is a lot of greenwashing going on there...
Doughnut Economics is an insightful economic model visualization and framing that counters unsustainable endless economic growth.
There is a path forward, but we have to break out of the consumerist mindset that looks to predatory capitalism to solve problems it created.
Read the article: https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-14/what-if-we-could-uncancel-the-future/
Order the 2019 book From What is to What If: https://bookshop.org/p/books/from-what-is-to-what-if-unleashing-the-power-of-imagination-to-create-the-future-we-want-rob-hopkins/8762401
Pre-order the new sequel coming out this year: https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-fall-in-love-with-the-future-a-time-traveller-s-guide-to-changing-the-world/0000a34dec4b299a
"More solutions are available than we’re often willing to recognize."
Solutions will be outside the box.
![What if we could uncancel the future?
Rob Hopkins, originally published by Rob Hopkins blog
March 14, 2025
We need something with a focus on action and possibility. We need a movement that shares stories of what’s possible, creating futures so exciting that people can’t help but want to make them happen.
When Luigi Vitali interviewed me for Dust Magazine
[From Dust magazine: Original here]. Rob Hopkins, a pioneer in sustainability and community-driven change, believes that the future isn’t something we stumble upon—it’s something we actively create or fail at. At the heart of his work lies a question: what happens when we lose the ability to imagine a better world? For Hopkins, imagination is more than just creativity—it’s a survival tool essential for unlocking the sustainable, resilient, and equitable futures we are desperately in need of.
In his 2019 book, From What Is to What If, Hopkins tackles what he calls a crisis of imagination—a byproduct of individualism, consumer culture, and systems that keep us reactive and passive. Without imagination, he argues, we risk repeating the past, trapped in outdated structures that no longer serve us. Yet, Hopkins offers a way forward: by reviving our collective capacity to dream—through community action, art, and storytelling—we can reshape the trajectory of our world. His upcoming book, How to Fall in Love with the Future, out in 2025, further develops this vision.](https://cdn.masto.host/urbanistssocial/media_attachments/files/114/178/753/404/776/206/original/8bd0601e0dfbf9c8.png "What if we could uncancel the future?
Rob Hopkins, originally published by Rob Hopkins blog
March 14, 2025
We need something with a focus on action and possibility. We need a movement that shares stories of what’s possible, creating futures so exciting that people can’t help but want to make them happen.
When Luigi Vitali interviewed me for Dust Magazine
[From Dust magazine: Original here]. Rob Hopkins, a pioneer in sustainability and community-driven change, believes that the future isn’t something we stumble upon—it’s something we actively create or fail at. At the heart of his work lies a question: what happens when we lose the ability to imagine a better world? For Hopkins, imagination is more than just creativity—it’s a survival tool essential for unlocking the sustainable, resilient, and equitable futures we are desperately in need of.
In his 2019 book, From What Is to What If, Hopkins tackles what he calls a crisis of imagination—a byproduct of individualism, consumer culture, and systems that keep us reactive and passive. Without imagination, he argues, we risk repeating the past, trapped in outdated structures that no longer serve us. Yet, Hopkins offers a way forward: by reviving our collective capacity to dream—through community action, art, and storytelling—we can reshape the trajectory of our world. His upcoming book, How to Fall in Love with the Future, out in 2025, further develops this vision.")
The modern western way of life will come to an end for all but the uber wealthy. It's only a matter of when, not if.
"If" passed a while back. The time to learn to live within your community's limits is now, while you still can make adjustments.
Muskrat & cheeto are in the process of collapsing the economy, and the climate, as we speak.
If your community doesn't have a plan for reducing your use of utilities & imported food, you'd better start.
@ChrisMayLA6 Ironically, this may lead to growth! We could build dual purpose devices than can be used for war and during peace time too. Drones spring to mind but also aircraft. Not sure how missiles could be repurposed though! #sustainability
Just checked with my energy provider—there’s still capacity left in my neighborhood for a heavier connection! 
Looks like upgrading from single phase to three phases is an option! 
