Soil. A living, breathing fundamental component of the world. Without it, we would not be able to grow food. There would be no trees and plants growing to provide us with the delicious oxygen so necessary to our existence. Our water would not be purified. We would more or less just be screwed. Yet, we…
Strong Sustainability: Why Protecting Natural Capital is Non-Negotiable The concept of sustainability is still developing. New information provides new insights and the tools to work towards a future more capable of enduring the tests of time. Until recently, humans operated under the assumption that natural resources could be exploited indefinitely without harming the larger system….
Nature provides a myriad of services that humans are dependent upon for life. For example, wetlands purify water and streams, forests prevent and/or reduce floods by absorbing water, plants absorb CO2 which reduces harmful emissions and produce oxygen to breathe, worms transform waste into soil, pollinators provide us with food to eat, and natural sources…