Human civilization depends on more than economic growth, technological innovation, and political stability. It also depends on a functioning planet. Reliable rainfall supports agriculture.…
The EAT-Lancet Commission proposed a global reference diet that could feed 10 billion people by 2050 while preventing about 11 million premature deaths annually…
The Original Human Quest Project The Human Quest: Prospering Within Planetary Boundaries was an environmental communication project built around a large-format illustrated book published…
Post-growth economics is a school of thought that challenges the necessity and desirability of endless GDP growth, advocating for an economic system that prioritizes…
The EAT-Lancet Commission's planetary health diet is a flexible, plant-forward eating pattern designed to feed 10 billion people sustainably by 2050. It emphasizes vegetables,…
Learn how food systems affect climate, biodiversity, freshwater, land, nutrients, and the planetary boundaries—and how sustainable food systems can nourish people and the planet.
Learn what novel entities are, why chemicals, plastics, PFAS, pesticides, and other synthetic substances are a planetary boundary, and how they threaten Earth's life-support…
Discover what the Anthropocene means, why humans became an Earth-system force, the Great Acceleration, scientific debate, and its implications for humanity.
Nitrogen pollution is the excessive release of reactive nitrogen compounds into the environment, primarily from agriculture, industry, and transportation. It disrupts ecosystems, harms human…