act:ualise | what we think

This is a long-overdue response to SavageSays’ excellent post rebutting the idea that protectionism (even if in the form of buying local or FairTrade) can ever be a good idea. He argues that buying local isn’t necessarily better for the environment, citing three pieces of research: A study by Lincoln University in New Zealand arguing [...]

Have you seen 192021.org? If not, take a look. It’s an interesting, and well-presented, exposition of what it calls the “defining megatrend of the 21st century”: that by 2050 more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities, up from 50% of the global population right now. And in 1900, it was only [...]