"Japan's Edo, which grew from a minor castle town to one of the largest cities in the world, avoided ecological collapse by adopting a ‘circular economy’. Drawing on Buddhist values, Shogunate leadership emphasised local production, low consumption and optimal efficiency, including efforts to repurpose everything."

https://aeon.co/videos/the-extraordinary-efficiency-of-japans-edo-economy

#Recycling #Environment #Consumption #Japan #GreenEconomy #FossilFuels #Nature #CircularEconomy #ClimateDiary

The “shifting of the intergenerational burden” - more frequent and extreme disasters

"The next generation of Australian workers will cop a $185,000 bill over their lifetimes if the country does not act more urgently to address the climate crisis."

“We have been kicking this can down the road so future generations will have to bear more of the impact of climate change and pick up the tab for more climate action and the costs of adapting to climate change."

“At some point, if climate change is not addressed, it poses an existential risk to human survival, so it’s right up there. It’s difficult to imagine anything that could or should be ranked higher.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/23/australia-generation-alpha-faces-185k-bill-over-lifetime-without-urgent-action-on-climate-crisis-report-finds
#FossilFuels #consumption #ClimateCrisis #IntergenerationalBurden #disasters #habitability #parenting #children #NegativeExternalities

In a world where the people who are rich and powerful enough to be like gods drags the rest of us in to illegal wars to secure the oil that kills us all, but mostly the poorest among us – riding a bicycle and reducing your consumption is a revolutionary act.

#bicycle #BikeTooter #oil #WarForOil #consumption #revolutionaryAct #Iran