Soonstainability
“Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This is the definition of sustainability…
Articles by ONE Editor
The last hurrah
“Build back better. Blah, blah, blah. Green economy. Blah blah blah. Net-zero by 2050. Blah, blah, blah. This is all we hear from our so-called…
October-December 2021 (ONE)
Poor unfortunate soils
We know everything about CO2. We know so much it looks almost tangible. Carbon dioxide is so often paired with global warming and climate change…
Lost in transition
Green new deal, just transition fund, circular economy, carbon free, biofuels, eco-friendly, fair trade, organic, recycling, renewable, resilience, sustainability, zero-whatever (from emission to waste). The…
Ring out the old, ring in the new
Now is the time to plant the seeds of innovation. The pandemic has been too global and too prolonged to be considered just one of…
Sorry for raising the bar too high
“I don’t think science knows” – Donald Trump’s response to a scientist’s suggestion that climate change had a crucial role in this August’s West Coast…
Nothing as it seems
One of the most unexpected gifts of the Covid-19 lockdown: after nearly half a century the Himalayan peaks are visible from Nepal’s Kathmandu valley, 200…
Change before we have to
This time it is not business as usual. Empty streets, no people, no cars, clear blue skies, producing less, consuming less, reinventing habits, schedule and…
Formula (ON)E
From now on it will be a two-horse race. Last December FIA (International Federation of the Automobile) decided to give world championship status to Formula…
Teen air
Age is the difference. “For more than 30 years, science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying…
The harsh lesson of Monte Narba
A silver mine, hibernated for decades in its splendid isolation, is now a symbol of the wealth of industrial and architectural heritage inherited from mining golden era. But Monte Narba is equally emblematic of the inability to enhance or, at least, to protect historic valuable sites.
US-China climate pledge: true or false, good anyway
Three days ago the United States and China pledged to strengthen cooperation on climate and clean energy. Boom. Enthusiasm everywhere. When the US and China…