Why we need a new economics of water as a common good

Anthropogenic pressures and climate change are altering water flows worldwide. Better understanding, new economic thinking and an international governance framework are needed to stave off catastrophe. Water is the lifeblood of our planet — essential for keeping humans and every plant and animal alive. It helps to circulate carbon and nutrients in the air and […]
Cape Town’s drought reveals the future of travel – sustainability should no longer be a niche, but the norm.

For decades, the travel and tourism sector has been trying to make sustainable and responsible practices more mainstream; It shouldn’t be called sustainable tourism as a niche, but rather just tourism. I’m staring at the murky, jaundiced toilet bowl. I reach for the flush but stop and pull my hand back. If it’s brown flush […]