April 6, 2025

48 thoughts on “8 Sustainability ideas that will change the world | FT Rethink

  1. Don't send messages that are wrong! Timber isn't the driver of deforestation. In most of the largest wood products producing countries forests are growing! Agriculture and land use drive deforestation, not manufacturing of wood products. Replicating in scale in a la what million of hectares of trees do thanks to the sun wont be feasible

  2. Circular economy achieved through Cradle to Cradle Certified products made with safe and healthy chemicals and designed for disassembly…all powered by renewably powered electricity…is a game changer that needs rapid escalation throughout our global economy.

  3. "Partner Content" you just tricked us all into watching an ad for some start up investments by Lombard Odier Asset Management 👏👏👏 like the one who discovered how to make plastic quicker without using oil. We're not running out of oil, the problem with plastic is not that we need to make it quicker. Seriously F*ck off FT, this video is a d*ck move

  4. All that water in California could be put to good use as any other stormwater.
    Canals coast to coast. Biofuel farms, fish farms, shrimp farms, shellfish farms, hydroponic farms, fruit tree farms, and nuts, wineries, hemp farms for textiles and bioplastics, animal husbandry, Drainage, reservoirs, canals, pumps, water reclamation, energy storage with dams, mechanical and electric wind turbines to pump water, recreation, distribution of water coast to coast, freight distribution, water distribution with the canals. You have nothing without water 💦. That's a lot of jobs and an unimaginable amount of work and labor. Every ancient civilization built its economy and huge cities around rivers and irrigation.

  5. 1 FabricNano

    2 Empire Building Challenge

    3 Making electricity from human-powered steps

    4 Grow wood in a lab

    5 Making affordable fashion sustainable

    6 NCAVES, environmental and ecosystem accounting

    7 InVest has created a set of modelling tools

    8 Costa Rica reversed deforestation

    Before we waste our time and energy let's go through this quick checklist –

    Is it solving the right problem?

    Is it scientifically viable? Does it obey the known laws of physics?

    Is it technologically viable? Is there a demonstration project working today?

    Is it scalable? Are there resources available for everybody in the world to do this?

    Is it resources viable? Is there a sustainable supply of minerals available?

    Is it land a viable? Is there enough space available without taking away from a forest or agricultural land?

    Is it politically viable? Can it be made acceptable to the general population?

    Links to the original projects would be useful for fact checking

    Thanks

  6. As a person that invented a unit that makes power let me tell you since 2016 i have learned that solar and wind are the flavor of the month as it were. BUT as the public starts to see that today the only recycling of wind farm blades is to cut them up and bury them or grind them up to powder and added to wet concrete & solar is no better SO THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN FOR THAT MARKET

  7. We can truly embrace sustainability by cutting down on mass consumption, avoiding the constant upgrade to new smartphones every two years, choosing locally sourced fruits over those shipped thousands of kilometers on container ships, and refraining from frequent air travel.

  8. Impressive overview of sustainable initiatives across sectors! The focus on ethical environmental accounting and conservation efforts highlights the comprehensive strategies needed to achieve a sustainable economy.

  9. All that water in California could be put to good use as any other stormwater.
    Canals coast to coast. Biofuel farms, fish farms, shrimp farms, shellfish farms, hydroponic farms, fruit tree farms, and nuts, wineries, hemp farms for textiles and bioplastics, animal husbandry, Drainage, reservoirs, canals, pumps, water reclamation, energy storage with dams, mechanical and electric wind turbines to pump water, recreation, distribution of water coast to coast, freight distribution, water distribution with the canals. You have nothing without water . That's a lot of jobs and an unimaginable amount of work and labor. Every ancient civilization built its economy and huge cities around rivers and irrigation.

  10. All that water in California could be put to good use as any other stormwater.
    Canals coast to coast. Biofuel farms, fish farms, shrimp farms, shellfish farms, hydroponic farms, fruit tree farms, and nuts, wineries, hemp farms for textiles and bioplastics, animal husbandry, Drainage, reservoirs, canals, pumps, water reclamation, energy storage with dams, mechanical and electric wind turbines to pump water, recreation, distribution of water coast to coast, freight distribution, water distribution with the canals. You have nothing without water . That's a lot of jobs and an unimaginable amount of work and labor. Every ancient civilization built its economy and huge cities around rivers and irrigation.

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