ECO Solidarity is an initiative and movement developed with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and Tomek Rygalik of Studio Rygalik in partnership with WantedDesign and presented with eight European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) organizations that address the urgency for more human-centered design in response to humanitarian and public health crises by focusing on ecology, the climate emergency, public health,…
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In late imperial Russia, rising demand for energy and widespread concerns about the depletion of forests caused an interest in peat as an industrial fuel. In the booming industrial districts of the Vladimir and Moscow provinces in particular, factory owners adopted peat fuel to fire furnaces and operate engines, while railroad operators made experiments to move trains with the help…
Stockholm+50 Reflects Lack of Urgency on Environmental Action
In the 1970s, concern for frightening levels of air pollution, hazardous effects of biocides, and the rapid deterioration of the environment reached a breaking point. Recognizing the mounting problems of climate change, nations came together during the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972. The Conference—widely heralded as the birth of environmental diplomacy—established groundbreaking milestones for…