I am currently in my last year of Masters in environmental studies and sustainability science at the University of Lund. I have a strong interest in the socio-economic aspects of environmental studies and in finding alternative solutions for our plantet. Writing is a passion of mine and I see it as a great tool to share knowledge and thoughts with people all across the globe.
In August 2015, 25 students from 17 different countries spent two weeks on an organic farm in Switzerland, discussing the question of how to feed the world and how to do it without harming human health, the environment or people’s communities.
We, like our governments, have largely come to think of recycling as having no downside. But recycling is not always the most sustainable option.
“The time will come when we regret…not acting today,” predicts British professor Paul Ekins.
Residents of Sweden have become so good at recycling that the country has run out of garbage for its waste-to-energy incinerator plants. The result? Importing garbage.