The Poverty Solution: Put People First
What’s the most sustainable solution to tackling poverty? Nathanael Johnson explores what’s working, what doesn’t, and what we need to change in order to take on this urgent problem.
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Can capitalism, conservation, and cosmopolitanism coexist? Here’s what I learned.
Evidence suggests that there is not just a moral, but a practical imperative to fight poverty.
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What do small-scale farmers want for the future and for their kids?
We talked to small farmers in Thailand about their feelings on their profession and lifestyle.
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How a growing timber business revived a forest
A tiny town in Ecuador was in rough shape until residents and environmentalists came up with a successful business plan.
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The case for putting people before nature
All over the world, environmental groups are trying to figure out how to balance nature and people in carbon-rich biodiversity hotspots.
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How food, forests, and people are connected, in 10 charts
Here's why environmentalists should cheer on the end of poverty.
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What the humble turnip can teach us about economic growth
The root vegetable might have been key to the U.K.'s Industrial Revolution.
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A closer look at tradeoffs
Halt the destruction of the world’s last wild places, stop greenhouse gas emissions, and eliminate hunger? We can't have it all.
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Costa Rica modernized without wrecking the environment. Here’s how.
Not every route to prosperity involves trashing the planet.
