Fun fact: some fast-growing plantation monocultures can actually store less carbon than the natural forests they replace — and they often kill off biodiversity in the process. Welcome to “The Green Cover Scam” — a scandal hidden behind shiny tree-planting campaigns. On the surface, it feels noble: more green cover, cleaner air, climate rescue. But …
Fun fact: nature delivers services worth an estimated US$150 trillion a year—roughly double the world’s GDP. That’s the scale of what we stand to lose when ecosystems collapse. Welcome to The Economics of Extinction, where we explore what happens to human lives, businesses, and whole economies when the buzz of bees, the protection of wetlands, …
Fun fact: it takes almost 1.9 million litres of water to produce just one tonne of lithium — enough water to fill nearly 760 average bathtubs! Welcome to The Green Energy Paradox, where our dream of clean solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars hides a darker, messy reality. We need these technologies for a …