8 Sustainability ideas that will change the world | FT Rethink

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

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.

It was a splendid presentation and an inspiring way of looking into sustainable solutions! Thank you for the well-structured work.

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.

Couldn't make it past #3 it clearly shows no one with any knowledge in carbon emissions ever verified any of those ideas. Energy harvesting has its place, but in some specific niche applications. The amount of energy you could pull from those floor panels would never exceed energy required to manufacture them in a first place!

this video is such a meme, none of these other than maybe the refitting of old sky scrapers will have an impact

Informative and much needed..

I for one am doing anything even in the smallest ways for the better of this world and our environment.

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.

This is incredible

Nice video!🙌🏼

Sustainability is very important especially now more than ever.

Great ideas i didnt even know eg growing wood in a lab. Just heard blood can also be grown in a lab. Why not grow cotton as well? And oh, nice graphics. Who made them?

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.

Ecosia 👍🌱🌳

Hope springs eternal. One day that spring is going to dry up.

Great Video shame that it has such low views.

great ideas!!

superb video... I will share this with my students

1:10 - I STARTED DOING THIS IN 2020 😎