In Prosperity without Growth, Tim Jackson—a sustainability adviser to the UK government—makes a compelling case against continued economic growth in developed nations.
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The Hongerwinter was a major famine that occurred in the Netherlands, particularly in the Nazi-occupied western part of the country. Twenty-two thousand people died and 4.5 million were affected by the direct and indirect consequences of the famine.
The Wardian Case, an airtight glass case, revolutionized the movement of plants around the globe during the 19th century, by greatly increasing the chances of their survival.
In 1879, eight-year-old Maria Justina discovered spectacular paintings in the Altamira cave in northern Spain.
In the 1980s, the findings of Paul Crutzen and his team were used as the basis for the Montreal Protocol’s ban on the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), identified as the primary cause for the hole in the ozone layer.
The human species has substantially altered the Earth. We are even able to artificially recreate nature, such as a machine that can imitate the movement and sound of birds.
Geologists from the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) are responsible for deciding how the Earth’s history should be categorized into epochs and eras based on geological deposition in the earth.
The invention of the spinning jenny in 1764 sparked a movement that would change the lives of people worldwide: the rapid mechanization of the textile industry spurred a period of economic growth.
When in about 1800 Bavaria urgently needed money, Georg von Reichenbach founded a factory for scientific instruments and started building precision theodilites to precisely survey the state in order to increase the taxes on land and buildings.
The principle of the division of labour and the use of machines appeared in the 18th century in England. These developments initiated the Industrial Revolution.