“few of us stop to consider how just about every facet of our lives is built around our energy consumption. Nearly everything we do is inextricably bound to our use of energy.” Jeff Rubin, Why your world is about to get a whole lot smaller (2010).
VIEWS 51 | Ghana’s Waste-Pickers In the town of Koforidua, Belgian photographer, Olivier Ervyn, captures the essence of a business based on scavenging for hard plastic and cans to resell.
GEOPOLITICS 39
51 | Afghanistan’s Extractive Industry Located at the epicenter of trade and travel in Central and Southern Asia, Afghanistan could emerge as a regional hub – if its minerals are managed properly.
WATER 51
76 | Liguria: Preserving the Land Two years after Cinque Terre was hit by flash floods, Revolve visits the north-western region of Italy to see reconstruction and prevention efforts.
BUSINESS 84 | The Value of Nature 67
Sven Stöbener describes why companies should invest more in environmentally-friendly models of doing business: it’s simply more sustainable.
CULTURE 92 | The Canary Project
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Juxtaposing art and activism, photographers Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris offer an engaging new dimension to addressing climate change.
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