Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life

Guest blog by:  Günther Bachmann  It's like a silly nightmare. The Global Sustainability Goals is the most ambitious thing the diplomatic world has ever produced, but implementation is the worst ever - while global warming, the sixth species extinction, a rotten food system, and social imbalances are creating problems ever faster than possible solutions. The world is at a critical juncture, and the younger generation is rightly taking to the streets. Far-reaching demands and tough rhetoric are one thing; however, they remain hollow if they are not combined with hard facts about success stories. Here's the strange thing: Even those successes that do exist are hardly analyzed and turned into seeds of hope. "Saving the world" is the ultimate, ubiquitous rhetoric today, whether in boardrooms, in seminars, in parliaments, or on the streets. P ractical knowledge of what really works and what doesn't, and why, at the national and grassroots level remains a mystery to ...