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Publication Info: Medium
Date of Publication: January 15, 2022
Year of Publication: 2021
Publication City: Lyon, France
Publisher: Medium - Ecole Urbaine de Lyon
Author(s): Berenice Gagne
Journal: THE MONTHLY GLOBAL CHANGE REVIEW
Volume: 10
Pages: 1
Top photo: ““A Bridge Too Far” (detail) © Jen Orpin
A monthly publication by Lyon Urban School (Université de Lyon), written by Berenice Gagne, dedicated to a better understanding of global change and the Anthropocene urban world: a selection of news in many fields of study, which aims to grasp the world we live in and the world to come.
January 2022
While the variants of the coronavirus make us review our Greek alphabet, I am happy to share with you this good news to brighten up this gloomy beginning of the year: research on oak trees over the last 3 centuries shows that these trees “evolve rapidly and are able to adapt to climatic variations within a few generations”. An invitation “to encourage the natural regeneration of forests”! Meanwhile in the city, the epidemic is pushing for adaptations around the world.
May this new year be filled with joy, sharing and care ❤️
Berenice Gagne
Urban School of Lyon – Watching over the Anthropocene Urban World & Global Change. Born in CO2 332ppm, my children 400 and 406
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“A Bridge Too Far” © Jen Orpin
URBAN
– In Hong Kong (China), beats are organized to eliminate wild boars whose population is increasing in the territory since the campaign to eliminate wild dogs (Le Monde, 06/01/2022).
– How have cities around the world adapted to their second year of the epidemic? Innovation to ventilate buildings, planning the “one-minute city”, water vending machines, smart city, creation of “heat wave manager” positions, development of social services, universal mobility, etc. (Bloomberg CityLab, 27/12/2021).
– “In Hamburg (Germany), Surviving Climate Change Means Living With Water. The German city relies on an innovative mix of new and ancient techniques to keep new waterfront development dry amid rising sea levels and more frequent storms” (Bloomberg CityLab, 18/12/2021).
– Living without owning: the Antidote property fund, an endowment fund, makes it possible to live without owning or submitting. This is a way to encourage commonality and experimentation (Reporterre, 18/12/2021).
– “Stream 05 investigates the forms of intelligence to be considered, implemented, and transmitted to overcome the Urbanocene. It explores with thinkers, researchers, and artists the advances in knowledge of natural intelligence, the progress of technological intelligence and experiments in social intelligence to act collectively on the city of tomorrow” (STREAM).
“Rivers Feed the Trees” (2021) © Meredith Nemirov
AGRICULTURE & FOOD
– “We are witnessing a standardization of food”: author of a survey on foods threatened with extinction, British journalist Dan Saladino returns, in an interview, to the need to reclaim more agricultural diversity (Le Monde, 07/01/2022).
– Native Americans’ farming practices may help feed a warming world: “We’ve had 5,000 years of farmers trying out different strategies for dealing with heat, drought and water scarcity. We need to begin to translate that” (The Washington Post, 10/12/2021).