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Finding the Tipping Point

Submitted by Other Worlds on Tue, 04/06/2010 - 11:12


   A Thai building made of recycled crates, from ecotippingpoints.com

Many of the problems that face our planet seem overwhelming and unsolvable, until suddenly one day they aren't. Whether through community organizing, legislation, or scientific innovation, problems as pervasive as polio, child labor, or access to voting rights can go from being seen as unchangeable problems to a thing of the past from one generation to the next.

A fascinating website, Eco Tipping Points, explores the points where negative feedback loops that keep environmental destruction and exploitation going, get shifted, and people create new systems and cultures that promote sustainability and environmental justice. This interactive website presents more than 100 different case studies from around the world, focusing on projects like community gardens, water conservation, community forestry, and more. Each case study explores the specific factors at play on the issues at hand, and the steps that were taken to reverse them, with suggestions for how the model could be replicated in other contexts.

Check it out: www.ecotippingpoints.org

 

 

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