Published 2022 – As part of the Earth4All project, collaborators have submitted deep-dive papers to delve further into the issues and solutions needed to transform our economic system and provide an equitable future for all on a finite planet. This paper proposes that the only way to prevail against the threats facing humankind is by living by the philosophy inspired by Zulu/Bantu term Ubuntu. That is, “a country becomes a country through other countries”.
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16 August 2022 – We are living in the Anthropocene, an age in which human activities are having increasingly dramatic impacts on the world’s natural systems. Regrettably, modern humans have evolved into Homo detritus, a species that extracts resources beyond the capacity of ecosystems, produces mountains of waste and pumps dangerous levels of carbon dioxide […]
09 September 2025 - This is the first publication of The Fifth Element’s discussion paper series, which emerges from a recognition that our current crises—climate breakdown, social division and the loss of meaning—cannot be solved through conventional approaches...
04 September 2025 - In its response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the Circular Economy Act, the Taskforce on Materials and Consumption has submitted a set of recommendations designed to secure Europe’s future security and resilience while taking...
21 August 2025 - This paper introduces a bold new paradigm for peace in the Anthropocene. Planetary Peace for Human Security: Responses to Existential Risks in the Anthropocene redefines peace as more than the absence of war, proposing a regenerative model rooted in...