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Why we started Polywork
Polywork has officially been live for just over three weeks, marking what was an amazing 12 months of hard work and love from our…

Polycrisis - Cascade Institute
The polycrisis program examines how today’s multiple crises are linked and how the polycrisis could create possibilities for positive outcomes.

The future is made of energy | Orca Notes
A megatrend way bigger than decarbonization is probably the key to abundance and sustainability both.

Polytunity - The Ideas Letter
“Polycrisis” has become a ubiquitous descriptor for the multisector, intersecting problems afflicting the world—but the term masks the systemic nature of these crises and overwhelmingly reflects Eurocentric voices, priorities, and…

Polygon Ventures: Backing the Bold
We are thrilled to unveil the official home of Polygon Ventures at polygonventures.xyz. Our journey, which started as an ecosystem fund, has evolved to encompass a broader vision, focusing on nurturing startups across the vast spectrum of blockchain networks.

Sustainability is not enough: we need regenerative cultures
By Daniel C. Wahl

ICPA - ICPA 2026
Welcome to the 2026 International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA). This year, we meet in Omaha, Nebraska, bringing the international ecological psychology community together in a setting that reflects a growing culture of research and innovation.ICPA brings together scholars from around the world who study perception and action as inseparable, mutually constraining processes grounded in organism–environment relations. The program features work spanning affordances, perceptual learning, coordination and control, development, social interaction, ecological design, and methodological innovation.The conference is designed to support sustained dialogue across theoretical, empirical, and applied perspectives—welcoming diverse viewpoints and participants from across institutions, disciplines, and countries. We invite you to join us for a week of scientific exchange and community building as we continue to advance ecological approaches to understanding behavior in real-world contexts.

How China’s Renewable Push Upends Geopolitics w/ Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay
Why I Love Polywork as a Software Developer
If you haven't heard about Polywork yet you're definitely missing out on something exciting. I...

Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic Disaster
The AI boom wasn’t built for the polycrisis.
Environment strategy: transformative changes for sustainability
This is an independent report by Professor Valerie Nelson on behalf of the Scottish Government to inform the development of the forthcoming Scottish Government Environment Strategy.

45 patterns to support sustainable business model innovation
Our new study presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of presently known business model patterns that hold the potential to contribute to the diffusion of ecologically and socially benefic…

Bioeconomy
An open access, interactive textbook with videos and Q&As on sustainability and social change in the emerging field of bioeconomy in second edition.

Open Sustainable Technology
Open technology projects sustaining stable climate, energy supply, biodiversity and vital natural resources
Interesting conversation exploring the future of atproto sustainability!
JP
I want people to be comfortable paying for an atproto account (ie. space on a PDS) It’s the bedrock of everything we’re building; if it’s not funded it’ll get squeezed in ways that are bad for users (hi Gmail) We should normalise having (very cheap) paid-tier PDS accounts on the services we build

A Research Lab for Open Source ✸ Software Stewardship Lab
An equitable company - Roomy

Ideas on a Financially Sustainable Atproto | Alex | Offprint

Software Stewardship Lab

Fund Your Internet
Project Funding (by Bee 🐝) — Semble