Studies show, that in some regions the abrupt stop of our activities lead to a quick recovery of nature. We have to say that this is a state – we, as eco social designers, dreamed of. Just not under those circumstances.
But that’s where we are now. What can we do with it?
Our concern is, that everything will go back to „normality“ when we mastered the crisis. But we think that if we can make a change now, we can be better prepared for the future, with all the new challenges that might come.
Can we foster a change?
A few articles we find worth reading dealing with the environmental change:
“There’s an unlikely beneficiary of coronavirus: The planet” by Rebecca Wright, CNN, March 17, 2020 // https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/16/asia/china-pollution-coronavirus-hnk-intl/index.html
“Empty Cities and Stalled Industrial Production, New Analysis Shows Coronavirus Has Cut China’s Carbon Emissions by 100 Million Metric Tons” – Akshat Rathi and Jeremy Hodges, February 19, 2020 // https://time.com/5786634/coronavirus-carbon-emissions-china/
“Offsetting The Coronavirus And Other Lessons For the Climate Crisis” – Raz Godelnik, February 18, 2020 // https://medium.com/@razgo/offsetting-the-coronavirus-and-other-lessons-for-the-climate-crisis-d1639dfb7055
“Corona: By dystopic foretaste to utopian momentum?” – Kris Krois, March 8, 2020 // https://designdisaster.unibz.it/corona-by-dystopic-foretaste-to-utopian-momentum/