By 2100, climate change will make most of the Maldives uninhabitable. Solution? The world’s first floating city to house 20,000 people, at a price most Maldivians can’t afford. Meanwhile in Japan, a man has come up with “edible” plastic bags to protect deer. These floating cities sound great until you learn that each home costs an estimated $250K. Taking the GDP of Maldives into consideration, each person would need 30 roommates to afford a house. What’s the point of solutions that lack income awareness? And speaking of short-term solutions to a long term problem, edible plastic bags are a new invention to protect an animal considered sacred in Japan: the deer. It’s going to take a lot more than biodegradable plastics to fix climate change, but doesn’t every effort count?
By 2100, climate change will make most of the Maldives uninhabitable. Solution? The world’s first floating city to house 20,000 people, at a price most Maldivians can’t afford. Meanwhile in Japan, a man has come up with “edible” plastic bags to protect deer. These floating cities sound great until you learn that each home costs an estimated $250K. Taking the GDP of Maldives into consideration, each person would need 30 roommates to afford a house. What’s the point of solutions that lack income awareness? And speaking of short-term solutions to a long term problem, edible plastic bags are a new invention to protect an animal considered sacred in Japan: the deer. It’s going to take a lot more than biodegradable plastics to fix climate change, but doesn’t every effort count?
