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RENEWABLE MATTER
Issue 58 of Renewable Matter is online
From the food industry to wildlife trafficking, from the pet economy to biomedical experimentation: the exploitation of animals still underpins our economies and societies. Yet more ethical and sustainable solutions are beginning to take shape: circular approaches to livestock farming, alternative proteins, and new technologies. On RM58, we have examined the current state of the relationship between the economy, humankind, and the rest of the animal kingdom.
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critical minerals

The Africa of critical minerals seeks a fair energy transition

by Lucrezia Lenardon 10 OCT 2025 08:00

They are called sacrifice zones: territories where the well-being of people and the environment is put on the back burner in the name of the common good. This often happens in Africa, where many of ...

A Map of the Material World: Interview with Ed Conway

by Giorgia Marino 29 APR 2025 18:50

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The digital revolution, the dematerialisation of work, the web, and social networks may give us th...

Why Trump wants Ukraine’s rare earths

by Simone Fant 14 FEB 2025 18:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano "We cannot keep spending hundreds of billions to defend Ukraine without getting something in retur...

Critical minerals, are volcanoes the mines of the future?

by Simone Fant 13 JUN 2024 10:00

Soufrière Hills is a 1,467-metre volcano that dominates the Caribbean Island of Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles archipelago. Following a series of devastating eruptions between 1995 and 199...