How do we envision our futures? Politicians are really lacking in this area. There is no vision for the future. Communities need to decide what they need, and we need decentralised systems to provide us what we need.

The SDGs are a wonderful set of ideas and principles, but they are not a rule book and they do not provide nations, regions or governments of any size a playbook by which to mitigate the effects of climate change or to specifically protect the environment, endangered species and delicate ecosystems.

There are scientists fighting a battle of information uphill and with one hand tied behind their backs against the lobby machines of powerful corporates whose annual dividend increases are the only changes they are interested in. These corporate machines hold the golden-black strings of political influence and media control. W ...