The introduction of a universal basic income protects nature, reduces pollution, helps to reverse global warming and leads to more balance and justice in society. From the fifteenth century—at the end of the Middle Ages, when time stood still to a large extent—Europe began an acceleration of economic, social and technological development which led to the industrial revolution and eventually culminated in the world we live in today. That rapid progress didn’t come out of nowhere. Europeans used paper and the technique of printing with moveable type.

Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. Jurriaan Kamp spoke with the editor of the book, environmentalist, entrepreneur and activist Paul Hawken who is also the author of Blessed Unrest, Natural Capitalism and The Ecology of Commerce.

The virus-crisis forces a politically polarized world to re-think and re-valuate. Perhaps the crisis is an opportunity to build a bridge between opposing views and between the present and the future. The vision of one of Europe’s leading environmentalists, German politician Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker.