Mexican avocados have become so valuable that they are driving deforestation and gang wars.

The EFF is starting to push for companies not to collect personal information in the first place.

This is, at least, a step on the path to a real solution.

Greta Thunberg's activism has helped her overcome depression.

Feeling that your life is doomed and useless, and that your activities serve only to distract yourself from that, is inherently depressing. When you start to take action that has a chance to make the situation better, that naturally reduces the depression.

By contrast, her father's self-described attitude is an example of the narrow focus that puts humanity and the ecosphere in danger. Will she, some day, lead him to rise above that?

*Afghanistan's Taliban ruling council ready for ceasefire with US.*

*The environment in 2050: flooded cities, forced migration — and the Amazon turning to savannah.*