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Environment sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Environment.

Who cut down the last tree illustration: 300 years ago we see someone cutting down a tree with an axe in a large dense forest. 100 years ago we see someone cutting down a tree in a now much more sparse forest. Today, there's only a small sapling left, and someone just snapped a branch off it. So what next? Who cut down the last tree?What is Jevon's paradox: fuel use tends to increase, not decrease, despite efficiency gains. Observation from William Stanley JevonsJevon’s ParadoxSave some landfill with reusable nappies/diapers
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