The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. Last year, I returned to the Irtysh River in eastern Kazakhstan, a place I knew as a child for its vast, powerful current. Back then, the river felt almost oceanic, so wide that cargo ships moved slowly across its surface and the opposite bank seemed like a distant line. The Irtysh is not just a… The post Beyond Green Growth: Why Ecological Survival Requires Restoring Nature, Not Exploiting It appeared first on The Astana Times .