If you had $1,000 to give to help stop climate change, where would you make those donations? Grist ask the question and get part way to an answer.
Pollution is a racial justice issue, and that is more widely known in the US than in Britain. Good article on the subject by the World Resources Institute.
On the subject of justice, half of all global emissions from aviation are from 1% of the global population.
Assembly is the magazine from the Malala Foundation, and the latest issue is guest edited by Greta Thunberg. Assembly publishes “original work by girls, for girls”, but when these two work together, you want to pay attention.
An aspect of climate change that is rarely discussed, and even more rarely among the developing countries that are most vulnerable – so good work by Vice in addressing PTSD in children in Zimbabwe following cyclone Idai.
The government announced its 10 point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution. I haven’t written about it because everyone else has, but I’m going to come back to it in future posts. In the meantime, here are the ten points and the government’s plans in more detail.
This week’s posts, for those catching up:
What we learned this week
With the arrival of smaller and cheaper options on the market, the average price paid for a new electric car is now cheaper than petrol cars in the UK, according to Autotrader. The total cost of ownership was already lower, and now the sticker price shouldn’t be a sticking point either. Beyond private cars and…
Orienting building for energy savings
I’ve been doing quite a lot of work around summer overheating recently, looking at how we adapt buildings for a warmer climate. For the day job that’s with schools, and I have a personal interest in it in homes as well. Our own house has a tendency to get too hot in the summer, and…
Trump’s accidental boost to the energy transition
One of the greatest spurs to environmental action was the series of oil shocks in the 1970s. As the Rapid Transition Alliance describe in a history of the era, it transformed the environmental movement from a focus on conservation to a focus on energy. Governments responded in all sorts of ways to the wake up…
Book review: Two Wheels Good, by Jody Rosen
There’s no shortage of histories of the bicycle out there, but this is a fun one. Published in 2023, Two Wheels Good brings the story of the bike right up to the modern day, with elements of travelogue and personal memoir, and a curiosity about the eccentric corners of the cycling world. The book covers…
The Earthbound Report 