In case you missed it, an article from me on the promise and the perils of hydrogen energy, for Mint Magazine.
I was under the impression that Scotland was the only country to put any money behind loss and damage at COP26. But not so: the Belgian region of Wallonia put up a million alongside them. First I’ve heard of this regional climate leadership.
I wrote recently about innovative approaches to plastic in Africa. Practical Action have something similar here on new approaches to waste.
Not everyone has got on board with the post-industrial aesthetic of the winter Olympics, but Dezeen celebrates the re-purposing of old industrial plants as high profile recycling.
I’ve been getting press releases about potato milk. Apparently it’s going to be a big thing. I don’t know.
I’ve been on half term this week and doing other things, so a slow week. Nevertheless, some highlights:
What we learned this week
Heatwaves over land get noticed because people live through them. Heatwaves at sea, not so much. The European Space Agency has been tracking the marine heatwave that affected the Mediterranean recently, and its consequences. You saw that Yvon Chouinard has given away his company Patagonia? “As of now, Earth is our only shareholder,” he writes […]
Film review: The Ants and the Grasshopper
I wrote about The Ants and the Grasshopper last year as a film to look out for. It’s out today, a heartfelt exploration of the power of stories to make change. As the tagline puts it, “how do you change someone’s mind about the most important thing in the world?” The film begins in the […]
What we owe the future, by William MacAskill
William MacAskill is a pioneering thinker, and one of the movers and shakers behind the Effective Altruism movement. His book Doing Good Better is a brilliant introduction, and I’ve written a fair number of posts about the movement here on the blog in the past. I’ve learned a lot from Effective Altruism, been inspired by […]
The Earthbound Report 