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:
Book review: Beyond Techno-Feudalism, by Cédric Durant
Cédric Durant is a French economist with a special interest in digital capitalism. He was invited to present a series of lectures for the thinktank La Boétie Institute, and those have been expanded into this short book, Beyond Techno-Feudalism: The Path to Cyber-Ecosocialism. Before we get to any beyonds, a word on ‘techno feudalism’. You…
Would you live in a wind turbine?
I recently read Aaron Betsky’s book on reuse in architecture, and enjoyed pursuing the idea across the internet. One project that caught my eye isn’t reusing a building per se, but reusing decommissioned wind turbines. Swedish energy giant Vattenfall is a major installer of wind power, and it has been moving towards a circular economy…
Book review: Recomposed, by Kyle Devine
Kyle Devine is a professor of environmental studies with a particular interest in the music industry. He investigated the ecological impact of the music industry in a previous book, Decomposed. It didn’t cover the solutions, and that has become a follow-up. As the opening sentence spells out, “this book is about people in music who…
