I rather liked this project that uses photography to make air pollution visible, comparing indoor and air pollution in various parts of the world.
Bad news for those waiting for nuclear fusion. ITER has reset its forecasts from first plasma next year and now expects to power up somewhere between 2033 and 2036 – and can they have some more money please.
Cycles4Change and Streets4People are two active travel challenges that ran in cities in India over the last three years. Over a hundred cities participated and they’ve just written up what they’ve learned about sustainable travel, placemaking, and how to scale up.
There is growing interest – and growing fear – over deep sea mining as a solution to mineral shortages. It’s not clear how feasible it is at scale, but Dialogue Earth has a good article on China’s latest deep sea trials.
I’m currently in France on holiday, reading fiction and hopefully ignoring the news and staying off the internet. So no posts this coming week.
This week’s articles
The Royal Mint’s circular economy for gold
In his book Pitfall, Canadian journalist Christopher Pollon argues that the world could reduce the damage from the mining industry by calling time on gold production. Gold for investment could continue without ever taking it out of the ground, while gold for industrial uses could be provided through recycling. Nobody has been bold enough to…
Elon Musk completes the journey into climate villainry
Here’s Elon Musk in 2006: “The overarching purpose of Tesla Motors (and the reason I am funding the company) is to help expedite the move from a mine-and-burn hydrocarbon economy towards a solar electric economy, which I believe to be the primary, but not exclusive, sustainable solution.” And in 2024: “I don’t think it’s right…
The Earthbound Report 