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What we learned this week

Featuring China's climate targets, a marine treaty, a bonus book review, and solar panels from Aldi.

Let’s Go Zero are currently recruiting a new climate action advisor to schools in the East of England area. That’s my team and I can attest to it being a great job. If you’re in the region, come and work with me. Here is the job description, and please spread the word.

Possible have been campaigning on private aviation and tax, and noted a small win in the recent budget. Here’s their article on what’s changed and what remains to be done.

Not something I’ve heard of before, but several Latin American countries have created legal protections for waves. Surf activism is a thing, apparently, and ecologists point out, if you’re protecting the waves you’re likely protecting the ecosystem as a whole.

I’ve been reading Andrew Boyd’s book I Want a Better Catastrophe recently, and while I have further questions, I really like the presentation of his climate flowchart.

Speaking of books, you’re down to the wire if you need anything from Earthbound Books before Christmas. First class post will get it to you if you need a gift, and I’ve even got some suggestions for things your climate friends will like.

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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…

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