Shareable have published a toolkit for those interested in setting up a Library of Things. Lots of practical advice here for getting them started and growing their user base.
Hannah Ritchie on the famous bet between Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon on whether resource prices would rise or fall. What would have happened if the bet had taken place in a different decade? And was it a useful exercise?
China added over 200 gigawatts of new solar power capacity in 2024. To put that figure in context, it’s more solar power than the entire world had ten years ago.
If you appreciated the recent video I posted on disability and climate, you might like this series from ITDP on disability and transport. Residents of Nairobi and Jakarta share their experiences.
Teacher friends, allow me to recommend the Sustainability in Education Conference coming up at Bedfordshire University (Bedford campus) on the 12th of Feb. I’m doing a workshop on climate action planning in schools.
I had a long break from writing over Christmas and the new year. Much needed after the recent busyness of work and the stresses of our ongoing building project. I am looking forward to writing a bit more in the weeks to come.
This week’s articles
My favourite books of 2024
I’m rather late to the party with my end of year book list, but here are a few things I appreciated in 2024: Not the End of the World, by Hannah Ritchie Reading the news on a day to day basis, it can feel like everything is moving backwards on climate change. There are certainly…
First Nations in the energy transition
One of the most exciting aspects of the transition to clean energy is that it isn’t just a swap of technologies. It’s an enabler of energy democracy. Fossil fuels have always needed big scale infrastructure, such as mines and power stations and the transport connections between them. This kind of scale needs big funders, which…
The Earthbound Report 