Saqib Rahim writes about how off-grid solar power is helping Palestinians to rebuild after the destruction of energy infrastructure.
Given the hystrionics about low traffic neighbourhoods and 20mph zones, how fantastic is it to see citizens choosing less traffic through a democratic process? Parisians just had a referendum and voted for 500 car-free streets and a 10% reduction in city parking.
The National Association for Environmental Education has announced ‘a year of environmental lunacy‘, a fine title for a project that’s all about getting people to pay more attention to the moon.
I wrote about glacier melt in Nepal last week, so it was nice to see a climate solutions story from the country in the Guardian, all about the inroads that electric vehicles are making in Kathmandu.
Architectural website Dezeen satirises a certain country’s plans to build a linear city: Ikea to build two kilometre long store that is impossible to get lost in (publication date April 1st).
This week’s articles
Luton Airport takes responsibility for 0.48% of its climate impact
After years of discussion and consultation, the Planning Inspectorate delivered its 963 page report last year on whether or not Luton Airport should be allowed to expand. All things considered, “the public benefits do not outweigh the environmental harm”, they concluded. “The Secretary of State for Transport should withhold consent.” The Secretary disagrees, and yesterday…
Book review: What if we get it right? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, climate communicator and one of the editors of All We Can Save. That was one of my favourite books of 2020, and so this book immediately had my full attention. Where a lot of climate books describe how bad things could get, this one asks the question of…
The Earthbound Report 