– – “Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful.”
— E.F. Schumacher
New near-real-time tool reveals Earth’s land cover in more detail than ever before.
– – Named Dynamic World, it merges cloud-based artificial intelligence with satellite imagery to give near-real-time global visualizations of nine types of land use and land cover.
– – The tool is likely to be important for a variety of purposes, the developers say, such as monitoring the progress of ecosystem restoration goals, assessing the effectiveness of protected areas, creating sustainable food systems, and alerting land managers to unforeseen land changes like deforestation and fires.
Six leading models agree: Rapid decarbonization of power, transportation sectors key to a successful energy transition
Australian-German business coalition releases roadmap for large-scale green hydrogen import to Germany
– – Green Car Congress:
A group of leading German companies along with Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has released a green hydrogen roadmap, outlining a set of recommendations for government and industry, to meet the ambitious target of importing large amounts of green hydrogen from Australia to Germany.
– – 1. How To Be A More Eco-Friendly Renter.
— 2. How To Be A More Eco-Friendly Landlord.
— 3. The Future Of Apartment Buildings.
https://www.ecowatch.com/guide-to-eco-friendly-renting.html#The_Future_of_Apartment_Buildingsnbsp
Japan: Millions told to turn off lights as Tokyo heatwave sparks power supply fears
Demand for electricity is surging after temperatures rose to a record-breaking 40.2C northeast of Tokyo during an “unusually intense” heatwave – with people urged to stay indoors and use air conditioning to keep cool.
Climate crisis is ‘battering our economy’ and driving inflation, new book says
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/11/climate-crisis-inflation-economy-climatenomics-book
As Crypto Prices Fall, So Does the Industry’s Energy Use.
https://www.ecowatch.com/cryptocurrency-energy-consumption-climate.html
PHAs are a family of naturally occurring polymers – no plastics in the usual sense of the word, but energy reserves of microorganisms. A very versatile family: we can process them to hard or soft plastics, and to both crystalline and amorphous polymers. And, very important: all members of the PHA family are “biodegradable”; not just in industrial composting equipment, but also in the soil and in freshwater and seawater – the only other plastics family with those properties are starch plastics.
https://www.biobasedpress.eu/2016/08/pha-promising-versatile-biodegradable/
Earth-abundant solar pixels found to produce hydrogen for weeks
https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/earth-abundant-solar-pixels-found-produce-hydrogen-weeks
Viruses Can Remain Infectious on Microplastics for Three Days.
https://www.ecowatch.com/viruses-microplastics.html
Book Review: ‘Slaves for Peanuts’ gets to the troubling roots of a beloved snack.
Domaine Bousquet Becomes First Winery Outside U.S. to Earn Regenerative Organic Certified™ Status.
Just Salad Launches Summer Menu Featuring SIMPLi Regenerative Organic Certified White Quinoa.
CALIFORNIA BASED HEIRLOOM COFFEE ROASTERS FIRST TO BRING
FULLY REGENERATIVE ORGANIC CERTIFIED™ COFFEE TO MARKET.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-based-heirloom-coffee-roasters-140000437.html
Which Food to Buy Organic (and How to Spend Less When You Do)
Our expert advice can help you decide what’s most important to buy organic and how to save money when you do.
These Are 9 New Trails Joining the National Trails System This June
https://www.ecowatch.com/new-national-recreation-trails.html
Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels
Carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked for 2022 at 421 parts per million in May, pushing the atmosphere further into territory not seen for millions of years, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography offsite link at the University of California San Diego announced today.
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/carbon-dioxide-now-more-than-50-higher-than-pre-industrial-levels
Why the global soil shortage threatens food, medicine and the climate
Why is eco-conscious California spending millions to support natural gas?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/07/california-air-pollution-natural-gas
Can wonder plant spekboom really bring smiles back to sad South African towns?
- Botanists are working on an ambitious project to restore 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of degraded land in South Africa that were previously covered by thickets of the indigenous succulent spekboom (Portulacaria afra).
- Farmers have stripped the land of its native thicket over the course of decades of commercial agriculture and livestock keeping, and following extended droughts, it’s now turning to desert.
- Spekboom, much praised for its ability to sequester carbon, is not only a resilient native plant, but its growth naturally promotes the recovery of other species.
- Carbon credits are one promising source of funding for restoration that could prove profitable for landowners and workers, though some critics say planting spekboom as an offset lacks a scientific basis.
World’s Largest Plant Is a Seagrass Meadow Bigger Than Brooklyn
https://www.ecowatch.com/worlds-largest-plant.html
Which Food to Buy Organic (and How to Spend Less When You Do)
Our expert advice can help you decide what’s most important to buy organic and how to save money when you do
Our entire civilisation depends on animals. It’s time we recognised their true value
We must restore our largely broken relationship with nature if we are to ensure the planet’s future – and our own.
Off-season cattle grazing to help control fire danger from invasive cheatgrass
{ Depends whether there is transportation subsidy?
True cost grazing means hamburgers meet minimum hourly wage? The hamburger to labor index for meat eaters!}
https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2022/cheatgrass-fall-grazing
Dodgy dealings? BBC to shine light on TerraCycle’s murky operations with criminal subcontractor.
https://www.packaginginsights.com/news/dodgy-dealings-bbc-to-shine-light-on-terracycles-murky-operations-with-criminal-subcontractor.html
Proactive approaches needed to enable ecosystems to adapt to climate change
California Passes Nation’s Toughest Plastic Waste Law
https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/07/california-passes-nations-toughest-plastic-waste-law/
UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering blog: One step closer to fire safe, recyclable lithium-metal batteries
http://jacobsschoolofengineering.blogspot.com/2022/06/one-step-closer-to-fire-safe-recyclable.html