The Guardian
After the Covid-19 crisis, will we get a greener world?
10 min · · Pollution and emissions are down, but we will squander these gains if governments fail to push ahead with decisive change · Shared by 98, including Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙
Brain Pickings
Wander: Natascha McElhone Reads Hermann Hesse’s 100-Year-Old Love Letter to Trees in a Virtual Mental Health Walk Through Kew Gardens
4 min · · “In their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest in infinity; but they do not lose themselves there, they struggle with all the force of their lives for one thing only: to fulfill… · Shared by 61, including Liv 😷, Charles Duhigg, Neil Hart 💙, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
The Guardian
'The parallels between coronavirus and climate crisis are obvious'
6 min · · Campaigning journalist Emily Atkin hopes public pressure over the pandemic will be a model for forcing governments to act · Shared by 94, including Matthias Lampe, Emily Atkin, Neil Hart 💙, Marcel Hänggi
grist
Plastic recycling is broken. So why does Big Plastic want $1 billion to fix it?
4 min · · Your takeout container is likely headed to a landfill. · Shared by 71, including publici, Neil Hart 💙, Katja Evertz
The Guardian
'Promiscuous treatment of nature' will lead to more pandemics
5 min · · Habitat destruction forces wildlife into human environments, where new diseases flourish · Shared by 184, including Lee Keyes, Neil Hart 💙, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Birgit Schefer, Graham Brown-Martin, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Guardian
'Not just weeds': how rebel botanists are using graffiti to name forgotten flora
7 min · · Pavement chalking to draw attention to wild flowers and plants in urban areas has gone viral across Europe – but UK chalkers could face legal action · Shared by 235, including Marius Bleuer, Neil Hart 💙, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Birgit Schefer, Matthias Lampe, Jane, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Tauno
The Guardian
Could Microsoft’s climate crisis ‘moonshot’ plan really work?
8 min · · The tech giant’s pledge to go carbon negative by 2030 leans heavily on nascent technology such as machines that suck carbon out of the air · Shared by 99, including Thomas Power, Neil Hart 💙, Thomas Billeter, Dean Anthony Gratton, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, @grzewap@mastodon.social
The Guardian
Zero-waste warriors: meet the people whose household rubbish fits in a jam jar
9 min · · From making their own toothpaste to foraging locally for edible plants, more and more people are learning to cut the amount of rubbish they throw out. Here’s how they do it · Shared by 103, including Thomas Power, Neil Hart 💙, Nicholas, Katja Evertz
Aeon+Psyche
Is there a limit to optimism when it comes to climate change?
6 min · · We know the climate is changing, and we know what we must do about it. But does optimism have its limits for spurring action? · Shared by 86, including Christian Surchi, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Anita Leirfall
The Guardian
Climate strikes continue online: 'We want to keep the momentum going'
6 min · · Activists hold mass video calls and share hashtags, and three-day livestream planned for Earth Day · Shared by 44, including Thomas Power, Neil Hart 💙, Katja Evertz
youtube.com
Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans
· Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth Day — that we are losing the battle to stop cli... · Shared by 176, including Neil Hart 💙, Thomas Power, Oliver Nabani, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Elinor Stutz, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Helge Koops, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Gerd Leonhard, luis antónio santos, Steve Faktor
Carbon Brief
Analysis: How ‘carbon-cycle feedbacks’ could make global warming worse
16+ min · · Scientists making climate-change projections have to deal with a number of uncertainties. The amount of... · Shared by 49, including Tom Raftery, The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙, Daniel Gebregiorgis, Andrew Dessler
The New York Times
A crash course on climate change
Summary · 18+ min · · The only real debates left are over how fast and how far the climate will change, and what society should do to limit the damage. · Shared by 205, including Hannah Fairfield, Sébastien Bonset, getAbstract, Tom Connor, Marius Bleuer, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙, John Schwartz
The Guardian
'Horrible hybrids': the plastic products that give recyclers nightmares
5 min · · From singing birthday cards to baby food pouches, a growing trend of mixing materials is making recycling even harder · Shared by 82, including @grzewap@mastodon.social, Thomas Power, Neil Hart 💙, Katja Evertz
National Geographic
See how your city’s climate might change by 2070
7 min · · Change is coming for every corner of the planet. Explore what your city could feel like 50 years from now. · Shared by 134, including Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Gisele Navarro, Neil Hart 💙, Katja Evertz, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Bertrand Maltaverne, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙
WIRED
The Power Plant of the Future Is Right in Your Home
2 min · · If we want more renewable energy, our grids will have to manage themselves. A small experiment in Colorado is lighting the way. · Shared by 195, including Damir Kusar, Matthias Lampe, Thomas Power, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, 瑞拿頭, Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙, NREL, Marsha Collier