Scientists discovered a mushroom that eats plastic, and believe it could clean our landfills: https://www.upworthy.com/scientists-discovered-a-mushroom-that-eats-plastic-and-believe-it-could-clean-our-landfills
Scientists discovered a mushroom that eats plastic, and believe it could clean our landfills: https://www.upworthy.com/scientists-discovered-a-mushroom-that-eats-plastic-and-believe-it-could-clean-our-landfills
"Forecast for next solar cycle says it will be the weakest of the last 200y. Maximum of this next cycle could be 30 to 50% lower than the most recent one. The results show that the next cycle will start in 2020 & reach its maximum in 2025": https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/solar-activity-forecast-for-next-decade-favorable-for-exploration #ClimateChange #Science #Space
"The Easy Way Out - How the pursuit of convenience produces new forms of inconvenience" - by @LMSacasas: https://reallifemag.com/the-easy-way-out/ #Technology #Design
Bike-Sharing companies in Berlin are heavily competing:
1. @Uber (USA): Obnoxious design, neon-red, heavy frame. Electric, depends on Battery. Unlock via complex touchscreen computer.
2. @Mobike (China): Unobtrusive design, light frame. Not electric. Unlock via simple QR-code.
My favorite form of "micro mobility" and "last-mile transportation" by far is walking. All these new E-Scooters, E-Bikes, and Pogo sticks are truly ridicules compared to your feet. Take your time, decelerate and walk in your city, its fun!
"Can planting billions of trees save the planet?": https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/19/planting-billions-trees-save-planet?
“We have to make it as natural to give back to nature as it is to take nature for granted,” Dubois says, musing on the need to “shift from a consumer species to a restorer species”.
Memoirs of an Earth Steward & Ecosystems Restoration Manual - Advanced praise for John Todd’s new book: ‘Healing Earth’ - by @DrDCWahl: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/memoirs-of-an-earth-steward-ecosystems-restoration-manual-27fa638feb32 #Regenerative #Design #Architecture
By 2030, Paris wants to have 50 percent of the city covered by fully porous, planted areas, including anything from new parkland to green roofs: https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/06/paris-trees-famous-landmarks-garden-park-urban-forest-design/591835/ #Regenerative #ClimateChange #Garden
Florian Effenberger: LibreOffice Adoption Is Growing Globally:
While it might be unsurprising to some, it is still constantly amazing to me (after 20+ y of OSS) just how sane, heartfelt & creative the open-source community and its leaders are - especially compared to the commercial counterparts (who seem obsessed with "money, control, surveillance, divisions, competition and ego")
Does the news reflect what we die from?
https://ourworldindata.org/does-the-news-reflect-what-we-die-from #Politics
Following Wave of Shutdowns, Remaining Darknet Markets Fill the Void (Again): https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/following-wave-of-shutdowns-remaining-darknet-markets-fill-the-void-again https://darknetlive.com/darknet-forum-list/ #InfoSec #Crypto
CaaS - Cybercrime as a Service:
https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/cybercrime-as-a-service/ #InfoSec
NSA Starts Contributing Low-Level Code to UEFI BIOS Alternative: #InfoSec #Military
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nsa-contributes-low-level-stm-coreboot,39704.html
Green roofs are sprouting up on buses: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/03/health/green-roofs-singapore-buses-intl/index.html #Regenerative #Urban
Why Chennai, India's Sixth Biggest City, Has Run Out of Water: https://earther.gizmodo.com/why-chennai-indias-sixth-biggest-city-has-run-out-of-1835736767
India's sixth biggest city is almost entirely out of water:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/india/chennai-water-crisis-intl-hnk/index.html
Waterless in Chennai: ‘People are angry’—rising temperatures and tempers:
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/water-crisis-chennai-tamil-nadu-tanker-monsoon-rainfall-5795044/
The chance of a 15-year-old boy dying by the age of 50 is now higher in America than in Bangladesh.
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/06/22/the-un-revises-down-its-population-forecasts #Politics
Ernst Haeckel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel
Challenger 2016: Ernst Haeckel - A brilliant but highly controversial man
Where does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/17/recycled-plastic-america-global-crisis
Americans' plastic recycling is dumped in landfills, investigation shows: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/21/us-plastic-recycling-landfills
Eskilstuna: how a Swedish town became the world capital of recycling: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/18/eskilstuna-how-a-swedish-town-became-the-world-capital-of-recycling