Documentary: "Edward Goldsmith - The Green Revolutionary"
Documentary: "Edward Goldsmith - The Green Revolutionary"
The German Government is launching an extensive public online registry, feat. info on all actors (companies etc.) that put packaging into circulation:
https://www.donaukurier.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/Abfall-Umwelt-Recycling-Verpackungen-Deutschland-Register-nimmt-Verpackungshersteller-in-die-Pflicht;art154664,3906134
Part of its national Waste Management strategy:
https://www.bmu.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Pools/Broschueren/abfallwirtschaft_2018_en_bf.pdf
Searching for a use-case of Machine Learning & Automation which can make an important contribution to human & planetary health (while making a fortune)? Look into Waste Management & Recycling. Lot's of low hanging fruit.
This image tells a fascinating story: Human civilisation's greatest monuments used to be very big but rather useless beyond signalling "I've got a bigger .... than you" The new generation of monuments generates electricity and enables humans and ecosystems to thrive.
Image from "World’s largest offshore wind farm opens off northwest England": https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-windfarm-orsted/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-opens-off-northwest-england-idUSKCN1LL37G #Regenerative
LowGrow SFC: An ecological macroeconomic simulation model: https://www.cusp.ac.uk/themes/s2/lowgrow-sfc/ #Regenerative #Economics
Reflections on Planetary Health, Ecosystem Restoration, and Earth Regeneration - by Daniel Christian Wahl. Part 1:
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The retired ex-US-intel officer who started an AI business in Southeast Asia:
https://www.techinasia.com/exusintel-officer-retirement-start-ai-business-southeast-asia - https://www.adatos.com/ #ML #Regenerative #ClimateChange #FFHCI
Putting a (solar powered) billboard on a street that says "Climate Denial Kills" won't change anything - on the contrary, it will just scare people. If you want action on Climate Change, don't scare & confuse people more - show them loud & clear a realistic alternative path.
Thoughts in response to "Art can play a valuable role': climate change installations appear in New York": https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/04/climate-signals-climate-change-installation-new-york #ClimateChange #Regenerative #Ideas
"Never has a mouse built a mousetrap. Humans build human traps and atomic bombs" - Franz Alt
"Lego wants to eliminate its dependence on petroleum-based plastics, and build its toys entirely from plant-based or recycled materials by 2030": https://www.seattletimes.com/business/lego-wants-to-completely-remake-its-toy-bricks-without-anyone-noticing/ #Regenerative
From the perspective of climate change mitigation, a radical reduction of global economic activity would be great news. With this in mind, is the escalating US/China trade-war (and the resulting looming global economic depression) an excellent development?
If you want to be an entrepreneur in the Web, AI or Blockchain space, the paths to success are clear (funding, biz models, role models etc.). If you want to become an entrepreneur in the green/eco space & do something about climate change, the paths are very unclear. Why is that?
"A Guide to SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Interactions: from Science to Implementation": https://council.science/publications/a-guide-to-sdg-interactions-from-science-to-implementation #Regenerative
Interview with Kalle Lasn, co-founder of Adbusters
Enternet: Internet Lessons for Solving Energy - talk by Bob Metcalfe
"Energy Slaves" - by @stuart_mcmillen: http://www.stuartmcmillen.com/comic/energy-slaves/ A free web-comic about energy systems and Buckminster Fuller.
Who Pays The Price? The Human Cost Of Electronics. Short documentary reveals the worker health and safety abuses and hazards of the electronics industry in China, profiling workers poisoned by chemicals and their struggle for compensation.
https://www.greenamerica.org/end-smartphone-sweatshops/tell-samsung/who-pays-price-human-cost-electronics #Regenerative #Circular
Did a quick remix of a comic by Sarah Andersen
Civilization starter kit - talk by Marcin Jakubowski on opensourceecology.
Interview with Marcin Jakubowski on Open Source Ecology
"From a car-friendly to a human-friendly city". Image shows work by the association for "verkehrspolitische Bewusstseinsbildung" in Salzburg Austria, which transforms parking-lots into green areas: http://www.fairkehr.net/ #Regenerative #ClimateChange #Politics