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Monthly Archives: December 2019
Pyrocumunlonimbus Storms – Australia’s bush fires are making their own weather
The bush fires in Australia are really bad. If you’ve been paying attention to the news at all then you’ve likely seen video or read reports about how terrible these blazes are. In fact, they are so big this year that they are actually generating their own weather patterns and creating pyrocumulonimbus types of thunderstorms. Which can drop rain, which is great, but also potentially lightening which is. . . not so great.
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Biosolids – composting toilets may provide a new brand of fertilizer
We’ve talked about composting toilets before and they’re really catching on! In fact, human waste is being rebranded as “biosolids” and could help us revive our depleted soils and close the waste circle even for more urban environments.
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Indus – the microalgae wall that cleans water
Who says pollution solutions can’t be beautiful? Indus is a water pollution cleaning system made from ceramic tiles and algae. The resulting wall is very aesthetically pleasing and may prove to be a low cost way of dealing with dyes and chemicals.
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Give Back Box – do some charity with your old shipping boxes
It’s boxing week and if you’ve been accumulating boxes from all your deliveries or have a bunch of empties sitting around from gift giving, don’t just put them out for the recycling to pick up. Check out Give Back Box and help some folks in need.
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Should We Work Less In The Winter – shorter office hours and more sleep hours
Winter blues is real and we should all have to work less in the winter because of it. At least that’s what some scientists are looking into. It may seem far fetched but wanting to say in bed longer might be about more than just the cold.
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Reduce Mattress Waste – too many old beds are ending up in landfills
Mattresses don’t last forever and even if a mattress is in good repair, almost no one wants a used mattress. In fact, most people will tell you to absolutely not buy a used mattress for any reason whatsoever. So they end up in the dump and Zero Waste Scotland wants that to change.
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Olive Jift Project – turning waste into fuel
One of the best things next to eliminating waste that we can do for our environment is find practical and sustainable ways to use that waste in other products. That’s the goal behind the Olive Jift Project that turns the waste from olive oil pressing into fuel pellets.
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Classic Music and Climate Change – even this industry could do better
We’re all on this planet together and everything we do effects everything that happens around us. With that in mind, one artist is calling for their colleagues in the classic music industry to reevaluate their choices as they continue in their careers.
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Eating For Conservation – new plan to turn destructive species into a food source
When it comes to climate action, people generally recommend eating less meat but that’s not the case for every location! In order to help the bull kelp of northern California survive, there’s a new, radical plan: Eat the purple sea urchins that are decimating it.
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Relaxing Oceanscapes – ten hours of soothing sounds
Life can be stressful but it is Friday so that’s something! Why not take some time, sit back, relax and enjoy the soothing sounds oceanscapes with this ten hour long video. Nothing but those sweet ocean sounds to help relax and soothe you.
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Sand Is In Danger – Mekong River sand as well as other locations are not infinite
The ecosystem along the banks of the Mekong River is in serious trouble because industry is snatching up all the sand. Sand is a key component in many things that we use from glass to electronics and most of all, cement. The massive amounts of sand drawn from this and many other locations are destroying them.
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Climate Change Through Clouds – a different way to look at things
Climate change is sort of hard to understand, this is a fair statement. It’s a complex idea, the basics of which is things are getting hotter but the reason why and how the planet works are more complicated which is part of what makes dismissing the concept so easy. This article is an interesting look at the variables that go into climate change by looking at clouds.
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We Slowed Climate Change Before – remember the hole in the ozone?
Climate news may get you down but there’s something to remember. We slowed down the effects of climate change once before and we can do it again. The move to stop using CFCs to save the ozone just didn’t help us not die a crispy death, it slowed down global warming.
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How Many Fires Did We Have? – check out this cool visual that maps the world’s fires
There were some big fires this year most notably the Amazon fires but as a whole, there have been quite a few large fires all over the world and as climate change ramps out, we’re only likely to see even more of them. Check out this video to see how many fires we’ve actually had this year.
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