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Connor Lascelles
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This is a company i've been following for a while. I think they represent the future in many ways. Surprisingly, a city well known for its green credentials, Brighton in the UK, does not have a government run wood waste collection service. This forces many thousands of people to either arrange their own composting or throw their food waste into landfill. To solve this, Compost Club was created. Compost Club saves plastic builders containers from landfill, cleans them out then reuses them as food a waste caddy and compost packaging. For an affordable monthly subscription, you can receive one of these containers, fill it up with your food waste every 3 weeks and the compost club will collect it, in return they drop off high quality compost later in the year. They do the hard work for you, all you have to do is support them financially. Currently the CC drives around Brighton in a diesel van, something which they would rather not do, so to address this, they've started a crowdfunder to raise £19,000 for an electric van. They have 4 days left on their crowdfunder and they still have £8000 left to go so I wanted to help them out by making this post. If you have disposable income, please consider supporting this project. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/compost-club If you have any questions, leave a comment and i'll encourage them to come onto the platform to respond. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2ZfsWat49E https://www.compostclub.online/
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Connor Lascelles
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Academics at the University of Bath have developed a novel technique for recycling plastics so they don't end up in landfill. "Plastic Upcycling may not be a familiar phrase for many people, but it could just be the solution to our global plastic waste problem. Existing recycling methods tend to degrade plastics until they're only good for landfill. Now a new zinc catalyst has been developed that can break down polymers completely and make them into even more useful products that can stay within a circular economy indefinitely." - Just Have a Think - YouTube Who could we target with a climate idea so that this research can be commercialised? Can anyone think of a suitable recipient to give a climate idea to? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLBBTX6ARLY
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Great information and promising way to deal with plastic waste. Can’t happen fast enough for baby turtles and birds who will die from eating plastic thinking it is food.
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Twitter’s IrishEnergyBot (https://twitter.com/irishenergybot) is product of the pandemic. If you confine an energy analyst and a software engineer to their home for months at a time (they’re married), would you expect anything other than an energy-data-scraping Twitter bot to be the result? Learn more about the bot here: https://bit.ly/3Ib591t
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A good tool!
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Amazing
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That's very cool!
Connor Lascelles
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Who specifically is burning all these fossil fuels? and for what, and where? This is the question Gavin McCormick asked when he and his team decided to tackle the worlds emissions by building a satellite to precisely track emissions in almost real time. With this technology we will be able to see the progress of decarbonisation in real time and see if corporations and governments are actually telling the truth. I found this talk fascinating and inspiring because some of our smartest minds are joining the fight against planet destabilisation, producing tools like this which will go a long way in helping us sort this mess out. How would you use this tool? What are some of the ideas people have for making the most of this? "What we know today about global greenhouse gas emissions is mostly self-reported by countries, and those numbers (sometimes tallied manually on paper!) are often inaccurate and prone to manipulation. If we really want to get serious about fighting climate change, we need a way to track carbon pollution in real-time and identify the worst culprits, says high-tech environmental activist Gavin McCormick. Enter Climate TRACE: a coalition of scientists, activists and tech companies using satellite imagery, big data and AI to monitor and transparently report on all of the world's emissions as they happen -- and speed up meaningful climate action. A powerful, free, global tool to match the scale of a civilization-threatening crisis." - Ted Talks 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaTH7LnyCdE
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This action can support initiatives towards politicians and organizations that are responsible for environmental direct damages
Connor Lascelles
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Do we need an independent, global climate action watchdog? I don't think we can trust companies to do the right thing. I think we need an independent global organisation who's job is to see if companies and governments are genuinely doing EVERYTHING within their control to decarbonise their operations. I think fines should be given out to organisations who are not working hard enough to decarbonise and support, guidance and specialist advice should be offered to the organisations who are struggling to decarbonise. I don't think we can leave Net Zero in the hands of companies who's main purpose is to profit their shareholders. If climate action isn't the lowest cost, most attractive option, then it won't happen. What do you think? Is it a good idea to have this global climate action watchdog? Is it realistic or utopian? This could help to address the issue of companies using cheap offsets to justify high carbon business as usual. We have satellites that can measure the type, quantity and location GHG emissions so we could technically keep track of who is doing what.
Connor Lascelles
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I was listening to a podcast recently where someone was describing how satisfying planting a tree is. They were talking about the feeling you get knowing that future generations will enjoy the tree you planted today. Knowing people in the future will sit under its shade and animals will rely on it for food and shelter. There is an immense sense of pride and satisfaction when you plant a tree, why not harness this for improving mental health? What if doctors prescribed tree planting as a potential alleviator of the symptoms of depression? It could mean 1000s more people contributing to the push for mass reforestation and it could provide a nature positive, low cost and zero side effect treatment option for depression. I'd like to think this idea could work towards solving two pressing problems. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Let me know what you think of this idea in the comments below. If we get over 100 agrees on this review, WDHT will reach out to the British Medical Association and invite them to respond to this idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK9mM5VFJvM
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Woow this is the true definition of killing two birds with one stone
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Qarnot
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[Carbon Facts] 🔴 Rendering an animation movie takes a lot of energy and so does heating buildings. What if we found a way to combine both and thus save one of the two expenses? This is exactly what we do at Qarnot ! 👉 Let's take the example of a 90-min animation movie, about 130,000 frames in total. Each frame can be rendered several times and takes several hours to be rendered. That represents more than ten million hours of computation on a single core! 🤯 🟢 When rendered on the QB·1 digital boilers, it reduces the associated carbon footprint by more than 88% compared to a traditional European datacenter. It represents the CO2 equivalent of 224,321 showers or 94 Paris - New York flights ✈ (based on the energy required to heat the water from the French national grid in 2021) We’re using this Climate Idea to get the attention of Pixar because we want to start a climate dialogue and help you decarbonise your operations. We have the solution but we need companies like Pixar to work with us to help us reach our impact potential. If you want Pixar to respond to this idea, click ‘agree’ and if it reaches over 100 agrees, We Don’t Have Time will reach out to Pixar and ask them to respond. This is how we accelerate climate action! We have lots more information on our website about who we are, why we're doing this and what we've done for other companies. Please check it out and get in touch with us if you have any questions. https://qarnot.com/fr Thanks to We Don't Have Time for creating a platform which allows us to share climate solutions with those who have the power to implement them 🌍
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Have you thought about Visual Effects Houses ? Pixar is a great start and with their content one would think they would welcome a conversation.
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Dear Qarnot Thank you for getting your climate idea to level 2! We have reached out to Pixar Animation Studios and asked what they think. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Amazing results, everyone should do this!
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Suncor and Exxon have been digging sandy oils in Alberta for decades and the destruction is so vast that it challenges the existence of land and people. In Alberta, sands pump out more than 3 million barrels of oil per day, helping make Canada the world’s fourth-largest oil producer and the top exporter of crude to the United States. Their economic benefits are significant: Oil is the nation’s top export, it has also made the oil and gas sector Canada’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. And despite the extreme environmental costs, and the need for countries to shift away from fossil fuels, the mines continue to expand. The operations also pump out air pollutants, including nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, traces of which have been detected by scientists in soils and snowpack dozens of miles away and are killing biodiversity and people. The mines guzzle vast quantities of water, with nearly 58 billion gallons drawn from the region’s rivers, lakes and aquifers in 2019, according to government figures. They also consume a huge amount of energy. Collectively, the mines’ and deep-extraction projects emit greenhouse gas emissions roughly equal to those of 21 coal-fired power plants and that's only to extract the oil. I really recommend you to read and watch this reportage by the excellent Inside Climate News. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21112021/tar-sands-canada-oil/
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Really not ok! Thanks for sharing
Connor Lascelles
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Refurbly repairs and refurbishes second hand phones to sell into the Swedish market. They’re about to scale globally but for now they only serve Sweden. The company’s founder started repairing phones at age 15 after being inspired by his father who had been repairing electronics in a store in Sweden since the 90s. They turned this store into Refurbly’s first location and now they’re getting ready to grow their business and their positive impact. An under-appreciated way to create positive change is to vote with your money. If you’re buying a phone for Christmas, why not buy it second hand and avoid the damage caused by the production of a new handset? If you’re not in Sweden, there are many other companies offering second hand phones, some probably better than others. It would be interesting to see how Refurbly compares to the other companies doing this out there. Don't forget to vote with your money this Christmas. If we can find something worth supporting, collectively our impact won’t be unnoticed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLpbQJehcrw
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Gr8 idea.Looking for n uh phone in New Year.. hopefully can do this.
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I recently convinced two friends to buy refurbished phones instead of new ones and they are very pleased!
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Excellent 👍 hope not only iPhones (and the high end models)
Connor Lascelles
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It is no secret that the insurance industry is extremely vulnerable to the disasters that climate change causes. Fires destroy lives and homes, but it doesn't always have to be that way. There are things you can do to protect your home and your family from wildfires. This information is freely available in the YouTube video listed here. My idea to Allianz is for you to work with those who have the knowledge of wildfire defence and pass that information onto your home insurance customers so that they are at less risk to the devastating impacts of wildfires. This will reduce the likelihood of an insurance claim for damage to the property and it could save many lives. This is more in the area of adaptation than mitigation but we have to be prepared for the inevitable warming, 1.5 degrees or more. I hope Allianz can support their customers in making their homes resilient to wildfires. Check out Andrew Millisons YouTube channel if you are interested to learn more about how we can adapt to a warming planet. He has in depth videos on becoming water and food resistant as well as many inspiring examples of restoring degraded landscapes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_HEHlE-_dE
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Connor Lascelles
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KTC is a climate focused company that helps decarbonise our buildings with renewables and smart energy management systems. Project Drawdown estimates that smart building systems alone will prevent 10 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions from 2020 to 2050 and this company is working to make this a reality. When supermarkets are built near to houses, KTC will design a system to re-use the heat that is a wasted by-product of the cooling systems in supermarket fridges. This heat is then used in the nearby homes, saving a considerable amount of energy. We won’t avoid the worst of climate change if we keep allowing our buildings to waste energy. We need all our buildings to make the most of the electricity we use to power and heat them. We need more companies like KTC and we need multi sector collaboration to deliver net zero buildings on time, within the next 10 years. If you live in rented accommodation, ask your landlord what they are doing to reduce energy usage in your building. This is one of many climate solutions that actually pays for itself overtime, as the building can consume less electricity than before. If you’re a homeowner, speak with an expert and work out how you’re going to make the most of the available technology, grants and installation support in making your home more energy efficient. There are loads of free resources on YouTube and other websites. There are even affordable courses to go on like the one the Centre For Alternative Technology runs in Wales, UK. https://en.cat.org.uk/events/eco-refurbishment-live-online-2/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi-Zu09vX3o
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Very cool, sounds like a simple solution, to reduce emissions and to reduce the number of people being cold in their home in the winter.
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Ben Vost
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The Fully Charged Plus podcast is great listening (in English) if you want the latest news and interviews with people in industry trying to effect change. This episode sees Robert Llewellyn talking to Volvo's Lars Stenqvist, the Executive Vice President at Volvo Group Trucks Technology. In the 48-minute episode, they discuss battery-electric trucks, hydrogen-powered trucks and even hydrogen as a byproduct from making steel in Sweden. There is also a segment on autonomous vehicles for first-mile, middle mile and last-mile use. It's an episode that makes me very hopeful for the decarbonisation of industrial vehicles. https://bit.ly/3nSgPxJ
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Just Have a Think
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Steelmaking is currently extremely carbon intensive, accounting for about 7% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. As we continue to use ever more steel for new infrastructure around the world, the task of decarbonising the industry is growing ever more urgent. Hydrogen can now perform that task and Volvo has just taken delivery of the first consignment of carbon-free steel. So how is it done, and will it be a gamechanger for the auto industry and wider world? https://youtu.be/bZdX5Hhk9r0
Connor Lascelles
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1000s of the worlds most influential people got together in Edinburgh for a climate conference hosted by TED. It was a conference of outrage and optimism, an emotional rollercoaster. TED are streaming a highlight video (approx 1.5 hours long) on their YouTube channel on the 30th of October. They've invited everyone to sit down with their friends/family and watch the event together. You are guaranteed to be inspired, educated and reenergised. You can read more about why they put this event together here: https://countdown.ted.com/ and here: https://www.count-us-in.org/en-gb/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG_vqlb1pOQ
Connor Lascelles
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The UK has just secured enough renewable power for 7 million homes. Xlinks are working with the Moroccan government to build a solar and wind farm the size of London. They will send the power all the way to the UK via undersea cables. A similar project has already been completed in china, where solar farms in northern china are powering southern regions over 3,000km away. Thanks to @JustHaveAThink for putting together another outstanding video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJunxkln578
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All for more renewables being brought online, but why aren't they more local about it? That infrastructure isn't cheap and has its own footprint.
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I think it's still a concept. An idea, to nowhere, yet
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Not just a concept.The UK is already partly powered by several long interconnectors, including one from Norway, carrying hydroelectricity, which has just come online. Fortunately, as one from France is out of service due to a fire at its terminal onshore in England.
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Charis Nevin
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Mud Jeans was created in 2012 by Bert Van Son, who after 30 years of working in the fashion industry, saw how unfair and unethical it was. He decided to focus on jeans, as they are one of the most polluting items in fashion. With over 200,000 million jeans being sold annually, he saw the difference he could make! What’s makes MUD Jeans different? - MUD Jeans contain 40% recycled cotton, alongside 60% certified organic cotton - You can lease or buy them, sending them back if they need to be repaired - The jeans are produced regionally, by just three suppliers who are all paid a living wage - MUD jeans are created using 477 litres of water, compared to an industry standard of 7000 litres, made possible by water recycling plants and innovate washing techniques Once you’ve finished with your MUD jeans or no longer want them, they can be sent back and where cycle will start all over again! MUD jeans are playing their part to increase circularity, and in turn save the planet. https://mudjeans.eu/
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Pretty cool!
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Great work MUD Jeans. You certainly deserve climate love for saving water, paying fair wages & circularity. This is the kind of sustainability we want from textile/fashion industry.
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The Planet Vs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hiYZezpo_A Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro accused of crimes against humanity at International Criminal Court (ICC) Complementing existing ICC complaints, the Communication adds a new international dimension Submitting party “AllRise” relies on existing legal framework to aim at setting a precedent ending impunity for environmental destruction Oct. 12, 2021 – AllRise accuses President Jair Bolsonaro of crimes against humanity in submissions filed before the Prosecution Office of the International Criminal Court in the Hague today. With ‘The Planet vs Bolsonaro’ AllRise seeks to launch a landmark case which argues that the actions of Bolsonaro and his administration are a widespread attack on the Amazon, its dependents and its defenders that not only result in the persecution, murder and inhumane suffering in the region, but also upon the global population. “Being the lungs of our planet, the destruction of the Amazon biome affects us all. In our complaint we present evidence that shows how Bolsonaro’s actions are directly connected to the negative impacts of climate change around the world,” AllRise founder Johannes Wesemann explains. The not-for-profit organisation AllRise, focused on environmental litigation, has been supported by leading legal and scientific experts, including Maud Sarlieve and Nigel Povoas Q.C., as well as Dr. Friederike Otto, climatologist and a lead author of the latest IPCC report that UN Secretary-General António Guterres called a ‘code red for humanity’. In a press conference today, Johannes Wesemann said: “Crimes against nature are crimes against humanity. Jair Bolsonaro is fueling the mass destruction of the Amazon with eyes wide open and in full knowledge of the consequences. The ICC has a clear duty to investigate environmental crimes of such global gravity.” For the first time in 2016, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court identified crimes involving land grabbing, the exploitation of illegal resources and environmental destruction as being of particular concern. Since then, at least three other complaints have been submitted about Bolsonaro. However, this is the first case to detail the full impact that Bolsonaro’s actions, in fueling the climate crisis, will have on human health and life across the globe. It is estimated that emissions attributable to the Bolsonaro administration will cause over 180,000 excess heat-related deaths globally over the next 80 years, based on current climate commitments.* Wesemann adds: “Our initiative has strong Brazilian support, but we don't seek to speak on behalf of any Brazilian communities, nor claim to represent them. Our case aims to add an important international dimension to their struggle. The Amazon is theirs, but it is needed by us all.” * further details can be found on p24 of the Oxford Expert Report Deforestation in parts of the Amazon biome already releases more CO2 than the rest of the Amazon absorbs. This increase of CO2 in our atmosphere is one reason for rising temperatures and the global climate crisis, with serious impacts for human health. Dr. Friederike Otto, Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London's Grantham Institute of Climate Change and the Environment and co-author of the AllRise ICC Communication: “As the climate changes, heat waves around the world increase in number, intensity and duration. Heat waves are by far the deadliest extreme events in many countries. 37% of heat-related deaths over the last three decades are attributed to climate change worldwide, equivalent to thousands of deaths per year.” Maud Sarlieve, Human Rights and International Criminal Lawyer: “Bolsonaro’s administration has ruthlessly pursued a state policy targeted at the Amazon biome, its dependents, and its defenders. There are clear and compelling grounds to believe that Crimes Against Humanity are being committed in Brazil which require immediate investigation and, ultimately, prosecution.” Nigel Povoas Q.C., a Queen's Counsel who has led the prosecution of some of the most notorious international criminals over the past 15 years, adds: “The ICC is built on the Rome Statute, offering a legal framework for prosecuting high level perpetrators of international crime such as Bolsonaro. By opening an investigation with a view to prosecution the ICC would set a significant precedent in the prosecution of major environmental crime.” The ICC is being asked to investigate Bolsonaro on the basis that his actions are putting the Amazon at risk with potentially dire consequences for humanity: Bolsonaro’s administration has sought to systematically remove, neuter, and eviscerate laws, agencies, and individuals that serve to protect the Amazon, its dependents and its defenders and has fostered a culture of impunity. His administration is currently pushing through legislation which will accelerate deforestation, has cut the number of enforcement agents by 27% and reduced fines for illegal logging by 42%. Deforestation and Amazon wildfires have reached record levels. Approximately 4,000km2/pa. of the total area which has been deforested in the Brazilian Amazon is attributed to actions taken by Bolsonaro’s administration alone. He presided over monthly deforestation rates that have accelerated by as much as 88%. If that continues, consequences will be profound. Greenhouse gas emissions from burning and industrial-scale cattle ranching in the Amazon are now higher than the total yearly emissions of Italy or Spain* and are pushing the Amazon toward a tipping point beyond which the forest would transition to a dry state. Heatwaves and wildfires, such as those recently experienced in Brazil, Southern Europe, North America's Pacific Northwest and Australia, as well as the flooding and other recent extreme weather events witnessed in Germany, the U.S., and China, are intensified by climate change and therefore by deforestation of the Amazon. *derived data from the Oxford Expert Report Accompanied by a global campaign and a petition on ThePlanetVS.org, AllRise calls on the people to inspire civil action on climate change. “Only if we all stand together and bring perpetrators like Brazilian President Bolsonaro to justice, can we secure our planet for the generations to come. Powerful individuals who intentionally destroy the environment have to be prosecuted. With the power of the law, with the power of the people. The time is now,” Wesemann concludes. Selected advisory board members, supporting the initiative “The Planet vs. Bolsonaro”: Sir Howard Morrison: from 2011-2021 Judge of the International Criminal Court Nema Milaninia: previously worked as a Trial Lawyer for the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court Thomas Lovejoy: President of the Amazon Biodiversity Center and a Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation Kimberly Marteau Emerson: Lawyer, Advocate, Board of Directors at Human Rights Watch Kate Mackintosh: Inaugural Executive Director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law and Advisory Board Member of Stop Ecocide Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh: Assistant Professor at Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and Board Member of the Stop Ecocide Foundation Media contact media@theplanetvs.org
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All who benefit from the export of plundered Brazilian produce are complicit. We need to boycott the leeches who are profiting from wholesale destruction
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YESSS!!! FINALLYYY!!! All other previous presidents together didn't destroyed Amazon as much as he did alone already. The worst president in the history of Brazil definitely.
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Powerful message! Signed and shared, and welcome to We Don't Have Time!
Connor Lascelles
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"They're sacrificing Welsh land for the benefit of the rich in England." - Welsh Farmer 2021 (BBC) I recently learnt that large investment companies are buying up hundreds of acres of Welsh farmland. Why? Because they need to get to net zero and there is nothing stopping them from planting monoculture timber plantations in order to pay as little as possible for their carbon offset credits. Cheap offsets can be very dangerous. This is not the way we should be doing climate action. This is not climate justice, this is short sighted thinking which could potentially create more harm than good. Planting single species pine trees causes 3 ecological effects. 1) it creates a dark woodland, blocking out sunlight which wildflowers, bees, butterflies and birds rely on for food. 2) the pine needles are very acidic so over time the land becomes unsuitable for most crop production. 3) it sucks up an enormous amount of water which affects the hydrology of the area. This could lead to droughts or a disruption to waterways. This is an interesting one because Wales has a flooding problem so it may be possible to address this with trees but I would need an ecologist to confirm that. These affects need to be quantified before our government gives permission to these enormous companies to transform our countryside for the benefit of their shareholders. ---------IDEA--------- Can we put in restrictions which prevent investment companies from turning vast swathes of land into ecologically damaging carbon offset projects? Can we ensure that the plantations are independently ecologically approved? Can we introduce criteria which means they have to have do agroforestry so that the land can provide food and employment for the local area at the same time? We could still use the land to capture carbon but we could do it in a more sensible way with much more co-benefits and much less negative unintended consequences. What does everyone else think about cheap carbon offsetting? Should we do something about it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58103603 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20xMbGkEIQI
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This is worrying. To be fair, many of the farms involved were upland holdings, not very productive and formerly farmed by elderly owners. However, Wales already has a problem with acid rain (high rainfall totals and a high annual H+ ion flux. The commercial forestry trees being planted at a large scale, to take advantage of UK Woodland Carbon Code (carbon-offsetting) funding (mainly Norway or Sitka spruce) have a strongly acidifying effect on the underlying soil, apart from their generally adverse ecological and landscape impacts. Something has clearly gone wrong with the system of granting planting permission to large timber companies. We recently applied (successfully) for a Welsh government Woodland Creation grant to plant a few hectares of diverse native deciduous (oak) woodland, emphasing C sequestration, flood prevention, amenity value, and insect- and bird-friendly species, but the bureaucracy was horrendous!
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I wanted to share a segment from Jane's book - Lessons from a Small Country Jane's book tells the story of how she, and her colleagues, managed to create legislation for Wales to pursue sustainable development on behalf of future generations. "I made the decision, there and then, actively supported by my family, to calculate our family footprint and reduce it as much as possible. So from a start of changing to a renewable energy company (energy); our house is now fully insulated (buildings); we walk, cycle, use public transport and drive electrically (transport; we buy items only when we need them - and second-hand if possible (products); we grow as much of our own food as we can (food); increasing biodiversity on the way (resources); we try to avoid air miles on products delivered and support local providers (services) and the quality of our lives have substantially improved (lifestyles) as we are becoming part of the solution rather than part of the problem." I appreciate that not everyone can do what Jane did, but for those who can, then it is our duty to do so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emyQ8VEjnP8 https://janedavidson.wales/book
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Delighted to support this. Jane was a truly inspirational and approachable Environment Minister whose legacy of action, leadership and legislation continues to shape Wales and Welsh sustainability policy to this day: https://www.wcpp.org.uk/about/person/dr-jane-davidson/ Diolch yn fawr am eich arweinyddiaeth!
Connor Lascelles
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As our world becomes increasingly digital, the energy demand for powering and cooling data centres is becoming greater and greater. Instead of spending money cooling your data centres, why not direct the heat into your offices to heat them during the winter? This is exactly what a company called Qarnot is doing. They sell computing power to banks, animation studios and other data intensive operations, and instead of cooling the data centres, they place their data centres where there is a demand for heat. They can either provide heating through district heating networks to 1000s of residents or they can distribute their data centres by placing them in 100 different office buildings to provide heat where district heating networks are not yet set up. My idea to you is to work with Qarnot to reduce the energy demand of your data centres whilst helping to replace gas heaters. This will save energy and help with decarbonising heating. There is a real demand for heat sources in district heating networks. Currently, many of the district heating networks are relying on gas to provide this heat. This is why I think Qarnot are in a really promising position and it's why I think Intuit has great potential to collaborate with Qarnot. Here is a link to the Climate Love I wrote about Qarnot. https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/0e3d32d2-9ba9-4e0e-a300-41e3f3581e7a Here is a video about Qarnot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNytmvltsWk
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Interesting idea!
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Great idea for the winter months, but you're still going to have to cool in the summer.
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Andrew Millison
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Have you ever heard of blue gold? Blue gold is water and its called blue gold because it is a valuable resource that wars are being fought over and people are making fortunes from. And you are just letting it fall from the sky, off your roof and down into the gutter and then going and paying somebody else for it. In this video, i'll show you how to make use of this valuable resource, helping you to save money, be more climate resilient and reduce strain on our natural resources. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEaKdmHeCk
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Thanks for sharing!
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This is an example of the circular economy at scale. I assumed that most circular businesses were startups and were not yet scaled. Today I learnt that Renewcell have just bought a factory from a non circular viscose manufacturer that went bust, they are hiring all the original staff and using all the original machines. Not only do they recycle clothes but they even recycle factories! This gives me so much hope as it is a prefect example of the circular economy in action. Viscose is usually made from wood. This is then sold to be made into clothes. These clothes then mostly end up in landfill at the end of their use. Renewcell take old clothes, separate the materials and produce a raw material that replaces the need to cut down trees for viscose. They then sell this material to fashion companies and the process starts all over again! Well done to Renewcell for proving that circular business models can work at scale. Keep up the good work! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQsQS7GdL3I
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Definitely worth climate love!
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I’m very inpressad by the work of RE:Newcell and once again we have solutions to our problems and ”bulimia consumtion” is probaly one of biggest reason to the climate crisis.
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They are saving trees, saving jobs and saving environment. Very well done!
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Mace Group is one of the largest construction companies in the world. By encouraging their suppliers to use alternative cement they can help prevent 16.1 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2050. According to Project Drawdown, substituting some of the input materials for volcanic ash, certain clays, finely ground limestone and ground bottle glass, we can sequester/prevent between 7.98-16.1 billion tonnes (gigatonnes) of CO2 from 2020-2050. The world's largest cement company is responsible for producing 385.6 million tonnes of cement each year. Roughly 1 tonne of CO2 is emitted for every tonne of cement produced. That is a carbon footprint of 216.3 million tonnes each year, not including other supply chain emission. Cement is the second most used substance in the world, behind water and is responsible for 5-6% of global emissions annually. Ironically, the process which generates 60% of the emission during production is called decarbonisation. So can we decarbonise the decarbonisation process? Remember, this app works like a petition, so if you agree, make sure you click that agree button and if enough of us agree, We Don’t Have time will reach out to the company for a response. Shall we see if we can get a response from Mace Group? Here is the link to learn more about this https://drawdown.org/solutions/alternative-cement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySrgGLZM0Vw
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Construction is one of the most difficult sectors to change in terms of GHG emissions. But as you point out there are many solutions to reduce cement production emissions, reuse materials, and design with less resource use.
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We should ask questions when there is a construction planned, if they use lower carbon concrete.
Connor Lascelles
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What role will you play in this future? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzWRHi-Bmuk
Connor Lascelles
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Barratt Homes are one of the biggest house builders in the UK. In 2019 they built 17,579 homes. With great power comes great responsibility 🕸 How can Barratt use this power for good? One way is to integrate permaculture into the design of our living spaces. By aligning a house to face south, we are able to cut the energy usage from heating and cooling by 50%. This, alongside building standards like Passivhaus, can help us make our homes more energy efficient. It is important to note that the optimal orientation depends on whether you live in the northern or southern hemisphere. This video does a great job at explaining the details. By accompanying these building methods with rainwater harvesting and community farming we can improve climate resilience, reduce resource use and improve the health and wellbeing of the community. I’d love to see Barratt Homes adopting some of these methods. It would play a massive part in their Race To Zero and it will provide case studies for other companies to follow. Solutions exist, we now need to cooperate and implement them before it is too late. Let's get this to over 100 agrees so that We Don’t Have Time can reach out to them for a response. Let's start a climate dialogue with Barratt Homes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R-fAc0wl10
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Dear Connor Lascelles Thank you for getting your climate idea to level 2! We have reached out to Barratt Homes and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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That looked great. Access to the road is still necessary, which seemed a little awkward in his designs later in the video and it's a very US-style housing development (grid-based). Solar panels should be included by default with houses, as should good insulation and ground or air-sourced heat pumps.
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This should encourage governments all over the world to do this on a global scale since the impact would be life-altering
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It's sad to learn that Compost club was created as a result of an inefficient government.However,I love the work that the club does,I believe they do it way better than the government would.💚👏👏
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This is such a great initiative! Do you know if it exists somewhere else too? This would be so great to have it in France as most of the "compostable" waste are thrown away
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I know that there are people looking to replicate something similar in their countries. I didnt realise the problems is the same in France! Reducing food waste can prevent 90 billion tonnes of CO2e by 2050.... making it one of the biggest contributors https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/reduced-food-waste