Environment – Science, Technology, Society

Places with the most lethal air quality

Posted on October 11, 2013December 25, 2013 by timbatchelder

Here’s where you’re most likely to die from air pollution
John Metcalfe, grist.org

Click to embiggen.Where on Earth are you most likely to die early from air pollution? NASA provides the answer with this mortally serious view of the planet, and it is: lots of places.Like tar stains on a healthy lung, the sickly yellow and…

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China’s Pollution Is So Bad It Can Now Be Seen from Outer Space! (inhabitat.com)
How Does Exposure to Air Pollution Affect Deaths from Pneumonia? (pollutionfree.wordpress.com)

Vikings have more fun: UN reports Danes are happiest people

Posted on September 22, 2013December 24, 2013 by timbatchelder

Vikings have the most fun: U.N. says Danes are the happiest people on the planet
Greg Hanscom, grist.org

ShutterstockThey don’t always look happy, but really they are.Their days of seafaring plunder are over, but Danes are still the happiest people in the world, says the U.N. How do they do it? With sustainable development, a sane workweek, and umbre…

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What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers?

Posted on September 3, 2013December 22, 2013 by timbatchelder

What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers?
fastcoexist.com

We give hurricanes such friendly, blameless names. What did Sandy ever do to anyone? An advocacy group wants to name disastrous storms after the politicians who are blocking effective climate policy.

Spare a thought for people named Ivan,…

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What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers? (fastcoexist.com)
Climate Name Change aims to connect deniers to storms (treehugger.com)

Architect Michael Green Calls Wood “The Most Technologically Advanced Building Material In The World.”

Posted on August 26, 2013August 29, 2013 by timbatchelder

TreeHugger.

Michael Green and the case for wooden skyscrapers [Video] (mnn.com)
INDEX Award winner: Rasperry Pi (treehugger.com)
Scaffolding and shipping containers used to build temporary restaurant (treehugger.com)

An egg that monitors air quality goes online

Posted on August 17, 2013August 20, 2013 by timbatchelder

(via An egg that monitors air quality goes online… | TimBatchelder.

Air quality alert issued for Chicago area (suntimes.com)

Americans don’t like the taste of water

Posted on May 22, 2013June 10, 2013 by timbatchelder

Americans’ main complaint about water is that it tastes too much like water
Sarah Miller, grist.org

Robynne BlumeDo you feel like your doctors and your more annoying friends are always telling you to drink more water? Well, they’re just trying to help. Water is so important for your health! Sadly, water tastes like, well, water. And since Americ…

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Americans’ main complaint about water is that it tastes too much like water (grist.org)

Oil eating bacteria fixed the Gulf disaster but might not save you next time

Posted on April 10, 2013June 21, 2013 by timbatchelder

Oil-Eating Bacteria Fixed The Deepwater Horizon Disaster, But They May Not Help Next Time
BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com

It turned out the Gulf was filled with bacteria that loved to chow down on exactly what was spilling out of BP’s destroyed oil well. How fortuitous! But hoping that hungry bacteria will help in the next oil spill is dangerous thinking.

Oil spill…

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The Deep Water Horizon (raceingminds.wordpress.com)
Lessons from Deepwater Horizon: how oil spills could impact BC tourism (vancouverobserver.com)
BP calls for independent probe of claims lawyer (miamiherald.com)
Corexit: Deadly dispersant in oil spill cleanup (sott.net)

Thoughts on rural research

Posted on March 8, 2013June 17, 2013 by timbatchelder

In the Hands of God: Thoughts on Rural Research
core77.com

By Jan ChipchaseThis article summarises the issues in conducting corporate ethnographic research in rural locations covering logistics to research dynamics. Rural communities are far from homogeneous.Over the last decade I’ve seen an…

RT @core77: GoogleMaps, Dirt Roads + Drinking Water. @JanChip shares thoughts on logistics for rural research #AfghanMobil… http://flip.it/itW9Q http://flip.it/8dqWb

Taking the Rural Pulse, part 2 (ruralmnblog.wordpress.com)
Nanoparticle Tech Could Bring Clean Water to Rural Poor (livescience.com)

North Face launches garment recycling program

Posted on March 1, 2013June 16, 2013 by timbatchelder

The North Face Launches “Clothes the Loop” Garment-Recycling Program
ecouterre.com

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The North Face Launches “Clothes the Loop” Garment-Recycling Program

by Jasmin Malik Chua, 02/21/13

The North F …

RT @inhabitat: The North Face wants to reward you for recycling your old clothes and shoes, regardless of brand or condition http://flip.it/Oe9Oe http://flip.it/ZZwzU

Marks & Spencer’s Shwopping, One Year Later: Progress and Potential (triplepundit.com)
Sustainability Drives Innovation (noahsprojectblog.wordpress.com)
Community Recycling Helps Universities Divert 1.9m Pounds From Landfill (environmentalleader.com)
[Ꮬ] The North Face Men’s Resolve Jacket Asphalt Grey / Asphalt Grey 3XL! (emjooa.wordpress.com)
Exploring for The North Face Mesh Room – 6 Person Tent Available for Sale (snyykill.wordpress.com)
The World’s Most Sustainable Retailer? Marks & Spencer’s 2013 Plan A Report (triplepundit.com)

10 year old boy starts recycling business

Posted on February 11, 2013June 13, 2013 by timbatchelder

10 Year-Old Boy Launches His Own Recycling Business, Donates 25% Of Profits To Homeless Children
Lana Winter, inhabitots.com

“It’s so easy to do nothing. But it’s really good to do something!” This is the philosophy of wise beyond his years Vanis Buckholz, a 10 year-old boy who launched his own recycling business in his home town of Corona del Mar, California. Inspired …

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Corona Del Mar, CA – Living in the Flower Streets (realestatebythebeach.wordpress.com)

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey perceptions about climate

Posted on January 22, 2013February 13, 2013 by timbatchelder

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey knows what’s best for you, and fighting climate change ain’t it
By Philip Bump, grist.org

You’d think that by now John Mackey would have learned to shut up.

The Whole Foods CEO and cofounder would no doubt be incensed at my saying so, of course, since — in classic hyper-entitled, superfluously wealthy, privileged white-man st…

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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Thinks Climate Change is Not Necessarily Bad (triplepundit.com)
John Mackey book tour something to chew on (sfgate.com)
Whole Foods CEO: ‘Climate Change Is Not Necessarily Bad’ (thinkprogress.org)
Whole Foods CEO worried about Obama fascism/socialism, not worried about climate change (boingboing.net)

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