Recycling matters. But it arrives very late in the story.

A circular economy begins earlier: in design, repair, reuse, borrowing, public procurement, libraries, schools, and shared infrastructure.

Maybe the future is not about perfect consumers.

Maybe it is about better systems.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/recycling-vs-circular-economy-reuse-repair?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#CircularEconomy #Sustainability #RepairCulture #Reuse #SustainableCities #PublicInfrastructure #SystemsThinking #ClimateJustice

RE: https://mastodon.au/@RenewEconomyRSSFeed/116479027932490739

The real issue here is the possibility to excise all #ProfitMaking #PowerGeneration from the Australian Grid. And the concerted efforts of #corporations to maintain their #RevenueChannels come what may with the help of current govt(s) support (legislative, regulatory, Tax and Funding support).

Full #HomePV penetration backed by #CommunityBatteries and #PublicInfrastructure (Transmission and control systems) could provide #FreeElectricity to all Homes in Australia. #ProfitMaking providers would be restricted to commercial consumption and exports (suitably taxed for a healthy and equitable economy). None of this is beyond the realms of possibility, political will is the only thing lacking to make the #3HoursFreeElectricity a 24 hour reality.

#AusPol #renewables

Matchstick Cats 793: The Hypocrite

#webcomics #cats #publicinfrastructure #caturday #pethumour

https://intoyourhead.ie/2026/04/26/matchstick-cats-793-the-hypocrite/

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@openfuture/116334604542398780

"The brief makes the case that the forthcoming #Cloud and #AI Development Act and the Digital Leadership window of the European Competitiveness Fund offer concrete opportunities to embed #publicdatastorage within the EU’s #digitalpolicy framework—not as a time-limited project, but as durable #publicinfrastructure deserving sustained public investment."

#digitalinfrastructure

लंदन की तर्ज पर दिल्ली की सड़कों का नया रूप: पैदल यात्रियों के लिए अलग लेन, पूरे इलाके रहेंगे गुलजार।

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/nd_london_like_raods_delhi_soon

#DelhiRoads #PedestrianFriendly #NightEconomy #UrbanPlanning #LondonModel #SmartCity #PublicInfrastructure #SPA #MCD #Delhi #News

Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

We funded feeds while we starved the foundation of a decent life: housing, transit, and social supports.

This essay maps the misallocation—and proposes a rebuild: community land trusts and co‑ops, zoning reform, anchor‑institution procurement, and a dual‑education pipeline for the trades.

https://thinkingprospectus.substack.com/p/the-misallocation-civilization

#HousingAffordability #PublicInfrastructure #CommunityWealth #UrbanPlanning
#AttentionEconomy
#Infrastructure
#SocialInfrastructure
#CommunityLandTrusts

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/headlines/federal_judge_orders_trump_admin_to_unfreeze_16_billion_in_funds_for_new_york_tunnel_project 

A federal judge has unfrozen $16 billion in funds withheld by Trump for rail infrastructure between NY & NJ. Friday’s court order c
Trump told Schumer that he would release the funds if Schumer supported renaming Dulles International Airport in Virginia and Penn Station in New York City after him. #TrumpNaziRegimeGrifters #PublicInfrastructure

The @EUCommission will be present across several sessions at #FOSDEM26 🇪🇺

Topics include:
👉 Open-source implementation of European Data Spaces (SIMPL)
👉 Interoperability & the DMA
👉 Cyber Resilience Act & engagement with FOSS
👉 Sustaining Free & Open Source Software
👉 Open source in railways & mobility

A strong signal that #EU digital policy is increasingly built with the FOSS ecosystem, not just around it.

#FOSDEM #FOSS #EUdigital #DigitalCommons #OpenSource #PublicInfrastructure