Biofilm communities seen as key to safer long term spaceflight
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Quick take: <p>Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29
#communities #spaceflight #biofilm #safer
Biofilm communities seen as key to safer long term spaceflight

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2026 A global team of scientists has identified biofilms, the structured microbial communities that form on surfaces, as a critical yet underappreciated factor for the f...

Ford defends jail expansion plan to address overcrowding issues
Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government's plan to build many more jails, saying the billions in cost will be worth it and will help keep communities safer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-defends-jail-expansion-plan-9.7164241?cmp=rss

A key point in this new piece is that while genuine eco-fascism is at present virtually non-existent, that situation could change substantially within a few years. At present, the far Right is confused on #climate uncertain whether or not to get serious about defensive-reactive climate adaptation. That confusion is unlikely to last. As set out in the #SAFER report, we need to seize this time-period when we still have a time advantage, to get serious about depolarisation, to be genuinely invitational about winning people into climate action of all kinds, and to make strategic-transformative adaptation the main attractor.
It’s existential. I mean, it’s about whether we and our children live or die - and it’s about HOW we live, how we choose to exist. What culture we choose to project.
…An ideologically-narrow ‘woke’ culture, that excludes, or a positive and genuinely invitational welcome…

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-04-14/without-pluralism-within-the-climate-movement-we-risk-handing-the-future-to-the-far-right/

Without pluralism within the climate movement, we risk handing the future to the far right

The climate crisis demands urgency, not ideological uniformity. In an already fragmented movement, requiring adherence to specific positions on issues beyond climate action deepens division and opens space for anti-democratic influence.

resilience
New report finds Canada safer than U.S. for women
Canada has ranked higher than the U.S. in a new global report that looks at women's safety, rights, and overall welfare.Canada once again beat the U.S. in the latest Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security and the Peace Research Institute Oslo, which ranks 181 countries based on women's safety and well-being. The ...
https://www.blogto.com/travel/2026/04/new-report-canada-safer-us-women/
Major Toronto street could be transformed into car-free pedestrian zone this summer
Toronto's Church-Wellesley Village could look very different this summer, as a new, seasonal pedestrianization pilot project aims to transform the vibrant neighbourhood into a safer public space for pedestrians, local businesses, and the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The initiative was brought forward by Toronto Centre Councillor ...
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/04/toronto-street-pilot-project-pedestrian-zone-summer/
Halifax updating plan for safer transportation system that reduces reliance on cars
After nearly 10 years, Halifax’s plan to create a safer, healthier transportation network where fewer people rely on cars is getting an update.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-updating-plan-for-safer-transportation-system-that-reduces-reliance-on-cars-9.7143850?cmp=rss

BREAKING HUGE NEWS:
The contents of a secret U.K. Govt report on Britain’s ‘critical systems’ and their grave vulnerability have just now been made public by the TIMES, for the very first time.

The report was stark in its findings, incl crucially:

“Britain’s food security…could be “at strategic risk of catastrophic failure” by 2030”.

Food was only one of the critical systems analysed in the report and found to be at risk of collapse from the end of the decade, >unless< collectively we change course to a safer, more resilient path.

READ:
https://thetimes.com/article/381266e2-4282-4b0b-ab68-c2beb36fe75c?shareToken=9866f130f6bcc1b627d973b510a762ad

Please share onwards …
#Safer

Britain’s food supply ‘at risk of catastrophic failure by 2030’

A report written before the 2024 election says climate change, habitat loss and geopolitical instability are a danger to food security — and it has been ignored

The Times

A shot from my major #SAFER talk at the Sustainable Communities Conference, hosted by Adrian Ramsay, in Diss last week. The event focused on two key themes: nature recovery and community energy.

More info on SAFER, a Climate Majority Project campaign for locally-led adaptation, via the link 👇

https://www.climatemajorityproject.com/campaign/safer

Blood-thinning drug Eliquis likely safer for patients with deep blood clots, study suggests
A trial directly comparing two commonly used blood-thinning drugs found that one carries a lower risk of dangerous bleeding ‌in patients with clots in veins deep in the body, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/eliquis-blood-thinning-drugs-stroke-venous-thrombosis-9.7127496?cmp=rss