A text version of a #DW #video I posted earlier in this thread covering alternatives to #AirConditioning for places where #AC—and the need for such #CoolingSystems—is ubiquitous, and for places where it hasn't been needed until our ongoing #ClimateChange catastrophe.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once solutions are our best hope for survival, and possible thriving after.
"What's the alternative to air #conditioning? Power-hungry AC units contribute to #climatechange and make the global heat problem worse. But solutions like passive cooling and better designs for cities can help." #'Klimaschutz https://www.dw.com/en/keeping-cool-without-ac-heat-wave-solutions-health-climate-change-summer-record-temperatures/a-62316262
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange solutions require as much varied and relevant information as possible.
This story is of a daunting, dangerous, and unique #scientific effort to help determine just how dire our extremely dire situation may be.
"#Scientists have less material from under the #IceSheet [covering #Greenland] than they do from the surface of the #moon."
Scientists journeyed to Greenland in an unprecedented experiment to drill for rocks beneath the ice sheet. But a crack in the ice threatened their mission — and their ability to predict the fate of the warming world.
"It’s an ancient technique once practiced by the Incas, as well as in Mexico, Peru, Japan and Egypt...doesn’t require soil and can increase crop production thanks to faster plant growth and year-round production...Aquaponics is also thought to be more climate-friendly since it uses less energy and is more weather-resilient than traditional types of farming."
Another Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solution.
Attached: 2 images ‘They’re sentient beings’: a new way of raising fish – and vegetables – in New York https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/07/oko-farms-brooklyn-aquaponics-fish > #YemiAmu, founder of #NewYork City’s first outdoor #aquaponics farm, combines growing fish and growing plants without soil, and teaches residents its benefits @[email protected] @[email protected] #BlackMastodon
It's heartening that #African nations are directly confronting #Europe, the #US, and the rest of the "developed" "#GlobalNorth regarding our collective responsibility to address the #ClimateChange catastrophe we alone caused (now exacerbated by #China, #India, and others as they "develop").
Our wealth should pay for Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #climate change mitigation solutions.
‘We’re not victims, we’re part of the solution’: the first Africa Climate Summit – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2023/sep/08/were-not-victims-were-part-of-the-solution-the-first-africa-climate-summit-in-pictures > The inaugural #Africa #Climate Summit was held in Nairobi this week, drawing delegates from across the world as well as climate campaigners to the streets @[email protected] @[email protected] #BlackMastodon #BlackFriday
There are SO many Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation ideas and opportunities that take relatively little effort and can pay for themselves in very little time, almost immediately in cases and places like this.
We just need the collective will to make these happen now.
Attached: 1 image Why putting #solarpanels beside #highways is a no-brainer! #California could generate enough #electricity to power 270,000 homes by putting solar panels in the empty land next to highway interchanges in just 3 Southern California counties.There is a lot of “dead” space between highways, which is currently not used for much of anything. It’s not a usable space for wildlife, either, due to the proximity of so many cars. These locations are often near #transmissionlines https://electrek.co/2023/08/31/why-putting-solar-panels-beside-highways-is-a-no-brainer/
Yes, #UN, immediately implemented and ongoing #radical Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solutions are the only way for #humans and our #civilizations to survive, and hopefully thrive.
#Climate change: UN calls for #radical changes to stem #warming https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66753909 #ClimateChange
Boosting the efficiency of #SolarPanels beyond the #technological limitations of #silicon is another Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solution that may be achieved by using #Perovskites.
"#Perovskites are yet another example of old #technology that's just starting to gain some traction in the world of #renewables...it was discovered...in 1839 and is a family of materials with the same #crystal structure as #CalciumTitaniumOxide (#CaTiO3)."
#ClimateChange is well underway and already causing serious harm to many people in many places in many ways.
All available mitigation solutions are required now if we are to have any hope of surviving, much less thrive in, the next years and decades.
People have died and will continue to die in ever increasing numbers if we fail to do Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to halt further #climate change disasters.
Public and #political #education and awareness are key to creating sound Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #policies.
"...we need to have laws that are going to protect the inherent value of #nature for itself, and not just as an instrument for humans."
"...our state implodes [if] the water's gone from the springs."
"We can't dream or hope it will be saved, we have to do."
(#Florida #springs inspired, at least in part, the #poem, #Xanadu 🤯)
"What if everybody lived with the understanding that [when] we harm #nature, we're harming ourselves?"
This undeniable, basic truth must be made universally known and understood.
That is one way to achieve #ClimateChange mitigation, and by understanding that codifying the right of #wild nature to exist, we directly help to ensure the continued survival of our #species, which is nearing the point of full collapse.
We must do Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, or die.
Yes, #citizens can and should take #legal action and use every legal and #political tool available to force immediate #government action to mitigate #ClimateChange.
The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once strategy I'm espousing is quite literal. Nothing that can yield positive results can be ignored, it all helps.
Dam! These obsessive "little" #rodents &are #engineering marvels that can restore and create entire #ecosystems.
#Beavers are a #keystone #species that can keep #water tables full to build #drought resistance, even in otherwise barren #deserts.
Beavers once roamed across most of the current #US, and parts of #Canada.
They can help save us from #water #wars, and worse.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
https://youtu.be/SQYjecVJs4E?si=n4lP7VGCopO3maKD
By relying on the #knowledge that's long been known, rather than the "just because we can" arrogance of #capitalism, we can stop the long, slow, and now imminent #suicide of our #species.
#Libya is far from the only place where #dam collapse has directly caused large human death tolls.
Thoughtless #engineering has destroyed communities and #habitats across the globe.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation includes better dams, or maybe none.
#Dhun is an old practice, ignored by #capitalism, that has allowed people to thrive in the #desert for millennia.
By restoring, expanding, and improving upon #ancient practices, we can build greater #ClimateChange resilience.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once actions, ftw!
Even in the face of the mighty #Sahara, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation work can be beneficial.
Do what you can, where you are, no matter who you are, or where.
No effort is too small, no matter the size and scope of the challenge.
Even with #war and it's real and lingering threat of violence and death, the people of #Gorongosa #mountain in #Mozambique, with direct training and engagement from and by the #government, have preservered and are succeeding in #reforesting the mountain while also benefiting from new #CashCrops—particularly #coffee.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, literally, is our best hope of #ClimateChange mitigation.
By doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, we can survive, and even thrive, the #ClimateChange we are all currently experiencing (not all are living through it).
Old and new #technologies can be combined and improved upon as part of Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solutions.
It all counts; it all matters.
It's sad that I have to explicitly state in this thread that, OF COURSE, my pushing for Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solutions is for projects and #technologies that *actually* benefit the #environment, today, tomorrow, and, hopefully, long into the future.
I've never said that just doing anything is the answer, but that doing all that *works*, everywhere it can be done, starting now, is what we need.
*sigh* white men are exhausting 😑
The bad faith argument of a net-good #ClimateChange mitigation solution not meeting some arbitrary standard of "perfect", thus being less than useful or harmful, is a self-serving and intellectually limited viewpoint.
Implementing the best available solutions, imperfect as they may be, while *also* continuing to improve upon them *and* developing ever better options defines the Everything, Everywhere, All at Once strategy I believe we need.
"...while reducing our #CarbonFootprint is definitely the right idea, neglecting issues like #biodiversity in the pursuit of lessening #emissions will only worsen the problem in years to come."
The answer isn't a singular focus on one facet of the causes of our #ClimateChange catastrophe, but on doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, and recognizing when plans go wrong and adjusting accordingly and continually.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation can take many forms, in many places.
Each bit of improvement matters, and the more successfully and broadly we can implement beneficial changes, perhaps the more beneficial changes can become the norm, rather than the exceptions they are now, possibly creating a new and positive feedback loop replacing our current one of disastrous #climate collapse.
Under #SkyriseGreeneryIncentive Scheme, #Singapore pays #PropertyOwners up to 50% of the cost of installing #green rooftops & facades. This amounts to up to $200 a square meter for roofs & $500 a square meter for vertical plantings, according to the government. The #greenery also reduces buildings' #CarbonFootprint & saves property owners on air conditioning & other energy costs. And the green buildings can attract tourists looking to patronize #ecofriendly businesses. https://www.businessinsider.com/why-buildings-in-singapore-covered-in-plants-government-incentives-2023-9?amp
#EvolutionEarth: #UnchartedEvolution on #PBS
#Animals and #insects are #evolving and adapting to #ClimateChange.
Will #humans #evolve and adapt to use Everything , Everywhere, All at once solutions to help our survival?
"Life on #Earth will continue. Will #humans continue? Probably not...Preserving and restoring #ecosystems is what we found out is going to be a real foundation for combating #ClimateChange...we need...the go-ahead...#land...support of the public..."
Is the #US finally ready to start responding to #ClimateChange as a serious and immediate existential threat?
It's too early to know, but this seems it may be a good start.
A concerted effort that is tailored for the many different regions and #ecosystems of this vast and highly-polluting nation could really be a great Everything, Everywhere, All at Once response that benefits us all, #ecologically and #economically.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-mobilizing-an-army-to-fight-the-climate-crisis/
"A total #CarbonFree #grid is getting easier and easier to imagine. It's just a question of whether we can get there in time."
Storing #energy generated by #renewable #technologies like #solar, #wind, and #water is a problem that requires new types of #batteries to allow for a stable grid.
For example, #iron #rusting #chemistry is one potential Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation #EnergyStorage and discharge solution I'd never heard of before.
"I've long said, when I think #climate—not a joke—I think jobs." – President #JoeBiden
That lack of insight into and appreciation of the literal #existential threat to #humans of our ongoing and worsening #ClimateChange disaster is a clear indication that #Biden is too removed from reality.
"It's humanity, stupid."
The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once strategy can't work if key solutions are #monopolized.
"...that transition to a low #carbon future is not going to happen overnight. We need realistic options and #technologies that allow us to #decarbonize our existing #applications."
Too many insist that only "perfect" #ClimateChange mitigation solutions are worth pursuing.
I believe that doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is the *best*, imperfect, strategy for saving us from our ongoing #climate disaster.
By ever-improving "good" options, we can save ourselves.
#Sustainable #cooling and "#ThermalComfortForAll" may be achieved by including a passive, #Bioclimatic approach to the rapidly increasing need for cooling in nearly every part of the world.
#TheCoolingWeb is an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solution that can be adopted and adapted to work everywhere #temperatures are high, or rising.
It will take everyone doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once for us to survive #ClimateChange as a #civilization and #species.
The kids know, even as too many of us adults pretend we don't.
‘Whatever it takes’: students at 50 US high schools launch climate initiative #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/25/green-new-deal-schools-climate-initiative?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Yes, we can do Everything, Everywhere, All at Once through projects big and small to mitigate #ClimateChange.
There isn't just one answer, one solution, one goal, or one target that will save us, it's all of it that must be done because all of it is what we've broken or destroyed.
Mayor announces further funding to #rewild #London and make capital more resilient to #climatechange The Mayor has committed a further £710,000 to support new rewilding projects in the capital as part of his Rewild London programme https://www.london.gov.uk/Mayor%20announces%20further%20funding%20to%20rewild%20London%20and%20make%20capital%20more%20resilient%20to%20climate%20change #urbanism
"...we are past the point where the actions of individual countries can move the needle on #ClimateChange."
Doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is the only viable #climate change mitigation strategy that can possibly save #human #civilization and our #species.
On national and international scales, we must all work together on projects like building #HVDC #SuperGrid connectivity.
#Decarbonization is both a #security and #existential necessity.
There isn't a single aspect of #modernity that we can afford to overlook when considering how we can reduce or eliminate our releasing of #GreenhouseGasses into the #atmosphere including, but not limited to, #carbon, the most abundant of such #gasses #human activity produces.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once includes improving our #building #materials, like #concrete and #cement.
We must do Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to mitigate #ClimateChange, including reducing our #GreenhouseGas #emissions and removing #carbon from our #atmosphere.
#Greenwashing #scams like carbon #offsets do nothing to save us #climate change because they ignore the existing problems.
We need serious and sustained actions to reverse the damage we've already done while also stopping the damage we continue to do.
“Carbon removal: why ambitious ‘no nonsense’ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2℃” #ClimateChange #CDR https://theconversation.com/carbon-removal-why-ambitious-no-nonsense-plans-are-vital-to-limit-global-heating-to-2-212462
The "Good, Bad, and Ugly" of #ClimateChange mitigation in #charts.
The linked article shows things that are working, things that aren't, and things that may make it all worse, and has comments and suggestions for each.
It includes a call for personal action as well because, though too many #climate #activists hate that, we need an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once strategy for climate solutions that literally leaves *nothing* that helps undone.
https://heatmap.news/economy/international-energy-agency-charts-climate "The world would use 15 exajoules less energy annually simply by switching fully to electric cars and heat pumps alone. That’s about the amount that the entire nation of Japan uses in a year." #ClimateChange
We must all do, collectively and individually, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to mitigate the ongoing damage of #ClimateChange.
There's literally nothing too small that helps the #environment that should be ignored, rather than completed.
Quitting because the task is so massive and seems pointless is not an option we can survive.
Frankly I’m finding this desperate boosterism all very familiar.
Some of us who were campaigning for three decades and who have not fallen victim to denialism are only too well aware that we are still headed at full speed for a cliff.
For thirty years we told to stay positive, employ solutions based campaigning and not to frighten the normies. Well here we are at 1.5C.
Hug your loved ones, do what you can that keeps you sane and prepare for the chaos and death to come.
@pandanus "desperate boosterism"?
What, exactly, are trying to convey to me with your response?
@ricardoharvin the time for action was a long time ago and a bunch of tech bros and those dazzled by shiny new vehicles are not going to change that.
Sorry, your electric SUVs are not going to do a damn thing to help.
Outlawing fossil fuels globally right now might give us breathing space but that isn’t going to happen is it.
@pandanus Thanks for confirming that, in fact, you're a racist, condescending, patronizing piece of shit 👍🏿
I will continue to do exactly as I choose.
@ricardoharvin racist? - oh sweetie, I could you a homophobe with exactly the same justification. But please do carry on in your sad little fantasy world where anyone who disagrees MUST be evil.
Remember me when agriculture fails, I’d give it about a decade.
Some of us have been campaigning for and living sustainably for a long, long time. Like we weren’t calling for a WWII type mobilisation twenty years ago when it might have achieved something, too late now.
Ricardo Harvin
Pandanus