Ricardo HarvinBy 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 đ
Tree Planting Can Make Climate Change Worse
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.
Wind power's unsolved problem
"...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.
How China Turned the Desert Green (and why it went wrong)
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.
PhoenixSerenity (@[email protected])
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..."
Earth is Changing (and Animals Are Adapting in Surprising Ways) đ | Full Episode | Evolution Earth
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.
The Huge, Weird Batteries of the Future
"I've long said, when I think #climateânot a jokeâI think jobs." â 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.
Why the US is Losing the Solar Race to China
"...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.
How Cheap Hydrogen Could Become the Next Clean Fuel
#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.
Traditional Cooling methods in Modern buildings | The Cooling Web | DTE Call For Action
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.
HelloMstdn (@[email protected])
âWhatever it takesâ: 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.
CLondoner92 (@[email protected])
Mayor announces further funding to #rewild #London and make capital more resilient to #climatechange The Mayor has committed a further ÂŁ710,000 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.
The World Needs Supergrids, But There's a Problem
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.
Jean-Pierre Gattuso đŞđşđşđŚ (@[email protected])
âCarbon removal: why ambitious âno nonsenseâ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2ââ #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.
Climate Dad (@[email protected])
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. Thatâs 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.
Absolutely yes, we are well into the negative effects of #human-induced and most likely irreversible #ClimateChange.
The issue now is whether or not we reach the point where our #civilization collapses and our #species goes #extinct.
We aren't there yet, and by implementing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #climate change mitigation solutions, we may avert that looming scenario.
I'm not here to "debate" climate doomers, so be gone.
Restoring #ecosystems, not "just" removing #carbon, #methane, and other #GreenhouseGasses from the #atmosphere, and reducing or eliminating such #emissions, is vital to a sound Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
"We need to [search] under every stone to try find ways to mitigate #ClimateChange."
It's not just about #carbon, that's truly limited and inefficient thinking.
All #GreenhouseGasses are a problem, including #NitrousOxide (#N2O).
Just as we successfully acted to save the #Ozone layer, we can do Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to preserve what remains of our total #environment.
It's terrifying and critical but it's not hopeless, it's possible.
The greenhouse gas no one is talking about
"Thereâs a price tag that comes with #decarbonization. This is why we need all forces involved."
All forces must be involved to implement successful Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solutions.
We must continually advance and not let the "perfect" be the enemy of the good, while never settling for the not enough "good enough".
Truly #GreenHydrogen is best, but #BlueHydrogen can be a short-term bridge (much better than #diesel) to that goal.
Erin Whalen (@[email protected])
Check out this long-haul transport truck that traveled 1,000 km on a single fill of liquid hydrogen. Nice to see that green hydrogen was used here. It sounds like the bottleneck to making fuel-cell trucks more mainstream in the long-haul industry is the lack of availability of green hydrogen. There have been a bunch of stories lately about green hydrogen plants starting up â I wonder if/how the industry will grow to meet demand? https://www.trucknews.com/sustainability/hydrogen-powered-daimler-truck-passes-1000-km-on-single-fill/1003178400/ #hydrogen #green #future
Every little bit of progress matters in an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
Is this anywhere near enough? No.
Is this real and necessary progress towards reducing #climate damage? Yes, unequivocally.
#SolarPower is ramping up in the #US and now accounts for 7.1% of our energy, driven in part by a 26.6% increase in small-scale installations like rooftop #solar from July 2022 to July 2023.
A small start.
https://mas.to/@frozencanuck/111152141779302909
https://cms.ferc.gov/media/energy-infrastructure-update-july-2023
Frozen Canuck (@[email protected])
Electrek: US solar is booming "solar provided 1,824 megawatts (MW) of new US generation capacity, or more than 67.2% of the total added in July 2023" Amazing! Also... "FERC reports that âhigh probabilityâ additions of solar between August 2023 and July 2026 total 84,392 MW" That's fantastic news. Let's keep it going! https://electrek.co/2023/09/29/us-solar-is-booming-heres-the-newly-released-data/ #GreenEnergy #Solar #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
#Rewilding and #ecosystem #restoration projects may not suit zealots who believe only directly removing #carbon from the #atmosphere is beneficial for #ClimateChange mitigation but such efforts fit perfectly in an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once strategy because #decarbonization is only *one* goal we need to achieve, not the only goal.
JuneSim63 (@[email protected])
A baby beaver has been seen in London for the first time in 400 years, 18 months after Enfield Council began an initiative to reintroduce the species to the capital as part of a wider rewilding and natural flood-management project. #Beavers #Wetlands #London #Enfield #Rewilding #FloodManagement #Wildlife #Biodiversity https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/30/baby-beaver-born-in-london-for-first-time-in-400-years
"Pessimism abounds...I see evidence...of people doing...practical work to bring...organisations into line with...#climate goals.
The road is long...time is short...our pace is quickening...as industries and #economies change, so...will minds.
...a technology upgrade...plus...solutions that protect and restore ecosystems and sustainably manage agricultural land and forests."
Quitting guarantees #ClimateChange failure. Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is the only option.
https://theconversation.com/the-road-is-long-and-time-is-short-but-australias-pace-towards-net-zero-is-quickening-214570
The road is long...time is short...our pace is quickening...as industries and #economies change, so...will minds.
...a technology upgrade...plus...solutions that protect and restore ecosystems and sustainably manage agricultural land and forests."
Quitting guarantees #ClimateChange failure. Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is the only option.
https://theconversation.com/the-road-is-long-and-time-is-short-but-australias-pace-towards-net-zero-is-quickening-214570
Every little bit of reduction to our contributions to #ClimateChange is good. The more we do, the better off we'll be.
Whatever helps is what we should be doing.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is the necessary, messy, #climate change mitigation strategy we need right now because we collectively chose to delay action until the crisis was well underway.
Architecture News (@[email protected])
Dezeen : "We need to distribute electricity" to combat climate change says Bill Nye https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/02/bill-nye-new-york-climate-fair-2023/ #Carboncaptureandutilisation #Climatechange #NewYorkCity #Technology #Aircraft #HighLine #Design #all #USA
Yes, even working with less-than-ideal people, companies, organizations, nations, and other entities, if the results are reductions of our harmful emissions and increases to a healthy #environment, are absolutely part of a solid Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
It's the results that matter at this crucial stage, not some misguided and self-defeating "purity".
Rocky Kistner (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Bloomberg vows to âfinish the jobâ cutting US fossil fuel emissions, and to close the âroughly 150 coal plants that have not yet retired, slash current gas generation in half and block the construction of new gas-fired plants.â @ValerieVolco @Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/michael-bloomberg-pumps-500-million-into-bid-close-all-us-coal-plants-2023-09-20/ #climate #climatechange
"...you can't just plant #trees...addressing this issue requires a multi-pronged approach...encouraging green spaces, but also enforcing industry standards, and also coming up with novel solutions that most people wouldn't immediately think of."
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solutions abound and are stimulating long-overdue discussions and useful #innovations
"#Green (#algal) #slime is cool, knee-jerk cynicism is not."
The "Liquid Tree" is Very Cool Actually
Damaging or destroying #ecosystems and natural #environments is NOT part of, and is directly antithetical to, a solid Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
We must make all things better, not sacrifice one part to benefit another as that merely keeps us treading water.
#Government has a role to play in incentivizing better use of existing #infrastructure towards improving our #climate, like #ParkingLot and other #urban #SolarPower.
Climate News Now (@[email protected])
The easiest and cheapest places to install solar panels are often large, undeveloped plots of land. It's why, in many places across the country, we've seen rural areas â including fragile desert ecosystems and valuable farmland turned into solar farms. Solar will likely play an important role in the countryâs move away from fossil fuels but is there a smarter way to do it that doesnât require taking up so much rural land? #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Solar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeaQUhAOdtk
The situation is dire, the state of our #environment is critical, but the future is not hopeless thanks to people doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to help mitigate the effects of #ClimateChange
KUOW (bot) (@[email protected])
As part of our week of coverage focused on climate solutions, we pulled together some of the moments of success and progress, small and large. https://www.kuow.org/stories/it-s-not-all-bad-news-wonderful-and-wild-stories-about-tackling-climate-change #KUOW #News
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategies and solutions.
#Decarbonize the #atmosphere, not just reducing or eliminating new #emissions:
Climate Science News (@[email protected])
#Climate #News: Carbon capture method plucks CO2 straight from the air: Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere â rather than just prevent the creation of it. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231003173431.htm
"When #nature is allowed off the leash to be fully functioning, it can have an awe-inspiring resilience. These powers of nature shouldn't be underestimated."
#Reindeer can help slow or stop the 130 foot per year retreat of the #TreeLine caused by #ClimateChange.
#Rewilding and #ecosystem restoration are key to a successful Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #climate strategy.
Why Reindeer Are Important to Tundra Preservation | Evolution Earth
"The bulk of the problem is still long-haul #flights, but until we can #fly on cleaner #fuels, we can start cutting #emissions where we can."
#Goverment policies and inter-cooperation are key to enabling Everything, Everywhere, All at Once solutions to mitigate #ClimateChange at every level, from hyper-local, to #national, to #international and, ultimately, #global.
Do short-distance flights need to go?
Yet again today, I muted and blocked another person who posted that no one is doing anything about #ClimateChange.
That's an absolute lie and seems to me to be part of a deliberate #misinformation campaign designed to stop people from doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to mitigate #climate change.
It's fair to argue that *not enough* is being done, and that we're moving too slowly, but good work abounds, and every little bit helps.
Let's never forget or diminish the truth that so much of our #climate disaster is a result of #racism and #classism, everywhere on #Earth.
The most directly impacted people everywhere are non-white, and poor.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategies that focus on the most damaged and vulnerable #communities can have the most direct and immediate positive impact for us all.
Venita (@[email protected])
Trees reduce greenhouse gases, air temperatures, and aide in absorbing rainwater. They are a good thing. A Time to Invest: Advocates call for tree equity in Black neighborhoods https://afro.com/a-time-to-invest-advocates-call-for-tree-equity-in-black-neighborhoods/ #Trees #BlackHealth #Climatechange #Blackmastodon
"...there is no one solution to the #ClimateCrisis. We have to use all the tools...reduce #GreenhouseGases...slow #GlobalHeating"
Without maintaining and restoring #ecosystems and #biodiversity, seemingly good projects like planting large numbers of #trees can be worse for the #environment than those trees not being planted at all.
#Greenwashing and #commercial interests often harm the planet by focusing on one thing, rather than on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
How we get tree planting wrong | It's Complicated
As noted a bit earlier in this thread, repurposing #ParkingLots (adding #solar) can be a highly effective and ultimately cost-efficient way to reduce overall #emissions and mitigate #ClimateChange.
Another, maybe more mid-term option could be to enhance the amount of #greenery in such lots, or to use greenery instead of or along with solar.
All combined with improved #transit, public and personal, for an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once approach.
Erin Whalen (@[email protected])
Who else thinks we should be tearing up concrete and bringing more nature back into our cities ? đł đť đ˛ (I wrote a wee bit of a rant about it at the link below â if you check it out, please let me know what you think!) https://www.ourawesomefuture.net/lets-turn-our-cities-into-wild-nature-gardens/
This may not be a viable option, in terms of safety, in certain scenarios (e.g. #metropolitan #RushHour with aggressive #drivers), but in terms of cost and range, this seems like a solid and relatively "affordable" #car alternative and progress towards reducing overall #vehicle #carbon and space footprints.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation means making improvements any way we can, not waiting on mythical "perfect" solutions.
It's a start.
Erin Whalen (@[email protected])
Check out this cool solar-powered Aptera EV that supposedly gets 1,600 km on a single charge. The solar panels integrated into its design can add an extra 64 km of power a day, leading the company to claim that some users may never even have to charge it. âď¸ The company apparently has 26,000+ pre-orders for the vehicle, which they hope to start delivering by the end of the year. The base model costs US$25,900 â which doesn't seem insane to me? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDX4mWP9TIU #solar #ev #SolarPunk
"...#conservation isn't something that happens somewhere else...it can happen close to home..."
"Everything that is in this creation is put here for a specific purpose."
"...if we're not...mindful of the connection that our #society has to have with #nature, it'll be too late."
#AmericanPrarieReserve #Montana #USA #NationalGeographic #LastWildPlaces #Rewilding
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation.
Last Wild Places: Rewilding The Americas
"#IberĂĄ was...degraded by #humans and is...being recovered by humans...what we can achieve if we...[restore] an #ecosystem..."
"Our [mission] is to...help reverse the #biodiversity #extinction crisis...protecting what is left...reintroducing #KeystoneSpecies...then...develop #economic activity for the local people..."
#TompkinsConservation #NationalGeographic #LastWildPlaces #Argentina #Rewilding
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation.
Last Wild Places: Rewilding The Americas
"...there's no one-size-fits-all solution."
Every little bit of improvement helps in an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
One very positive aspect of #Hygroelectric #power is that the parts of the #world already most negatively affected by #climate change are also the most #humid parts of the #planet, and significant parts of the high-#polluting #nations are also humid.
If it can scale, this could work in most places.
Is This Accidental Discovery The Future Of Energy?
"We know that #wilderness is an incredibly powerful #natural #climate solution and we need to be conserving more of it."
"...each...of us really needs to get on this and work with organizations like #NortheastWildernessTrust...put these #lands aside...large and small alike...20 acres or 200...or 2,000...it's all important."
It's about doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to mitigate #ClimateChange.
Rewilding the Northeast (full)
Restoring #ecosystems is an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy that works.
Removing #dams and allowing #waterways to resume their normal flows increases the numbers of native species and overall health of the #environment.
Replacing #hydroelectric power with far less intrusive and destructive sources, like smartly deployed #solar, can result in a net gain of environmental health and #climate change reduction.
Magpieblog (@[email protected])
It's been almost a decade since the removal of dams that blocked salmon migration on Washington state's Elwha River. Salmon populations have now recovered enough that members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe are this month enjoying their first traditional fishery since removal. #salmon #fisheries #FirstFoods #NativeAmericans #LowerElwhaKlallamTribe #ElwhaRiver #DamRemoval #WashingtonState https://phys.org/news/2023-10-tribe-coho-salmon-free-flowing-elwha.html
#Rewilding, a keystone* of an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
#Beavers help limit catastrophic #flood damage and minimize #drought while creating #ecosytems filled with #biodiversity; all critical to a healthy #environment.
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PeterD đŠđŞ đ¨đŚ (@[email protected])
Ealing: Beaver family released in west London wetland. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67075177 "Beavers have been reintroduced to west London for the first time in about 400 years in a bid to improve biodiversity and help mitigate the impact of climate change. The family of five Eurasian beavers were released at Paradise Fields, an area of wetlands in Ealing. They were relocated from a wild beaver population in Scotland by a coalition of wildlife groups." #EurasiaBeavers #Wetlands #ClimateChange
đľ Everything old [can be] new again đľ
Rethinking Everything, Everywhere, All at Once can lead to amazing #ClimateChange mitigation solutions based on #ancient #technologies, we don't always have to create entirely new components.
Cost-effective, scalable, and #environmentally friendly storage of #energy generated by #rewnewables remains a problem with which current #batteries still struggle, and l this kinda low-tech alternative may be an answer.
Dave Rahardja (@[email protected])
This is so cool! The engineers at MIT discovered that cement and carbon black (paracrystalline carbon) can be mixed to create a supercapacitor that still behaves like cement. That means you can build cement structures that store energy. They estimate that 45âŻmÂł of this material is enough to store 10âŻkWh (about a dayâs worth of energy for a home). âNew Breakthrough in Energy Storage â MIT Engineers Create Supercapacitor out of Ancient Materialsâ https://scitechdaily.com/new-breakthrough-in-energy-storage-mit-engineers-create-supercapacitor-out-of-ancient-materials/
#GreatGreenWalls, everywhere they've been tried are, alone, absolutely not a #ClimateChange mitigation solution.
As noted previously in this thread, #tree planting on its own is a strategy that will fail. There must be a #holistic approach that includes much more than just adding #trees, including incentives to reduce or eliminate continued human damage.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once does NOT mean anything, anywhere, thoughtlessly done.
Can India's Great Green Wall stop desertification?
In the #US, 100% useless and very #climate-destructive #lawn #grass consumes more #acreage than #food #crops.
This ongoing series of one person's #rewilding of their yard is small-scale Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
"...the #FoodWeb is an #EnergyWeb...bugs which eat plants are a main contributor to this conversion."
"Don't think you have to do a ton of rewilding, just start small."
https://youtu.be/WoFLocyd_sQ?si=1D-hiJ3WJQIWFwxv
https://youtu.be/4-NP_GW_2Zg?si=mXuMTO-uqGTt0Blb
Rewilding a Suburban Yard
It's not about any one thing, no matter how critical that any one thing may beâespecially ending #carbon and other #GreenhouseGas #emissionsâit's about Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
Even we got emissions down to zero literally today, and for all time, we've still already passed important temperature benchmarks that will continue to negatively affect our #climate for decades, if not centuries or permanently, if we don't do much more.
Climate Dad (@[email protected])
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-15/climate-change-adaptation-united-states-emissions âEven with a global crash program to cut emissions â which is essential â climate change will worsen for at least the next two decades. We need national strategies that can help us bounce back from increasingly devastating hits.â #ClimateChange
"#Agriculture has been the single biggest driver for #wilderness destruction." (As noted in a previous #video, in the #US home #lawns consume more acreage than agriculture, thus are more #ecologically damaging.)
As also previously noted, #ancient #technologies, like #aquaponics, updated and adapted for our times (e.g. including #solar, for power), can be part of a successful Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
Is Aquaponics the Future of Agriculture?
"#Mycellium is the #root structure of #mushrooms and, simply [stated], they're just the #recyclers of #nature."
#Mycoremediation, replacing #plastics, #meats, #packaging, #leathers and more are all possible with #fungi, perhaps the important #organism on #Earth.
Using and doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to mitigate #ClimateChange may save our #species. It's our best option.
Now I want to be buried in a #mushroom #coffin. #GreenFuneral #GreenBurial
How Mushroom Startups Use Fungi To Fight Waste | World Wide Waste | Insider Business
The goal of Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation solutions is "progress, not perfection", with radical and continual improvements.
#WasteToEnergy #incineration is only a bit cleaner than #coal and #gas, but "...the process reduces the volume of #waste, creates #energy, and part of the residue can be #recycled." while reducing the amount of #waste burned in the open, a major and increasing source of #pollutants and #GreenhoseGas #emissions
Why donât we just burn our trash?
"If we used #infrastructure in the #oceans and created #seaweed #islands, we would actually eliminate a lot of the #ClimateChange issues we have today."
"#Seaweeds are a platform of opportunity in #sustainability, #nutrition, and #innovation."
"There's many ways that seaweed as a new #material, or #food, or #feed on the planet can service a better #environment..."
#Kelp #CarbonCapture #CarbonSequestration
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
Is Seaweed The Fastest Solution To Climate-Change? | Future Planet | BBC Earth Lab
"The "#AmericanDream" is a very painful dream."
Returning to #Mexico with $55 after decades in the #UnitedStates, #OmarVazquez started his own successful #plant #business and soon expanded into a more personal pursuit of using the massive amounts of #sargassum washing ashore to make #bricks.
These blooms are likely caused by #ClimateChange, and this business may soon be another Everything, Everywhere, All at Once option for #sustainable #HomeBuilding.
#insulation #link: https://youtu.be/2fXiboAGQvM?si=jbeEvANn9m-uyejB
How Bricks Made From Invasive Seaweed Clean Mexico's Beaches | World Wide Waste | Insider Business
"#AirConditioners used as a solution against #urban #heat are actually making it worse."
#Singapore, the #GardenCity, is still a #concrete jungle and "#HeatIsland" and is trying to make use of passive #technologies, like greenery, both on the street and the #skyscraper level.
Back alleys can reach 60° C (140° F) due to #AC usage.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is rethinking every aspect of #city living, where most people live and to where most are moving.
Singapore, the green city ⢠FRANCE 24 English
Every little thing that helps is part of the Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
"The work was done in collaboration with #Llama 2000 AsociaciĂłn...local #Peruvian #farmers...negatively impacted by the receding #glaciers"
â...the #science...not only requires...the authors, but all of these other groups...it shows the constant need for collaboration and to develop communities..."
#Ecosytem #restoration with local involvement is key.
https://eldritch.cafe/@SallyStrange/111285235715183031
Sally Strange (@[email protected])
Llama poop helps restore ecosystems teetering on disintegration as glaciers retreat. 'â[Looking through feces] doesnât sound like fun, but when you see vegetation sprouting out of that, and you recognize that the whole ecosystem goes back to this latrine,â [Geography professor Tim] Beach said. âBecause the llamas go to graze there too ⌠you see that these are little islands of fertility, that then lead to the stabilization of this ecosystem.â ...The work was done in collaboration with Llama 2000 AsociaciĂłn, an organization of local Peruvian farmers whose land and communities had been negatively impacted by the receding glaciers." #Climate #ClimateChange #resilience #Peru #llamas #farming #ecosystems #GlacierRetreat https://thedailytexan.com/2023/10/22/llamas-assist-in-revitalizing-low-nutrient-soil-combat-some-climate-change-according-to-ut-researchers/
Restoring #ecosytems is vital to a successful Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
It's not enough to stop destroying our #environment, we must repair as much as possible the damage we've already caused.
"We are demonstrating it is possible...We just have to do it on a gigantic scale."
"Lakeside Farmsâ cropland leached high amounts of phosphorus...It took mere months for the wetland to filter the sediment back to safe levels."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/22/farm-wetland-bird-animal-sanctuary-oregon
"Little things add up" â #AlannahVellacott, #Marine #Ecologist
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategies must include Everyone, Everywhere.
#MarineScience #CoralReef restoration #BlackScubaDivers
Without fundamentally changing how our society functions, even the best Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategies will only slow the rate of our impending demise, when the goal must be to not just to avert that demise, but to reverse as much damage as we can so we can thrive in harmony with our #environment.
It's clear our collective priorities have failed, and we need a new way forward.
https://kolektiva.social/@theceoofanarchism/111287870593209715
Union of Egoists (@[email protected])
Our Fixation on Green Technology Harms Our Ability to Confront Climate Crisis "This narrow and unimaginative vision of a sustainable world is unfortunately holding us back from what needs to happen to address the climate crisis.There will be no magical technology that will save us. The answer to climate change has always been much more than just scientific innovation; it is economic, social and geopolitical. We are not in this climate crisis because we have bad technology. We are here because our societies have prioritized the resource-intensive livelihoods of a few, at the cost of the environment and well-being of many. The unsustainable and polluting technology we have is only responding to our societyâs obsession to go faster, grow bigger and consume more at any cost. It is that system of value that must be disrupted to solve the climate crisis. Relying on green technology without systemic change is a Band-Aid approach. Our understanding of technology and its role in our society must also shift. For too long, weâve seen technology as a way to dominate or overcome our natural environments. Western societies have built this illusion that we are somehow separate from our local ecologies because of technology. We are not beyond the laws of nature and we canât expand and consume resources endlessly. Technology cannot fix this delusion, and if anything, it can only fuel it. For centuries, Western countries have invisibilized the ecological costs of our industrial societies. This is often done by relying on nature to absorb pollution, forcing poor communities and communities of color to take the brunt of environmental issues, and shipping environmental problems off to lower-income countries. In many ways, the climate crisis is a confrontation of this belief. After centuries of ignoring the temporal and physical limitations of our planet, the chickens are coming to roost." https://truthout.org/articles/our-fixation-on-green-technology-harms-our-ability-to-confront-climate-crisis/ #climatechange #globalwarming #ClimateCrisis #degrowth #socialism #technology #green
"As #human #civilization continues to grow, our need for #sand will grow too. But that doesn't...mean that the way we exploit our #environment needs to grow..."
"We have to figure out ways to live our lives, and to build our #cities...where most people live, in ways that just consume less across the board...less of everything, and that is very much doable."
Not using Everything, Everywhere, All at Once may be the best #ClimateChange mitigation solution of all.
Weâre Running Out of Sand (and Itâs a Huge Problem)
More information, constantly and openly shared, needs to be a part of an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #ClimateChange mitigation strategy.
"We're not #physiologically oriented for slow #violence and incremental notions of #risk...we're...impaired in our ability to understand the accumulation of risk. The more information #consumers have...the greater likelihood [there] is...that they will shift their behavior accordingly."
What is the RISKIEST Region in the US as the Climate Changes?
chidi_anagonye"It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it" - George Carlin
Demian@ricardoharvin great thread! Pragmatically hopeful
@dgodon Thanks! I'm just trying to keep us all from feeling hopeless because the task is so massive.
@ricardoharvin There are definitely times when it seems too hard with too many forces against us. But, love your "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once" framing