“The ecological kindness of hackers”
I liked this short article on the Coolguy site. https://coolguy.website/the-future-will-be-technical/ecological-kindness.html
environment
Off the grid
This is the home of my friend in Spain, where I spent a few days. He lives on three hectares of land, planted with fruit trees, almonds and pines, and is completely off the grid there. The electricity comes from two solar panels, and is stored in batteries. The rainwater collected from the roof supplies all the needs …
Diary
I’ve booked a ticket to Istanbul for August 1. I want to get away for August, and wasn’t sure whether to go east or west. But, from a journey I made almost forty years ago, I know that I like the city, and it serves as a hub, so I will decide what to do …
Practice day / book launch, a film
This morning I took part in a practice day / book launch for the translation of Zen and the Art of Climate Change (the same theme as the book launch that I previously described in Tel Aviv. Here there was maybe a greater effort to describe the common ground between the spiritual approach and the …
Culpability
There are a couple at climate sites where one can take a quiz to calculate the quantity of CO2 each of us produce. According to the parameters of the test, it turns that I’m pretty much a climate criminal. My wife and I share a free standing house of about 150 square meters and travel …
Extraordinary Times
We are living in an extraordinary time in which the viability of our institutions, the myths of society, and the true worth of leaders, is severely tested. Some leaders, like Donald Trump, are so completely confounded by the challenges that whatever they do or do not do places them in a situation of appearing ridiculous. …
Planet of the Humans (again)
Reading George Monbiot’s critique of “Planet of the Humans” I appreciated his ability to sift through the many details, see where the errors lie and then state the ways in which the film is inaccurate, dangerous and damaging to the cause that it is supposedly trying to support. Environmentalists face so many challenges from the …
“Planet of the Humans”
I watched this movie, (it’s available free on YouTube) by Jeff Gibbs and produced by Michael Moore, as there have been appeals from the Green movement to take it down and, who knows, maybe they’ll succeed. While the film is, as critics say, no doubt hurtful to efforts to lobby for greener solutions, I think …
Creating a buzz: Turkish beekeepers risk life and limb to make mad honey
History is littered with stories of the psychoactive properties of deli bal, still produced today in the Kaçkar mountains Source: Creating a buzz: Turkish beekeepers risk life and limb to make mad honey | World news | The Guardian Of course, the Sanskrit word for honey, madhu, like mead (the ancient drink made with honey) …
Making clothes last longer
The Guardian has a very informative article on making clothes last longer, with many links to related matters, such as buying second-hand, preferred methods for laundering, which fabrics to buy, how to fix clothes, etc.