https://ndmonaghan.substack.com/p/the-limits-of-studio-ghibli
Hayao Miyazaki, the beloved helmsman of Studio Ghibli, is a titan of environmental media.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41971-7#Sec6
Decarbonisation plans across the globe require zero-carbon energy sources to be widely deployed by 2050 or 2060. Solar energy is the most widely available energy resource on Earth, and its economic attractiveness is improving fast in a cycle of increasing investments. Here we use data-driven conditional technology and economic forecasting modelling to establish which zero carbon power sources could become dominant worldwide. We find that, due to technological trajectories set in motion by past policy, a global irreversible solar tipping point may have passed where solar energy gradually comes to dominate global electricity markets, without any further climate policies. Uncertainties arise, however, over grid stability in a renewables-dominated power system, the availability of sufficient finance in underdeveloped economies, the capacity of supply chains and political resistance from regions that lose employment. Policies resolving these barriers may be more effective than price instruments to accelerate the transition to clean energy. Nijsse and colleagues find that due to technological trajectories set in motion by past policy, a global irreversible solar tipping point may have passed where solar energy gradually comes to dominate global electricity markets, without any further climate policies. Uncertainties arise, however, over grid stability in a renewables-dominated power system, the availability of sufficient finance in underdeveloped economies, the capacity of supply chains and political resistance from regions that lose employment.
https://modernfarmer.com/2024/09/why-flax-grow-north-america/
https://ndmonaghan.substack.com/p/our-future-is-life
Life Sciences are Foundational to a Sustainable Future
https://open.substack.com/pub/ndmonaghan/p/bringing-about-the-solar-age?r=d23ey&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Our species has the potential to bring about an era of abundance and luxury for every person on the planet.
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https://www.eater.com/24204468/how-to-preserve-wooden-cooking-tools-spoons-cutting-boards
A little extra TLC can turn your wooden cutting board into a family heirloom
https://thisismold.com/series/relational-architectures/cooperation-jackson?emci=d25c771e-954a-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&emdi=f8988c52-6c4b-ef11-86c3-6045bdd9e096&ceid=31257342
I first met Kali Akuno in 2018 — the same year that the “Deep Adaptation” paper was published1. Despite a lack of wider circulation, the paper went viral in climate movement circles. For many of us, the paper validated our years-long campaign to declare the current era as the sixth mass extinction, while also urging us to abandon our standard way of life and form alternative ones. Kali’s work with Cooperation Jackson in Mississippi takes this urging to the task. As detailed in his latest book, Jackson Rising Redux2, building the future in the present demands new designs, new formulas, and a new definition of how to be human. Catching up with Kali six years after, I believe we are closer to the future than we think.
https://www.construction-physics.com/p/why-levittown-didnt-revolutionize?publication_id=104058&post_id=146976279&isFreemail=true&r=d23ey&triedRedirect=true&
For decades, people have tried to bring mass production methods to housing: to build houses the way we build cars.
https://atmos.earth/barred-owls-blur-lines-between-invasive-species-and-refugees/?
As environmental change reshuffles species ranges, the distinction between invasive species and climate migrants is becoming more muddied.
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