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Casa Pueblo has defined a clear strategy to scale up its impact: articulating community action with scientific innovation and culture as pillars of an eco-social model oriented toward alternative development.
Industrial-scale renewable energy does not offer an alternative to the capitalist order and its exploitative relationships to earth.
Yes, care work does include crafting our energy systems. But that’s just one part of caring — and, really, it’s not as important as many of the other things.
The way organizers see it, Sun Day is a chance to help banish outdated perceptions about solar and wind. McKibben hopes the event will help the public to stop thinking of clean energy as a premium lifestyle choice; no longer as the Whole Foods of energy, but the Costco.
So, we are left with pressing questions. Can we harness the benefits of AI without accelerating environmental collapse? Can AI be made truly sustainable – and if so, how?
I will say, without any sense of exaggeration or hyperbole, that this is one of the most important films ever made. Everyone needs to see it.
Going off the grid isn’t just about solar power and gardens—it’s about slowing down, prioritizing what matters, and creating a life rooted in self-reliance and personal freedom.
The road towards a viable net-zero world is long and full of obstacles, but all economies need to reduce their carbon footprint.
Drawing down carbon from the air and stashing it in underground rock formations has been framed as an essential way to slow and reverse global warming. But new research published Wednesday in the journal Nature finds there are far fewer suitable places to do this than previously thought.
The UK is warming, and staying comfortable in hotter summers is a must. But there’s more than one way to cool down. Simple measures like fans, efficient heat pumps and rooftop solar – combined with smarter building design and passive cooling – could keep homes safe, energy use low and emissions in check.
So back to my original question—how clean is natural gas, really? It does burn cleaner than coal and oil. But if the methane life cycle from extraction to burning is considered, it’s not clean at all.
Electrification is an important and necessary step for a sustainable, healthy future, but growth-driven Business As Usual—even Electrified—is killing us.
