As #sustainability & #digitalisation are increasingly being seen as interconnected by EU lawmakers, @edri
commissioned a study on this critical issue 🌱
'A team led by researchers at the University of Washington developed a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss. Researchers used a solvent that transforms a type of vitrimer — a cutting-edge class of sustainable polymers — to a jelly-like substance without damaging it, allowing the solid components to be plucked out for reuse or recycling.'
The Biodiversity Principle
By Tom Murphy, originally published by Do the Math April 29, 2024
"...Thus, I find myself in the peculiar position of being an anti-human-supremacist who embraces the anthropic principle in cosmology. But the real point is that we necessarily find ourselves in the sort of universe capable of creating life that evolves into amazing biodiversity. This is why I now adopt the Biodiversity Principle as a way to say the same thing with an emphasis on life rather than the tiny subset that humans represent. Homo sapiens is one of about 10 million species on Earth right now, occupying less than 0.01% of Earth’s history, while Earth is one of probably billions of life-bearing planets in the universe. We’re not the main point, but one element of something rather amazing that our universe is capable of supporting..."
I find this to be a fascinating example of how culture can support #sustainability through ritual and spirituality. The paper also supports the argument "that Indigenous peoples should be part of any conversation or debate on policy options around sustainability issues."
I was hired by the Brand, Design and Communications Agency Whistlejacket to produce illustrations for the WRAP "nudging strategy for reducing consumption of single-use disposable cups" in collab with the Swedish EPA.
Our paper on the lifecycle assessment of the Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU) was accepted for publication in Experimental Astronomy, and a preprint is now available on #arXiv 🔽 http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15122v1
Ministry of Imagination Manifesto released as the world goes to the polls
By Rob Hopkins, originally published by Rob Hopkins blog April 17, 2024
"This year, 49% of the world goes to the polls in 64 countries. As Time magazine puts it, “2024 is not just AN election year. It’s perhaps THE election year”. The outcomes of these elections will hugely shape the world & our future, most importantly of all is the US Presidential election which could see Donald Trump returned as President, which would unleash what The Economist recently described as “the biggest danger to the world”. In most cases, voters are being asked to choose between deeply unimaginative manifestos, all firmly wedded to a business-as-usual economic model that is clearly & dangerously failing around the world...
YIMBYs, politicians, think tanks, the media, and developers are urging Australia to relax planning restrictions so that hundreds of thousands of apartments can be erected in the ”missing middle’ of our cities. Their arguments ignore overwhelming empirical evidence that the last decade’s high-rise apartment boom was a disaster. #auspol#BetterNotBigger#sustainability
An EU-wide #RightToRepair has been adopted by the EU parliament with 584 votes in favour, 3 against and 14 abstentions. The directive now goes to the council and after it is officially published, member states have 24 months to implement it in national law.
@jwildeboer
So happy to see this!!! Another step toward a sustainable future.
There's so many old appliances with hardware that works completely fine that end up in the trash bin because of moronic software lockouts, built in tamper prevention and all kinds of consumer hostile design.
Apple especiallt takes the cake by hardware locking each individual component with IDs, making them impossible to replace elsewhere than their own repair shops. #consumerprotection#righttorepair#sustainability