These are a few stories we found this week that may be of interest to institute regulars. If you have a news tip, please send it to lowtechinstitute@gmail.com.
Low Tech News
Urban highways could be giant bike paths in the sky – TH
How one American family has moved away from fossil fuels – TH
In praise of old-fashioned summers – TH
The Truth About Meal-Kit Freezer Packs – MJ
Farmerama Radio: Episode 22 – Beauty, land, rewilding, upland sheep farming and spiritual ecology – Indie Farmer
Ferrock Concrete – Natural Building Blog
Best Forest Garden Method: Quick, Cheap, Easy, Profitable – Natural Building Blog
House of Earth: A Complete Handbook for Earthen Construction – Natural Building Blog
Geothermal Greenhouse: It REALLY Worked! – Natural Building Blog
1321: David Holmgren on Permaculture – Permaculture Podcast
Environmental News
Arctic sea ice animation – Climate Lab Book
Blockade in California’s Mattole Forest – Earth First!
Poland’s primeval forest is under serious attack – E
Poland: Activists Step Up Protest Against Logging in Ancient Forest – Earth First!
Meeting Paris Pledges would Prevent at least 1C of Global Warming – Resilience
Quietly, Surely, We’re Losing a Whole Pine Species En Masse and Nobody Gives a Damn – MJ
IEA: World can reach ‘net zero’ emissions by 2060 to meet Paris climate goals – Carbon Brief
Research News
Big batteries can store power when the sun doesn’t shine – TH
The Biggest, Strangest ‘Batteries’ – NYT
Forget Any Economic Windfall from Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, Analyst Says – Resilience
Mapped: How Embodied Emissions Footprints Compare across Europe – Resilience
Is the developed world we’ve created giving us cancer? – The Conversation
What if several of the world’s biggest food crops failed at the same time? – The Conversation
These Mysterious Pure White Redwood Trees Defy the Laws of Nature – VM
Video: Tropics to see ‘unprecedented’ climates under future warming – Carbon Brief
How New Roots Are Driving An Apple Renaissance – NPR
Op-Ed¹
Economists as priesthood – a religion based on assumptions – Credo
Electric Trains Everywhere: A Solution to Crumbling Roads and Climate Crisis – Resilience
Guest post: Is the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet inevitable? – Carbon Brief
Source Abbreviations
E – The Ecologist
G – Grist
MJ – Mother Jones
NPR – National Public Radio
NYT – New York Times
TH – TreeHugger
V – Vice
VM – Vice: Motherboard
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¹Opinion pieces represent the independent thought of their authors and may or may not represent the position of the Low Technology Institute.