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
How to Build a Fruit Tree Guild – Tenth Acre Farm
[Episode #47] – Transition in Europe – Energy Transition Show
1719 – Natural Swimming Pools – Permaculture Podcast
Why we should be building out of sunshine – TH
Wood-fired bagel company uses leftover heat for world’s best bagels – TH
The Simple Humus Toilet – NBB
Home-based Business: An Urban Farm — Voss Organics – NBB
Rice Hull Ash Eco Friendly Building Materials – NBB
Building bottle bricks, using adobe mud stabilized earth home technique to go green – NBB
Put your old T-shirts to good use with 5 DIY tricks – G
Why can’t we fix our own electronic devices? – The Conversation
Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists – NYT
In Poland, a Battle for the Fate of Europe’s Last Ancient Forest – NYT
Cherishing stuff with a photo can help you let go of it – The Conversation
How some African farmers are responding to climate change — and what we can learn from them – Ensia
Environmental News
UK Artists showcase the plight of the disappearing British bee – E
Wendell Berry – poet, essayist, farmer, activist, rural philosopher – E
Climate change threatens centuries’ old Indigenous cultures and traditions – E
Arkansas just banned the weedkiller that damaged hundreds of farmers’ crops this year – G
A brief history of fake climate news in the mainstream media – G
A Trillion-Ton Iceberg Just Broke Off Antarctica – VM
Reading, Writing And Fracking? What The Oil Industry Teaches Oklahoma Students – NPR
Trump’s Budget Plan Proposes Cuts To Great Lakes Restoration Projects – NPR
Florida Swaps Out Septic Tanks For Sewers To Fight Coastal Pollution – NPR
Pruitt Says “Stay,” the Court Says “Go”: Methane Regulation in the Age of Trump – Civil Notion
Rising from the ashes, a Buffalo suburb ends its dependence on coal – G
U.S. Cities, States and Businesses Pledge to Measure Emissions – NYT
Nuclear power’s annus horribilis – E
The awful reality of e-waste as told in numbers – TH
Research News
What’s the carbon footprint of making a Tesla battery? – TH
America’s nearing a record number of weather disasters, and it’s not even hurricane season yet – G
While Corals Die Along The Great Barrier Reef, Humans Struggle To Adjust – NPR
Volcano reveals simpler than expected cloud-climate response to tiny aerosol particles – Climate Lab Book
Controversy Explodes over Renewable Energy – Resilience
Warm spells in Arctic stunt crop yields across US, study suggests – Carbon Brief
Seven charts show why the IEA thinks coal investment has already peaked – Carbon Brief
Arks of the Apocalypse – NYT
If You Fix This, You Fix a Big Piece of the Climate Puzzle – NYT
Op-Ed¹
Maya Theater States – The Great Change
What you can do if that scary New York mag climate article drove you to act – G
Stop scaring people about climate change. It doesn’t work. – G
Read the climate blockbuster everyone’s talking about – G
Guns, energy, and the coin of the realm – An Outside Chance
We Can No Longer Outrun Antibiotic Resistance. So, Here’s What We Need to Do – Ensia
Source Abbreviations
E – The Ecologist
G – Grist
MJ – Mother Jones
NBB — Natural Building Blog
NPR – National Public Radio
NYT – New York Times
TH – TreeHugger
V – Vice
VM – Vice: Motherboard
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