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
Remarkable Rutabagas – PRI
Chicken Compost System – NBB
The world’s 11 certified Dark Sky Reserves, where the stars run riot – TH
Making an Off-grid DIY Mushroom Fruiting House – Milkwood Permaculture
[Episode #54] – Resource Limitations – Energy Gransition Show
Environmental News
Greenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics praises Apple, scolds Amazon – TH
This Huge Rail Company Is Spewing Coal Dust All Over a Low-Income Community – MJ
A judge lets pipeline protesters mount an unusual defense – G
The sun keeps turning an apocalyptic shade of red. Here’s why – G
How woodland devastated by Great Storm of 1987 has bounced back – E
Research News
Old reefs hold the tale of past sea-level rise, and … it’s dramatic – G
Restoring nature is climate equivalent of stopping burning oil – TH
Scientists Are Using 135 Years Worth of Dead Birds to Study Pollution – MJ
Limestone reservoirs boost volcanic carbon emissions – Earth
Significant discrepancies between Irish peoples’ overall well-being and Irish GDP levels during the period 2000-2014, according to new study published by Feasta and FEST – Feasta
World hunger is increasing thanks to wars and climate change – C
Cleopatra’s Downfall Was Partly Sparked by Climate Change and Volcanoes – VM
How IPCC graphics could be made more accessible – Carbon Brief
How Did Wolves Become Dogs? – NYT
Op-Ed¹
Can battery technology keep up with solar energy’s bright future? – Ensia
Your Money or your Morals: Capitalism and Fossil Fuel Divestment – Resilience
Living in the Borderlands – Dark Mountain
Ireland continues on its grotesquely unjust and irresponsible trajectory with regard to climate change – Feasta
Source Abbreviations
C – The Conversation
E – The Ecologist
EF! – Earth First! Newswire
G – Grist
MJ – Mother Jones
NBB — Natural Building Blog
NPR – National Public Radio
NYT – New York Times
PRI – Permaculture Research Institute
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.