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
Incredible Cob House Tour – A Sustainable Green Building – NBB
Reinventing The Cheese Wheel: From Farmhouse To Factory And Back Again – NPR
1735 – Permaculture in Perspective: Fertile Edges with Maddy Harland – Permaculture Podcast
The Topbar Hive Guru, Les Crowder – Episode 59 – Treatment-Free Beekeeping Podcast
How to dress for winter cycle commuting – TH
Environmental News
Canada: Indigenous Grandmother Faces Arrest for Protecting Wild Salmon – EF!
Why farmers are using glyphosate to kill their crops — and what it might mean for you – Ensia
Yaqui Tribe Defends Land by Digging Up Gas Pipeline – EF!
Arctic Temperatures Are Rising So Fast Computers Don’t Believe They’re Real – MJ
President Trump’s national security strategy omits climate change – G
More than 10,000 Interior employees say they were harassed or intimidated – G
Drilling in Arctic Refuge Gets a Green Light. What’s Next? – NYT
Trump’s Busy Year On Energy And Environment – NYT
Research News
Earthquakes shaped ancient Greek culture – Earth
Yet Another Group of Scientists Just Said We Are the Ones Screwing the Weather – MJ
Climate change linked to specific weather events for the first time – Earth
Analysis: Why Scientists Think 100% of Global Warming is Due to Humans – CB
Seeking answers on climate change, scientists venture into the vaults of the past – Ensia
One-third of forests aren’t growing back after wildfires – G
How Global Warming Fueled Five Extreme Weather Events – NYT
How To Survive Climate Change? Clues Are Buried In The Arctic – NPR
Arctic foxes are ‘ecosystem engineers’ who grow beautiful gardens – TH
Op-Ed¹
Divesting from Fossil Fuels: A Public Health Action – R
Limits to Economic Growth? – Feasta
Amazon Pretends to Care About Climate. Until It’s Time to Build a New Headquarters – MJ
How destructive is the middle class? – Feasta
Do we have the wrong model of human nature? – Resource Insights
A Matter of Degree – The Great Change
Geminids – The Way Back
Source Abbreviations
CB – Carbon Brief
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
R – Resilience
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.