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
Novelist Richard Powers Finds New Stories Deep In Old Growth Forests : NPR
How Do Birds Get Oxygen Inside Eggs? : NPR
Can Dirt Save the Earth? – The New York Times
How the lowly mushroom is becoming a nutritional star
No Dig Gardening: feed the soil not the plants for many, easier harvests and few weeds | Natural Building Blog
Restoring Mayberry: How not to build a chicken coop
Why working forests are the answer: five benefits of well-managed forests to appreciate this Earth Day | TreeHugger
Honeybees make a cute ‘whoop’ when they’re surprised | TreeHugger
Is Aquaponics the Right Choice? – The Permaculture Research Institute
Book Review – How to Start a Worm Bin: Your Guide to Getting Started with Worm Composting by Henry Owen | Deep Green Permaculture
[Episode #67] – Transition’s Disruptors Part 2 | The Energy Transition Show
1811: Designing for Disasters and Responding with Natural Building | The Permaculture Podcast
The mobility maze – An Outside Chance
Environmental News
Battery recycling underlies elevated lead in African soils | EARTH Magazine
The Secret of the Great American Fracking Bubble – Resilience
Landowners Question If Pipeline Companies Seizing Land to Export Oil and Gas Counts as ‘Public Good’ – Resilience
These States want to Make Planning a Pipeline Protest a Crime – Resilience
US rivers are becoming saltier – and it’s not just from treating roads in winter
Officials Say Flint’s Water Is Safe. Residents Say It’s Not. Scientists Say It’s Complicated. – Mother Jones
Parents Didn’t Want Fracking Near Their School. So the Oil Company Chose a Poorer School, Instead. – Mother Jones
To Curb Ocean Pollution, U.K. May Ban Plastic Straws, Stirrers And Cotton Swabs : The Two-Way : NPR
The whole island of Puerto Rico went dark for the first time since Hurricane Maria. | Grist
The shipping industry sets sail toward a carbon-free future | Grist
In the California desert, a battery project looms over Native land | Grist
Poland Violated EU Laws by Logging in Białowieża Forest, Court Rules | Earth First! Newswire
New Video from the Hambach Forest Occupation in Germany | Earth First! Newswire
Pipeline Spills 290,000 Litres of Crude Oil Emulsion in Northern Alberta | Earth First! Newswire
One Week At War for La ZAD: A Timeline | Earth First! Newswire
Research News
Unprecedented exploration of undersea volcano yields surprising results | EARTH Magazine
From farm to filter: Restored wetlands remediate nitrogen pollution | EARTH Magazine
New Study Says Ancient Humans Hunted Big Mammals To Extinction : The Two-Way : NPR
Atlantic Ocean Current Slows Down To 1,000-Year Low, Studies Show : NPR
Great Barrier Reef at ‘unprecedented’ risk of collapse after major bleaching event | Carbon Brief
CO2 emissions from wildfires have fallen over past 80 years, study finds | Carbon Brief
Heavy rainfall events increasing | Climate Lab Book
Earth’s Powerful, Climate-Shaping Water Currents Are Weak and Broken and It’s Time to Freak Out – Mother Jones
Turtles Have Led Us to Their Secret Seagrass Meadows – Mother Jones
Op-Ed¹
From Ivory Tower to global problem solver – aligning academia to the Sustainable Development Goals | Feasta
Cursed to live in interesting times | Feasta
The Great Change: How Many Trees Do We Need?
Picking up litter is the new sexy | TreeHugger
It seems that wherever there is a bike lane, there is a bikelash. | TreeHugger
Resource Insights: Fake news, algorithmic sentinels, and facts from the future
I’m skeptical of the synthetic age, says ecology philosopher Christopher Preston
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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.