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
Planting a mix of tree species ‘could double’ forest carbon storage | Carbon Brief
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings – Dark Mountain
Apple Tree Diseases – Crown Gall | Deep Green Permaculture
Courage and bolt-cutters: Meet the next generation of climate activists | Grist
Recovering America | Natural Building Blog
The Beauty of Mud and Straw | Natural Building Blog
Restoring Mayberry: Meadowsweet
Keeping the electricity grid running – 4 essential reads
The Most Ethical Renewable Energy Systems – The Permaculture Research Institute
How to encourage your kids to garden, according to @scottjenkins
How to grow the best garlic | TreeHugger
Why it’s so hard to get high quality, efficient and healthy buildings built these days | TreeHugger
[Episode #76] – Carbon Clampdown | The Energy Transition Show
1828 – Regen Network, The Blockchain and Transparency for Regenerative Enterprise with Gregory Landua | The Permaculture Podcast
Environmental News
Pipeline Company Responds to Federal Stop-Work Order with More Work | Earth First! Newswire
Ecuador: Court Rules Chevron Must Pay for Environmental Damage | Earth First! Newswire
Brazilian Indigenous Leader, Guardian of the Amazon Murdered | Earth First! Newswire
Five Arrested as Burnaby Pipeline Protest Camp Dismantled | Earth First! Newswire
Sweden to reach its 2030 renewables target 12 years early! | TreeHugger
Zinke Blamed “Environmental Terrorists” for Wildfires. Here’s the Crazy Backstory That Led to That. – Mother Jones
In the Rural West: More Oil, More Gas, More Ozone – Mother Jones
We Have Extremely Sad News About Sweden’s Reindeer – Mother Jones
Drought In Central Europe Reveals Cautionary ‘Hunger Stones’ In Czech River : NPR
Southern Discomfort – Resilience
Research News
Summer rainfall declines ‘primary driver’ of surge in US wildfires | Carbon Brief
Guest post: India’s emissions will double at most by 2030 | Carbon Brief
Rivers in the sky: Improving predictions of atmospheric rivers to reduce risk | EARTH Magazine
Great Barrier Reef has died and recovered before | EARTH Magazine
European mammals will struggle under climate change | EARTH Magazine
Teens have replaced reading with texting and social media | TreeHugger
Ancient hominids were too lazy to survive | TreeHugger
Tim Vernimmen explores the effects of a fence
Tons of plastic trash enter the Great Lakes every year – where does it go?
Many native animals and birds thrive in burned forests, research shows
Plan Bee: The Rise of Alternative Pollinators – The New York Times
Air Pollution Is Shortening Your Life. Here’s How Much. – The New York Times
Beer, Drinking Water And Fish: Tiny Plastic Is Everywhere : The Salt : NPR
‘Peak Coal’ is Getting Closer, Latest Figures Show – Resilience
We know the wrong way to deal with e-waste. But what should we do instead? | Ensia
Op-Ed¹
Cassandra’s Legacy: Why so Many People on Earth? The Ideology of Natalism
Blind Spot and Fuel: a Review of Two Peak Oil Documentaries from 2008 – Resilience
Geomedia: Books: Informative and inspiring: “Why Dinosaurs Matter” | EARTH Magazine
Minimizing the downsides of the energy transition | Ensia
The Great Change: Slow Thinking
The Great Change: My Plastic Fantastic Love Affair
Resource Insights: Artificial intelligence, fake images and crumbling trust in our narratives
An alternative to propping up coal power plants: Retrain workers for solar
The Modern Automobile Must Die – Mother Jones
How walking might save the world (or at least our cities) | TreeHugger
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