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
Wild greens could be a sustainable, nutritious and free food source | Ensia
Celebrating 10-Years at the Greening the Desert Project, Jordan. – The Permaculture Research Institute
Art of Climbing Trees – Dark Mountain
Masonry Heaters | Natural Building Blog
How to Build a Low-tech Website? – LOW-TECH MAGAZINE
Becoming a grazier ‘could help save our ecosystems’
Amish rainwater collection
Building A Better Mosquito Trap — One Scientist Thinks He’s Done It : NPR
What older generations can teach us about plastic-free living | TreeHugger
Happy 56th Anniversary, Silent Spring | TreeHugger
Environmental News
A Coal Ash Spill After Florence Could Contaminate a Major River – Mother Jones
Arctic sea ice summer minimum in 2018 is sixth lowest on record | Carbon Brief
China said it was done with these coal plants. Satellite imagery shows otherwise. | Grist
Trump’s latest rule rollback makes natural gas as dirty as coal | Grist
Hambacher Forest – Peaceful Resistance? | Earth First! Newswire
Judge Restores Grizzly Bears’ Protections As Endangered Species | Earth First! Newswire
Ninety-Nine Hour Anti-Fracking Protest “Caused Travel Delays and Cost £1,000s,” Sentencing Hearing Told | Earth First! Newswire
Coal Ash Spill Reported Outside Wilmington, NC as Florence’s Record Rain Totals Mount | Earth First! Newswire
Research News
How can we keep microfibers out of food, water and air? | Ensia
For the First Time, Scientists Prove Human Activity Is the Top Cause of Warming Antarctic Waters – Mother Jones
Power Outages During a Hurricane Can be Deadly. Solar Could Fix That. – Mother Jones
Methane-Eating Ocean Microbes Could Play a Major Role in Climate Change – Motherboard
Popular Weed Killer May Be Responsible for Global Bee Deaths – Motherboard
Fire Ecologists Say More Fires Should Be Left To Burn. So Why Aren’t They? : NPR
Congratulations. Your Study Went Nowhere. – The New York Times
Mapped: How every part of the world has warmed – and could continue to warm | Carbon Brief
Op-Ed¹
Hello Humanity, it’s me, Technology. We need to talk. – The Permaculture Research Institute
Cassandra’s Legacy: Did the Club of Rome Ever Disavow “The Limits to Growth”? A Story of Ordinary Disinformation
Can New Energy Technologies Save the Planet? Ask the Sperm Whale | The Tyee
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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.