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
Growing Turmeric in the Ground in Temperate Climates | Deep Green Permaculture
In Search of a Lexicon for the Deep Core – Dark Mountain
Summit & Abyss – Dark Mountain
Former coal towns look to the outdoor economy for their next act | Ensia
An Urban Food Forest and Therapy Garden: Angelo and Lana’s Journeys – The Permaculture Research Institute
Ponds can absorb more carbon than woodland – here’s how they can fight climate change in your garden – The Permaculture Research Institute
Permaculture’s Origin Story: Mollison’s PDM. Oh, and Nature – The Permaculture Research Institute
How to Be a Green Traveler – The New York Times
Bike-friendly cities should be designed for everyone, not just for wealthy white cyclists
How urban agriculture can improve food security in US cities
Climate change and deep adaptation
Passive Cooling | Natural Building Blog
Plastic pollution seems like such an overwhelming problem. What can I do? | Grist
1904 – Rob Avis on the Essentials of Rainwater Harvesting | The Permaculture Podcast
Environmental News
Four Catholic Workers Shut Off Valves at Enbridge Lines 3 and 4 | Earth First! Newswire
The White Earth Band of Ojibwe Enacts First-of-its-Kind Law Securing the Rights of a Plant Species | Earth First! Newswire
Hamilton, ON: Group Destroys Police Locks, Keypads, and Leaves Message: “RCMP OFF WET’SUWET’EN LAND” | Earth First! Newswire
ClientEarth launches legal hub for forest defenders
Loop wants us to rethink consumption. It seems like a logistical disaster that might actually work. | Grist
Tests for Oil in Arctic Refuge Won’t Happen This Winter, Officials Say – The New York Times
Oil Spill Shuts TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline in Same County Where ‘Paper-thin’ Pipe Found in 2012 | DeSmogBlog
Energy Transfer Pipeline Projects on Hold in Pennsylvania After String of Violations | DeSmogBlog
Research News
- Geologic Column: Is this land really your land? | EARTH Magazine
Archaeologists hit pay dirt in medieval latrines | EARTH MagazineSounding Out Earth’s Hum | EARTH MagazineHot but not bothered: Warm soils favor microbes with small genomes | EARTH MagazineMediterranean heritage sites threatened by rising seas | EARTH MagazineNew Report Warns Geoengineering the Climate Is a ‘Risky Distraction’ | DeSmogBlogDecades-long study shines light on impacts of pesticides | EnsiaNASA Just Announced That 2018 Was the Fourth-Hottest Year on Record – Mother JonesDoomsday Postponed? The Takeaway From the Big New Antarctica Studies – Mother JonesThis map shows you what your city will feel like in 2080 and boy, are we in for a treat | GristWatch pollution move around the world (video) | TreeHuggerWhy we should assume animals are conscious | TreeHuggerUK doctors advise parents to limit kids’ screen time | TreeHuggerHoneybees Can Add and Subtract, Study Finds – Motherboard
Op-Ed¹
- Succeeding Generations of Green— The Dean and AOC – CIVIL NOTION
- Are Investors Finally Waking up to North America’s Fracked Gas Crisis? | DeSmogBlog
- Finance, Fossil Fuels, and Climate Change: Networks of Power in Canada
- Cassandra’s Legacy: The Sower’s Strategy: Norway Leads the Way Toward the Energy Transition
- This Is the Green New Deal’s Biggest Problem – Mother Jones
- Critics of the Green New Deal Dismissed It as a Marketing Ploy. AOC Just Showed Them It’s For Real. – Mother Jones
- Green New Deal leaves nuclear option on table | Grist
- The Great Change: Dancing with Ulysses
- Why public transit shouldn’t have to pay for itself | TreeHugger
- Is nuclear power “the only proven climate solution”? | TreeHugger
- Let the kids be bored | TreeHugger
- Venezuela’s collapse is a window into how the Oil Age will unravel
- Resource Insights: Is a key ingredient humans need to live about to run short?
- Regenerative agriculture can make farmers stewards of the land again
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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.