Tag: environmentalism
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Three(ish) Weeks In Spain
With exceptions for those of us who had work to do at the start or end, my family and I just spent three weeks hopping around the East of Spain, featuring surfing, a theme park, exploring, dodging the heat, and - of course - a total solar eclipse.
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How the European heatwave fucked me up
I've been somewhat-offline for the last few days, after a heatwave lead to a heat illness lead to an opportunistic infection lead to me lying in bed and groaning. But I'm getting back to normal, slowly.
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Not just a global issue but a local one too. A local one... almost everywhere.
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Series of coloured bars trending from blue to red, representing relative temperature change in Oxford, UK, for the last 111 years, showing a clear average increase of a couple of ℃.
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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Right after I finished A Psalm for the Wild-Built, I began reading its sequel A Prayer for the Crown-Shy and... it's also wonderful. It takes a different-but-similar approach to the philosophy of identity and purpose, and the story provides a deeper look into Dex's world, but it's still a familiar-feeling continuation of a beautiful story that's comforting and sweet.
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
While I've been ill I read A Psalm for the Wild-built by Becky Chambers, which had been on my reading list for a while. It's a comforting and compelling story about purpose and identity in an environmentally-conscious utopia, and it's flipping awesome.
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In spite of their signage, Costa weren't happy to take my old jockstrap for recycling.
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Sign made from a clipboard, in a coffee shop, reading "All cups welcome. We'll recycle any cup, from anywhere. Just hand to one of our team."
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Water Science #2
For the second time, the kids and I had an outing to do some "citizen science" experiments on a local watercourse.
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[Bloganuary] Live Long and Prosper
I'd love to live as long as I can do so in reasonable health, and I'm happy for that to be longer than I'm predicted to. But if everybody lived longer, what would that mean for the world?
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[Bloganuary] A Different Diet
I periodically aspire to veganism, or at least something slightly-closer to it than where I stand right now. From an environmental/sustainability perspective, that is.
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Will swapping out electric car batteries catch on?
Dan comments on news of a car battery "coaching station" that's opened in Oslo.
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Say... "Cheese?"
Dan films himself trying five vegan cheese substitutes for your... let's say "enjoyment".
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Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle
Coca-Cola want a highly-recyclable new bottle, so they're experimenting with complex paper bottles. Rather than just using glass, which worked great for them for most of a century. Sigh.
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Digital Climate Strike's Carbon Footprint
Dan criticises a website promoting a "Digital Climate Strike" as being among the world's worst websites from the perspective of its carbon footprint.
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Watch UK's Natural Land Diminish in 100 Seconds
If the different land uses of the UK were divided up into their percentage-ratio blocks, what would a 100-second tour of the country (with each second covering a single percent of the land usage) look like?
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What can board game strategy tell us about the future of the car wash?
Factory Manager is one of Dan's favourite board games. Can it explain why there's no longer a car wash at your local filling station?