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From David Suzuki
The suicidal insanity of non-stop growth
Air, water and land are polluted and degraded as the climate heats to catastrophic levels, yet we continue to burn fossil fuels and devastate carbon sinks.
It’s malignant. It’s suicidal. And it’s unfair. The obscenely wealthy hoard money and resources, amassing billions of dollars, luxury yachts, mansions and private jets while others starve and struggle to survive.

The suicidal insanity of non-stop growth
The planet offers everything we need to survive and thrive, but not if we continue to wastefully exploit it.

Cities are capping old landfills to cut methane emissions and turn waste gas into energy.
Ampersand is opening its East Africa battery swap network to all e-motorcycle makers, slashing upfront costs.
In the Sundarbans, women are restoring mangroves that buffer coasts and build incomes.
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Welcome The week tilts toward the solstice. In the north, frost feathers windows at dawn; in the south, warm tides thread quietly through mangrove roots while pelicans skim bright water. We are keeping what matters and letting the rest go. MIT chemists teach carbon capture to sip, not gulp, energy,

"The Billie Eilish Upcycled Merch Program Saves 280,000 T-Shirts From Landfills"
#Fashion #Textiles #Clothes

The Billie Eilish Upcycled Merch Program Saves 280,000 T-Shirts From Landfills | Happy Eco News
The Billie Eilish upcycled merch program with Universal Music Group transforms warehouse waste into 280,000 sustainable concert t-shirts. This groundbreaking initiative diverts decades of unwanted merchandise from landfills, creates European fan products, and establishes the music industry's most ambitious environmental project while inspiring other labels to adopt circular fashion practices

This take on the "all modern digital infrastructure" meme reminded me of something 🤔 https://ohai.social/@sushee/115587831612003303
Oh right, the long-term nuclear waste warning ideas of the landscape of thorns. Fitting enough for tech in 2025: "This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here. "

‘The worst is when the rubbish explodes’: the children living in Patagonia’s vast dumps https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/12/rubbish-children-living-patagonia-argentina-vast-dumps

📦 Cardboard and earth combine to create low-carbon alternative to concrete
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-09-cardboard-earth-combine-carbon-alternative.html

Cardboard and earth combine to create low-carbon alternative to concrete
Engineers in Australia have developed a new building material with about one quarter of concrete's carbon footprint, while reducing waste going to landfill. The research is published in the journal Structures.

Don’t waste your time on A House of Dynamite. You’ve seen the whole two hour film in the first 19 minutes. Literally. The rest of the film just replays the same action from different angles… and when the missile is seconds away from landing, you get the closing credits. I kid you not.
#netflix #ahouseofdynamite

A House of Dynamite (2025) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama, Thriller
1h 52m | R

"At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/03/chemicals-found-english-soil-toxins-medical-substances-farming

"Study finds new strategies to extend the life of used solar panels"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Old solar panels can power new future
Australia's rapid uptake of solar panels is creating a looming waste problem with most solar photovoltaic (PV) panels being directed to landfill at the end of their life.