Change the World...And Your Undies Too!
The Clothesline is an everyday solution guaranteed to make a difference
There is a deluge of innovation and news on moonshot climate change solutions, tech funds, amazing apps, new organizations and pioneering policy frameworks. All to be welcomed for sure!
But… let’s not forget about the basics. By that, we mean practical, useful, and low-tech tools or habits so obviously beneficial they are easy to forget. But if enough of us take these small steps good things follow.
For example who around here uses a clothesline? It’s a revolutionary solar invention used for almost infinity years by gazillions of people. In one place here’s about everything you wanted to know about the clothesline
Clothes & Climate Change: How a Fashion Choice Change Could Lead to Better Air Quality - By GASP
Clothesline #7 on TIME’S Global Warming Survival Guide - By TIME
Fight Climate Change With Your Undies — A Hang Drying Manifesto - By CleanTechnica
How About You? What Practical Solutions Make You Dance in Your Solar Dried Undies?
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Petaluma First US City To Ban New Gas Stations. Making headlines around the world because Petaluma is the first US city to prohibit the construction of new gas stations.
The Military Wants To Produce Water From Air. Here’s the Science Behind It. The key is the right combination of elements in porous crystal structures, and the AI-powered search is on.
To Fight Climate Change: Grow a Floating Forest, Then Sink It. We have to find new ways to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. A Maine start-up is looking to raise a sinkable carbon-capturing forest in the open ocean.
New Google “Timelapse” Feature. By making intangible, long-term trends visible, the new feature provides scientists, journalists, and activists with a tool that can tell stories but also ultimately may galvanize support for environmental protection.
Earthday for Black Lives. Why the pursuit of justice and reparation is increasingly central to mainstream environmentalism (from Heated.World & Emily Atkin)
Flipping Agriculture from Carbon Source to Sink. Cambridge Climate Lecture Series interview with Julien Gervreau Vice President, Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines
Hundreds of big brands are asking Biden to commit to cutting emissions 50% by 2030. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Walmart, Nike, Levi Strauss, Salesforce, & more are trying to push the Biden to set bolder emissions goals.
Can We Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change by Putting a Price on Carbon?
DOE Announces $162 Million to Decarbonize Cars and Trucks! Funding Projects to Electrify Medium- & Heavy-Duty Freight Trucks; Additional Investment Will Boost Vehicle Efficiency, Expand EV Infrastructure.
Climate Constitutionalism. Although efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change have been informed by scientists and led by technocrats, their success will depend on ordinary citizens.
How to get the US to 100% electric vehicles by 2035. A new study finds massive carbon, health & jobs benefits to fast EV rollout - if policies can align to make it happen.
The case for raising up women in climate tech! Four years ago, Project Drawdown released research on climate solutions. To celebrate that anniversary here is a spotlight of 15 women-led ventures at the heart of the climate-tech movement.
Climate Career Article Listing. This is a list of all the articles at Climate Career Moves.
Did a worldwide lockdown help in the fight against climate change? Surely given all the restrictions & lack of activity, lockdown must have given us a boost in the fight against climate change?
Harnessing the power of the ocean to build a climate positive future. New technologies to accelerate & scale the naturally restorative benefits of shellfish & kelp.
Articles One Earth: One Earth is dedicated to scaling philanthropic resources to achieve the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Scientists look for the Holy Grail: The whitest paint ever. … and that could be really good for the climate.
Recognizing the true guardians of the forest: Q&A with David Kaimowitz. It is only impossible until it is not. It may be too late to restore much of the natural & cultural riches we lost, but you/we can still save some; & it is definitely worth the effort.
Underwater forests: A new opportunity for climate change mitigation. New research suggests that underwater forests, in the form of macroalgae, present a promising, new, & understudied opportunity to mitigate climate change.
GRID-Arendal & SIDS DOCK announce strategic partnership. - Sustainable management of marine resources in small islands & low-lying developing countries.
US and China commit to cooperating on climate crisis. The two sides said in a joint statement on Saturday, following a visit to Shanghai by US climate envoy John Kerry.
Front-line communities are vital for Biden's 40 percent climate justice pledge. 40 % of the benefits from federal climate action to flow to disadvantaged communities is a historic opportunity. But proposing a plan and implementing it are two very different things.
RMI Paper: Reimagining Grid Resilience.
How LinkedIn sees the growing green job market. We identified about 800 'core' green skills and more than 300 green-related skills across 12 categories.
The best climate solution you've never heard of! There are teams of people who are working to track down & destroy hidden sources of GHG’s - stopping them from harming the planet.
Greentown Labs is hiring a Member Resource Manager.
Rivian….get ready for this…..has 1487 job openings.
Mosaic is hiring a plethora of positions.
Tradewater is hiring for six global positions.
With an acronym like UFL who wouldn’t want to work at The Urban Future Lab
Greentown Labs is definitely worth checking out!
Carbon to Value Initiative kickoff Event on May 6th!
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