Pollinator Pathmaker is a handy website that generates a garden plan based on your specified measurements that is optimised for pollinators. The plan is generated based on your preferences and includes details of the types of plants needed and where to plant them.
Researchers at the State University of New York have developed a method for creating a paper based single-use electronic circuits which can be reduced to ash rather than leaking current non-biodegradable circuits.
Rondo Energy are developing a 98% efficient brick toaster battery for industrial use, made from clay and sand, that can store heat up to 1,500 degrees Celsius. If the company's planned roll out over the next 15 years materialises, it would reduce global emissions by 15%!
Hannah Richie wrote a great piece for Works In Progress on some natural assumptions and contradictions we have when thinking about the environmental sustainability of food and energy production. Did you know that the production of chocolate causes almost as much land use change as beef farming, or that energy production from coal causes 613 times as many deaths as nuclear power?
On his new long-form podcast, Matt Cooper interviews Eamon Ryan about Ireland's climate landscape and all the change that is in train, but that is needed to address the climate emergency. This deep dive is great and full of details and challenging questions. Eamon Ryan has a questionable meme-inspired political reputation, but he can't be accused of not knowing his brief inside out and being able to paint a positive picture of transitional change.
MYOG is a website that sells sewing patterns and instructions on how to make your own outdoor gear, from shorts and hoodies to backpacks and wind jackets.
The Waveline Magnet is an energy generator made by SWEL in Cyprus, that passively generates electricity from the movement of waves it rides on. Check out the mesmerising concept video here.
As reported by the BBC, Google have updated their Google flights emissions calculations to exclude all the global warming impacts of flying except CO2. This removes almost half of the emissions generated actually generated from aviation. Failing to measure & display these additional missions effectively amounts to greenwashing, and is the opposite of what is needed during a climate emergency :-(
