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CoP28: no speed limit imposed to avert collision

Resilience - Thu, 12/14/2023 - 03:24
A national poll, commissioned from market research company Ipsos as part of the report, revealed that just one in four UK adults (26%) believe global average temperatures are likely to, or definitely will, be limited to 1.5°C by 2100.

Wasp Wisdom

Resilience - Thu, 12/14/2023 - 02:47
One way to measure the change I’ve undergone in the last several years is via wasps. That’s right: wasps. It’s as if I woke up one morning realizing that I grew up in a society of human supremacists, that I was one too, and that I no longer want to live that way.

The COP is the Scoreboard, not the Game

Resilience - Wed, 12/13/2023 - 05:19
For two weeks every December, the giant global climate meeting—this year with at least 70,000 delegates, lobbyists, activists, and journalists enjoying the tacky spaceport that is Dubai—provides a cascade of feelings.

Global Tapestry of Alternatives: Weaving Transformation Connections

Resilience - Wed, 12/13/2023 - 04:41
The Global Tapestry of Alternatives (GTA) was initiated in mid-2019 as a confluence of movements of radical transformation for collaboration, solidarity, and visioning from local to global levels.

Group updates on UBC-sorting robot’s success

Resource Recycling News - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:52

Group updates on UBC-sorting robot’s success

A recycling robot installed at a California MRF has recovered an average of 1,565 UBCs per day since it was installed this summer, according to a metal can industry group. 

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PET, HDPE bale prices rise in December

Resource Recycling News - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:51

PET, HDPE bale prices rise in December

The end of the year has brought an increase in scrap plastic prices, with PET, natural HDPE and color HDPE increasing by 10%, 9% and 15%, respectively.

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Recycling industry makes announcements at COP28

Resource Recycling News - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:51

Recycling industry makes announcements at COP28

With leaders from around the world gathered to discuss climate change and action at COP28, the recycling industry is chiming in with its expertise and new goals. 

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Carton end market Kelly Green hits full capacity

Resource Recycling News - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:46

Carton end market Kelly Green hits full capacity

Composite board manufacturer Kelly Green Products ramped up to full scale in November and is currently processing 400 tons of post-consumer cartons per month at its Waterbury, Conn. plant.

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Demand shifts continue to roil U.S. mills

Resource Recycling News - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:46

Demand shifts continue to roil U.S. mills

The third quarter of 2023 brought continued economic challenges that led another paper company to shut down a recycled fiber mill, joining a handful that did so early this year. But there were signs of positive fiber market changes coming.

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News from Marine Debris Foundation, Product Stewardship Institute and more

Resource Recycling News - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 15:38

News from Marine Debris Foundation, Product Stewardship Institute and more

U.S. container manufacturer Arglass completed a majority shareholder buyout from Yamamura, a Japanese bottle maker.  Fishing net recycler Bureo announced it has raised investment funding. The Marine Debris Foundation hired Susan Sherman as its first executive director.  The Product Stewardship …

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Behind Strategic’s bankruptcy, interest rates and market shifts

Resource Recycling News - Fri, 12/08/2023 - 11:14

Behind Strategic’s bankruptcy, interest rates and market shifts

A major U.S. downstream outlet for recovered glass from MRFs and bottle deposit programs filed for bankruptcy this month, citing $432 million in debts and interest. Strategic Materials says it plans to reorganize and continue operating normally without interruption.

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Biden and Xi Jinping send a message

Resilience - Thu, 12/07/2023 - 06:25
The question sure to dominate the two weeks of meetings and negotiations will be: where is the justice?

The Earth is Not a Person Sleeping

Resilience - Thu, 12/07/2023 - 06:09
That we maintain an intellectual model of climate in which the physical blanket is seen but not the living activity below shouldn’t surprise us.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Resilience - Thu, 12/07/2023 - 05:23
While mathematics and chess offer more-or-less “tame” problems with solutions that everyone agrees on, wicked problems lack clarity and are subject to real-world constraints that prevent risk-free resolution.

Thematic Book Series: Heating People, not Spaces

LOW-TECH MAGAZINE - Wed, 12/06/2023 - 16:00
Image: Book cover. [Heating people, not spaces](https://www.lulu.com/shop/kris-de-decker/heating-people-not-spaces/paperback/product-zm52en6.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4), Kris De Decker, 142 pages, Low-tech Magazine, 2023.

These days, we provide thermal comfort in winter by heating the entire air volume in a room or building, an approach that consumes a lot of fossil fuels. In this book, LOW←TECH MAGAZINE focuses on our forebear’s concept of heating, which was more localized. They used radiant heat sources that warmed only certain parts of a room, creating micro-climates of comfort, and they used personal heating sources that warmed specific body parts. It would make a lot of sense to restore this old way of warming, especially since newer technology has made it much more practical, safe, and efficient. By placing heating technology in a historical context, LOW←TECH MAGAZINE challenges the high-tech approach to sustainability and highlights the possibilities of alternative solutions.

Half of the articles in this book have not appeared in print before.

Contents table:
  • Restoring the Old Way of Warming: Heating People, not Spaces
  • Insulation: First the Body, then the Home
  • The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle
  • Energy Labels Oblige Frugal Homeowners to Make Unsustainable Investments
  • How to Keep Warm in a Cool House
  • Sunbathing in the Living Room: Tile Stoves and Other Radiant Heating Systems
  • Heat Storage Hypocausts: Air Heating in the Middle Ages
  • The Revenge of the Circulating Fan

Available in our bookshop: Heating people, not spaces, Kris De Decker, 142 pages, Low-tech Magazine, 2023.

Other thematic books in the series:

How to build a low-tech internet?, Kris De Decker, Roel Roscam Abbing, Marie Otsuka, 166 pages, Low-tech Magazine, 2023.

How to downsize a transport network?, Kris De Decker, 162 pages, Low-tech Magazine, 2023.

The Low-tech Magazine archives are also available as a chronological series consisting of three volumes.

Patrons get early access to new books at a reduced price.

The Future Wave: Youth-led Commoning for Care and Climate Justice

The Nature of Cities - Wed, 12/06/2023 - 12:29

Youth voices advocating for climate justice have emerged as a significant force for shedding light on the escalating challenges that climate change will create in their current and future lives. While adults often assume that young people are not interested in politics and/or are perceived to be less politically engaged, youth are not just influencing … Continue reading The Future Wave: Youth-led Commoning for Care and Climate Justice →

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Confessions of a disillusioned scientist

Resilience - Wed, 12/06/2023 - 12:01
After a rocket ride through science, I am hanging up the gloves, feeling a little ashamed and embarrassed to have devoted so much of my life to what I now see as a misguided cause that has done more harm than good in this world.

Why we need to grow an ecosocialist party in America (part 2)

Resilience - Tue, 12/05/2023 - 14:55
When America is ready for ideas that work, we’ll need political leaders who are ready with ideas that work.

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