The Social Cost of Carbon Credits
Multinational companies funded a US $4.4-million carbon offset project. Senegalese locals did much of the work—and saw almost none of the money.
This would be so lovely for some far northern/southern latitudes that need all the sun they can get to stay warm. With double or triple paned glass to insulate.
by Syris Valentine When Black Panther debuted, Black folks everywhere lost their collective minds witnessing an African society free from the ravages of colonialism. One of the most striking aspects of Wakanda was how technology and the environment harmonized to support thriving communities. The mov...
I'm a pretty visible positive example I'd say. My objective is to provide reminders to reframe carnism as socially stigmatized. I think this mostly works because a lot of my friends are vegan, but there are a few "bros" who rationalize why they don't need to change.
But then I remember I didn’t take their children away, hook them up to a machine to extract food from them, or kill them. And that makes me feel like making fun of carnists is not so bad.
The challenge that isn't covered here is that the grandeur of Singapore is far far easier to achieve with authoritarian centralization than the anarchic style of solarpunk. And people are compelled by the grandeur of a large expensive project in different ways than the DIY scale.
So how can a ragtag group in SF or Berlin make something that captures imagination just as well as Singapore?
I'm a huge fan of the ebike for camping too. In 2021, I took a year off work to ebike around the US.
This weekend's adventure was low-key by comparison, just a 14 mile ride from downtown Madison, WI out to a county park campground.
Go on a bike camping trip!
I love bike camping and am starting to host trips where I live. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get to know the rural parts of their region. You can often ask around at bike shops (particularly the adventury types of bike shop) to learn who in the area runs them.