audio – Guardian interview with the writer, David Wallace-Wells
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/feb/05/is-climate-change-way-worse-than-we-realise-today-in-focus-podcast
He expanded the original NY magazine article into a book
environment
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SRP – a natural technique for rice productions with higher yields, less emissions
“technique developed by a Jesuit priest is producing bigger harvests – and reducing emissions of a crop responsible for 1.5% of greenhouse gases”
In The One Straw Revolution, Fukuoka too championed his method of growing rice with much less water, which was similarly ignored.
The carbon footprint factor
It’s becoming immoral to fly. Plane trips squander energy; so maybe I shouldn’t do it. There’s no way to get out of Israel without flying and, anyway, the only way to get to India or the US for me is to fly.
It’s necessary to go see my Dad once a year. It would be possible to combine that with a European trip, but not with a trip to India so maybe that’s what I ought to do.
This year I could accompany Dorit to Europe and then, when she’s in Germany, go see my Dad and Andrew. That would also save a bit of money, perhaps.
Next time I might be able to do something similar with a trip to India and the US, but I’m not sure that would save anything on fuel and CO2 production.
Another thing, is to choose the shortest routes (which don’t always correspond to the cheapest flights). Like maybe going through the Gulf States to India is shorter than through Turkey. El Al’s route goes down through the Red Sea and is therefore quite long.
Was checking the online visa situation for India – looks like that’s coming soon for the UK as well (though only 1 month).
‘A great silence is spreading over the natural world’ | Environment | theguardian.com
Bernie Krause has spent 40 years recording nature’s sounds. But such is the rate of species and habitat loss that his tapes may become our only record of the original diversity of life
via ‘A great silence is spreading over the natural world’ | Environment | theguardian.com.