Aisa Mijeno, a engineer and co-founder of SALt (short for Sustainable Alternative Living), has invented a new type of lamp that produce eight hours of light on only one cup of salt water. This lamp was developed especially for places like the Philippines, where there is a lack of access to electricity and high usage of kerosene lamps.

The battery for this lamp contains two electrodes which are submerged in an electrolyte solution, or in this case the salt water. The use of saltwater is particularly convenient for places near oceans, as the salinity of the ocean water is compatible with the electrode battery.

Mijeno’s solution is easy, as it only requires two tablespoons of salt and one cup of water, which are much more affordable resources compared to kerosene. In addition, they don’t produce any harmful pollutants and use renewable resources.

Biological evolution created all life on earth, constantly adapting everything to their ever-changing environments, and it's been doing this thankless job for over three billion years.

(My goodness, it even turned dog-otters into whales)

So instead of revolution, trying to "intelligent design" our way to Utopia, we could learn from evolution, the natural process that made all of us in the first place.

https://blog.ncase.me/evolution-not-revolution/

There's art in nature, too
@NatureChan

https://twitter.com/DoctorVive/status/1170815429864034304

Excellent takedown of this article by Dr. Genevieve Guenther.

and a critique of the backlash: https://medium.com/@george.gpt/is-the-green-new-deal-humanitys-latest-delusion-pill-c6c3608fe526

https://popula.com/2019/08/19/the-case-for-climate-rage/

"...It matters because the same patriarchal elites have remained comfortably in power for so long that their imaginations are unequal to the task we face. Arguments for civility, for “forgiveness,” for “we’re all in this together”, for a preservation of the status quo with just a few tweaks, won’t keep us all from going over the cliff.

In climate change, many of these elite white men might be experiencing their very first brush with imposed change, with a force beyond their control upending their lives; that might make them particularly ill-equipped to envision what’s next, let alone lead us there.

The story of climate change, both its history and its future, needs to be told by people who have already experienced injustice and disempowerment, people who are justifiably angry at the way the system works. And some of those stories are beginning to be told."

[OC] Which countries contribute a greater proportion of global CO2 emissions than they contribute to global GDP?

/r/dataisbeautiful
https://redd.it/d371kq

Total lifestyle-related carbon emission by global wealth bracket [OC]

/r/dataisbeautiful
https://redd.it/d1y857

Aquarium in Tokyo -- the EPSON Aqua Park Shinagawa -- touch panel exhibits, neon lights and audiovisual displays transform the encounter with sea creatures into a psychedelic, multi-sensory experience.

Official website:
http://www.aqua-park.jp/aqua/index.html