The Institute of Afrofuturist Ecology is a land-based eco justice organization serving at the nexus of Black culture, land and technology. Founded by regenerative farmers, artists, healers, technologists and academics, it is a millennial think tank, cross pollinating a diversity of practitioners to dramatically improve the lives and livelihood of disenfranchised black families by helping them to become self-sustaining. Our mission is to advance economic and racial justice, to solve environmental problems and to create better opportunities and outcomes for a more just and sustainable future.

The Institute applies whole-system thinking, design, technology and a community engaged arts approach for popular education, movement organizing, and community enrichment; amplifying creativity for social change that will shift narratives about race, class, gender and sexual orientation. The Institute is a repository established to deliver skills, knowledge and resources that build an inclusive clean economy.

We envision a socially and economically just society that values Nature and protects the ecological balance for the seventh generation

Institute of Afrofuturist Ecology addresses the following issues:

• Arts & Culture

• Civic Engagement

• Economic Empowerment

• Education

• Environment & Climate Change

• Food & Agriculture

• Health

• Social Justice

• Systemic Poverty

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Facing Unbearable Heat, Qatar Has Begun To Air-Condition the Outdoors
https://science.slashdot.org/story/19/10/18/1438241/facing-unbearable-heat-qatar-has-begun-to-air-condition-the-outdoors

"[...] Already one of the hottest places on Earth, Qatar has seen average temperatures rise more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F) above preindustrial times, the current international goal for limiting the damage of global warming. The 2015 Paris climate summit said it would be better to keep temperatures "well below" that, ideally to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F).

[...] To survive the summer heat, Qatar not only air-conditions its soccer stadiums, but also the outdoors -- in markets, along sidewalks, even at outdoor malls so people can window shop with a cool breeze. "If you turn off air conditioners, it will be unbearable. You cannot function effectively," says Yousef al-Horr, founder of the Gulf Organization for Research and Development."