Good idea: nature based solutions instead of high tech fairy tales🌴

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/29/from-tree-planting-to-sponge-cities-why-nature-based-solutions-are-crucial-to-fighting-the-climate-crisis

The natural world underpins human civilisation on every corner of the planet. From oceans to rainforests, grasslands to mangrove swamps, ecosystems feed billions of humans, produce clean water and provide materials for shelter. As the planet heats, scientists and conservationists are urging the world to harness and restore nature to maintain a habitable planet.

What is a nature-based solution?
Nature-based solutions is an umbrella term for using the power of nature to mitigate the impact of climate change while benefiting biodiversity and human wellbeing. There are thousands of examples: planting trees to shield buildings from heat; restoring wetlands to create “sponge cities” that protect people from flooding; planting mangroves to hold back storm surges in coastal regions.

Die Betreiber findet man auch auf Telegram. Ich fand die Videos ohne Kontext immer problematisch. Wie sich jetzt zeigt aus gutem Grund:
https://www.woz.ch/2348/onlinepranger/die-katze-das-video-und-die-selbstjustiz/!HWKQ69VN12JM

Song of the day 🌿🔥: https://open.spotify.com/track/4LwU4Vp6od3Sb08CsP99GC?si=cKyhUeE_S-WDqrI-iNIfeQ

TIL-During the Irish 1916 rising fighting was paused daily between the Irish rebels and British soldiers to allow the park keeper of St.Stephens Green to feed the ducks. [source, comments]

You're not gonna believe this but I was at this train station several times.

Song of the day 🗽🤷🏽‍♀️: https://open.spotify.com/track/1sn4GarhOWPEWaFRBMtaSt?si=Sn5KAk6eRrGgQ9ldKMzZ6A&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1Fa1IIVtEpGUcU

"PM: Der größte Skandal im Neukölln-Komplex: Polizei, Senat, Abgeordnete und Presse nehmen ihre demokratischen Aufgaben nicht wahr!"

https://burak.blackblogs.org/2023/11/30/pm-der-groste-skandal-im-neukolln-komplex-polizei-senat-abgeordnete-und-presse-nehmen-ihre-demokratischen-aufgaben-nicht-wahr/

Heute ist die 20. Anhörung im Parlamentarischen Untersuchungsausschuss zum Neukölln-Komplex im Abgeordnetenhaus.
Leider ist es jetzt zu spät dazu aufzurufen. Es gibt aber diese sehr starke PM zum bisher sehr enttäuschenden Verlauf.

TIL The term 'mosh pit' was birthed in 1979 when H.R., vocalist of D.C. hardcore band the Bad Brains, saw some audience members slam dancing and shouted "mash it - mash down", but because of his faux Jamaican accent, some audience members heard this as "mosh it" and that is the term that stuck. [source, comments]

TIL that in 60+ years of human spaceflight, only 675 people have been in space(by the USAF definition of flying at least 50 miles or 80 kilometres high) [source, comments]

Song of the day ⛓✊🏽: https://open.spotify.com/track/7aBxcRw77817BrkdPChAGY?si=7mvFfPIyRUKdRhXWF0pXvg

TIL that the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime concluded that billions in drug money kept the global financial system afloat during the 2008 crisis [source, comments]

Good Idea: Do not trust carbon offsets

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe

TIL there are 57 universities around the world with no tuition for all international students, providing free education regardless of a student's country of origin. [source, comments]