Tag: environment

• Microsoft’s astonishing climate change goals, explained

  August 1, 2020

  You could be forgiven for missing it, given the surplus of news, but the past few years have seen a profusion of climate change commitments from big tech companies. Facebook,… more ›

• This apartment design predicts a dystopian future of hunting and gathering for food and using canoes to get around — see inside

  February 9, 2020

  “Mitigation of Shock, Singapore” shows a vision of domestic life 50 years out, when rising ocean levels have flooded cities, and people are forced to grow their own foods and… more ›

• In 2030, we ended the climate emergency. Here’s how

  January 23, 2020

  What is human civilisation if not the result of all the stories we’ve been told? Centuries of evidence have shown that storytelling can change the course of history. Radical imagination,… more ›

• California enters uncharted territory: Massive blackouts, historically dangerous winds

  October 26, 2019

  By , Joe Mozingo, Rong-Gong Lin II, Maura Dolan SAN FRANCISCO — Northern California braced for a weekend in uncharted territory as Pacific Gas & Electric Co. prepared to shut… more ›

• Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions

  October 9, 2019

  The Guardian today reveals the 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves can be directly linked to more than one-third of all… more ›

• The hard truths of climate change — by the numbers

  September 22, 2019

  Bruno Rodriguez is only 18, but he has seen enough in his time on Earth to know that he must to do something for the planet. Inspired by the student… more ›

• Iceland bids farewell to first glacier lost to climate change

  August 18, 2019

  With poetry, moments of silence and speeches, officials and activists in Iceland have bade goodbye to the country’s first glacier lost to climate change. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/iceland-bids-farewell-glacier-lost-climate-change-190818162956810.html more ›

• Google pledges to make all hardware from recycled materials in 3 years

  August 8, 2019

  In an official blog post yesterday, Google’s Head of Sustainability in Consumer Hardware, Anna Meegan, announced three eco promises the tech giant is undertaking from here on in. https://www.euronews.com/living/2019/08/07/google-pledges-to-make-all-hardware-from-recycled-materials-in-3-years more ›

• Phenological Mismatch

  July 29, 2019

  “Attention,” a voice began to call, and it was as though an oboe had suddenly become articulate. “Attention,” it repeated in the same high, nasal monotone. “Attention. https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/becoming-digital/273079/phenological-mismatch/ more ›

• Branding a movement: Extinction Rebellion

  June 20, 2019

  Campaigners have issued three core demands to the government: to “tell the truth about climate change”; to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2025; and to create a citizens’ assembly… more ›