Climate change through the eyes of TV weather presenters: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/outlook-terrifying-tv-weather-presenters-on-the-hell-and-horror-of-the-climate-crisis. To all the meteorologists and climate scientists out there - we appreciate you! 🤗 #climatechange #weatherwarning
Viewing carbon offsets as investments rather than as an asset is important. There's uncertainty as to whether they will deliver the expected returns of compensating for emissions. So diversification of projects, providers and by geography is a sensible approach.
Here is the response from
Verra: https://verra.org/verra-response-guardian-rainforest-carbon-offsets/
Anyone else seeing a decline in referral traffic from Twitter? https://digiday.com/media/publishers-lament-the-removal-of-twitter-moments-as-referral-traffic-dips/
Great article from ecoact on upcoming trends in climate and sustainability: https://eco-act.com/climate-action/climate-and-sustainability-trends/
RT @mzjacobson@twitter.com
If this cost pans out, little barrier remains for the world to go to 100% #WindWaterSolar by 2035
Iron-air batteries ($20/kWh), about 1/5th-1/10th cost of lithium-ion batteries ($100-$200/kWh) for grid elec storage, set for commercial production in 2024.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mzjacobson/status/1615183182906937345
RT @johnrhanger@twitter.com
Good morning with good news: Zero carbon generation may supply 50% of world's electricity by 2028. How? Why? World tripled down on RE in 2022 due to security & economics. Wind & solar doubles to 20%; RE hits 38% of supply by 2027 and 40% by 2028. Nuclear stabilizes at about 10%.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/johnrhanger/status/1614976046717349889
Why we need new stories on climate | Rebecca Solnit https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/12/rebecca-solnit-climate-crisis-popular-imagination-why-we-need-new-stories?CMP=share_btn_tw
.eco is now certified carbon neutral in accordance with PAS2060! 🙌 to our partners Inhabit.eco and zeroCO2.eco in helping us get there. https://go.eco/news/eco-is-carbon-neutral/
#NetZero #SMEClimateAction #carbonneutral #pas2060
What worlds are possible from the ruins of Twitter? We wrote about the environmental footprint of social media hosting, wasting differently, and tinkering with Mastodon. Solar power and Pis will be set up. Yet, this is also a contribution that acknowledges the diverse knowledge that went into Mastodon and the Fediverse.
Please share your thoughts on the @ecologies of Mastodon. #sts #ecology #sustainability
Poland generated 40% of its electricity from wind on 31 December, a new record. The figure would have been higher had the grid operator not ordered wind farms to reduce output as the system was unable to use or store surplus energy being produced.
Looking back over 2022, our most popular article this year is how to find an eco-friendly place to register your .eco domain: https://go.eco/news/finding-a-green-domain-retailer/?utm_source=mastodon.eco&utm_medium=social. We're keeping it up-to-date as we add more .eco retailers. #ecofriendly #webhosting
The new year is always a good time to practice good security hygiene. Consider rotating your secrets and practice good domain security. Here's some advice on how to do just that: https://go.eco/news/securing-your-eco-domain/?utm_source=mastodon.eco&utm_medium=social #domainsecurity #security
Mastodon represents an opportunity to create truly community-driven social spaces online, built on the principles of the open web. Forget about #web3 the original open web, based on the DNS, domain names, websites and community-run platforms is the OG of "decentralized networks"
Ho ho ho! 🎅 If you are launching a new environmental non-profit or campaign in 2023, we have a gift 🎁 for you. You can get a free .eco domain for your website. Apply here: https://go.eco/grants/?utm_source=mastodon.eco&utm_medium=social #GivingBack #eco #nonprofits
Gratitude 🙌 to the negotiators working overtime to reach a historic biodiversity agreement at #COP15 in #Montreal to protect 30% of land and oceans by 2030: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/world/cop15-biodiversity-agreement-montreal-climate-scn-intl/
We are huge fans of the
#HTMHell
Advent Calendar: https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/ Each article has great advice on building accessible web pages.
For serious web nerds on why you should take the structure of html seriously.
As 2022 draws to a close, now is a good time to take stock of your online security risk. A key part is ensuring your domain names are secure. Here are 6 tips on doing just that: https://go.eco/news/securing-your-eco-domain/?utm_source=mastodon.eco&utm_medium=social #ecodomains #DomainProtection #DomainHijack #yearend
Renewables Will Overtake Coal by Early 2025, Energy Agency Says. Adding as much renewable power in the next five years as it did in the past two decades. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/climate/iea-renewable-energy-coal.html
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