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A team of scientists from the University of Bristol recently released research that pushed the date of our Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) back to about 4.2 billion years ago.

This suggests that the life that is in each of us, and in each of the organisms that make up our very large extended family, runs in an unbroken chain backward for 4.2 billion years.

That’s a pretty considerable investment by the universe in every living thing.

Perhaps we should reflect on that a little more as we continue to muck around on this planet.

It might be time to start fitting in.

http://www.aspenproposal.org

#sustainability #philosophy #ClimateChange #biodiversity #nature #politics #economics #religion #Science


New *Damaged Earth Catalog* entry: :www_server: Redundant Technology 🛠️ going way back to 1997:
https://damaged.bleu255.com/Redundant_Technology/

Lots of thanks to @jameswallbank for insights into the motivations and strategies at the heart of the Redundant Technology Initiative ❤️ #permacomputing #lowtech #SmallWeb #sustainability #tech


Have you seen the "Sustainable Map", which renders #OpenStreetMap data focusing on features related to #sustainability ?

https://sustainable.zottelig.ch

You'l find data features on: Publicly accessible
Free of charge, Social
Environmentally friendly production, Organic, Seasonal, Vegetarian
Environmentally friendly packed, Unpacked, Zero waste
Fair trade
Short transport distances, Regional
Sharing, Lending
Repair
Reuse
Recycling
Community, Participation


i cannot get over how good this piece of writing by @neauoire is. this is (i think) the first time i've been brought to tears while reading about technology

https://100r.co/site/computing_and_sustainability.html

absolutely beautiful

#computing #sustainability #permacomputing #repairability #elegance #simplicity

(images are licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)


Dear #Frankfurt, we hope to see you tonight at our NODE+CODE #Meetup #13 on #Permacomputing and #Sustainability 💚

📆 Thursday 8th, February 2024, 19:00:
📍Crespo Foundation, Berliner Str. 27, Frankfurt am Main
🎟️ free entry & 🍲 free yummy soup!

See you tonight!


Researchers Develop PALM-ALT as a More Sustainable Alternative to Palm Oil #environment #PalmOil #sustainability https://www.ecowatch.com/researchers-develop-palm-alt-as-a-more-sustainable-alternative-to-palm-oil.html


Decided to be more active here, so let me reintroduce myself! I'm a zooarchaeologist researching #Farming and #Food of the past. I study animal and plant remains 🐐🌾, apply biochemical analyses 🧪, and want to use this knowledge of the past to contribute to #Sustainability today 🚜
#Archaeology #SciComm #WomenInScience #Animals


Read the latest ReSA blog post by Eric Allen Jensen and @danielskatz about the challenges to recognising software contributions in Elevating Research Software: Developing a Roadmap https://www.researchsoft.org/blog/2023-09/

Building on discussions in the US Research Software #Sustainability Institute (URSSI), this blog post shares a set of possible activities aimed at elevating the role of #researchsoftware in #academic #careerpaths, #recognition, and beyond.


I am a late 30s #gay man living in lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia. Happily married and with two pugs, Oscar and Stanley.

I am anxious and often depressed but try to cover it with good vibes, thot pics and bad dancing.

I consume waaay too much #PopCulture particularly #ScienceFiction #fantasy #books, #movies and #tv. Also do a fair bit of #gaming on #PS5 #Xbox and #Switch.

Other interests include #lgbtqia issues, #sustainability, #vegan, #MentalHealth, #weightlifting, #running, #yoga and #Lego


KDE's #sustainability initiative KDE Eco featured on the "KDE For Activists" page alongside many other excellent #FOSS projects!

https://kde.org/for/activists/

KDE. Made for activists, by activists.

Made for you, by you!

KDE is developed by a community of passionate people. We develop KDE for everyone, from kids to grandparents and from professionals to hobbyists. Join us:

https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved

#KDEEco #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FEEP #SustainableSoftware #Ecology #Activism

@kde @carlschwan


i have updated my #gemini resource on #degrowth, #communities & scale, forgiveness & growth, and imagining a kinder future on and offline!

accessible here: gemini://hnr.fyi/research.gmi
or here: https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/hnr.fyi/research.gmi

as always, if you have any links burning a hole in your pocket that could do with being added, please send them over!

#permacomputing #smallweb #indieweb #smolweb #sustainability #communication #networking


The one #sustainability slide you need, from @adrianco

things dev can do now
- optimise code
- choose faster languages and runtimes, like rust [or quarkus! 😁 ]
- efficient algorithms
- faster implementations
- reduce retries and work amplification
- reduce logging

things ops can do now
- higher utilisation
- automation
- relax over-specified requirements
- archive data
- deduplicate data
- choose time and location for workloads carefully

#QConLondon


Meanwhile, in battery news...

Researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have developed an oxygen-ion battery with a storage capacity that doesn't decrease over time, leading to an extremely long lifespan compared to other batteries.

This battery can be produced without rare metals and could be used for in large energy storage systems, e.g., to store electrical energy from renewable sources.

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-oxygen-ion-battery.html

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#energy #batteries #sustainability #technology


Having a sustainable website is crucial to me: mine scores 100 on Ecograder.

https://ecograder.com/report/CYFdKg62wGIsfEWJoa8uLAIE

I do care for the environment. Pointless data information that travels through the internet is not free, it has a carbon weight.

Every kilobyte saved correspond to an amount of CO2.

What do people achieve with that compulsion to add featured images that aren't theirs?

#sustainability


This is the starting point #Sustainability page for #Microsoft, which covers Azure, as well as Microsoft 365. Good summary page with links for more detail. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sustainability/emissions-impact-dashboard?activetab=pivot:mostpopulartab


"We can't afford poverty in a world in which there are environmental limits."

#TimJackson, Professor at the University of Surrey, Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018875451/prof-tim-jackson-imagining-life-after-capitalism

#podcasts #RNZ #KimHill #deGrowth #sustainability #poverty

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