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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.
#sustainability #philosophy #ClimateChange #biodiversity #nature #politics #economics #religion #Science
Shifting the Paradigm | Aspen Proposal
The Aspen Proposal provides a description of a sustainable human civilization 200 - 500 years in the future. This is a goal that will focus our efforts, allow us to backcast and provide hope for those working for change.Aspen Proposal
New *Damaged Earth Catalog* entry: 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!
#sustainability #kepler
Introducing developer preview of Kepler: power monitoring for Red Hat OpenShift
Kepler is a metrics exporter that uses eBPF to collect energy-related system stats and export them.Jose Gomez-Selles (cloud.redhat.com)
Researchers Develop PALM-ALT as a More Sustainable Alternative to Palm Oil
About half of all packaged goods found in grocery stores contain palm oil, because this product is versatile, grows efficiently for better yields and has low production costs.Paige Bennett (EcoWatch)
#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.
Elevating Research Software: Developing a Roadmap
4 September 2023 Authors: Eric Allen Jensen, Daniel S. Katz DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8312543 Elevating Research Software: Developing a Roadmap Research software is the unsung hero of modern science.www.researchsoft.org
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
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
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
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
Researchers develop an oxygen-ion battery
Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous today, but that does not mean that they are the best solution for all areas of application. TU Wien has now succeeded in developing an oxygen-ion battery that has some important advantages.Science X (Tech Xplore)
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
Calculating My Carbon Footprint - Microsoft Sustainability
Gain insights into your carbon emissions—and emissions you’ve already saved—related to using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 cloud services.www.microsoft.com
#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
Prof Tim Jackson: Imagining life after Capitalism
Sustainable growth was the focus of the recent World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, but how realistic is this goal, and what would it look like? The idea of degrowth, as a counter to the status quo of aiming for exponential growth, has also …RNZ