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Feel–Good Friday: Tracking Solar, a Greener Cuppa Joe, and Cutting Fertilizer Use
53+ min ago (295+ words) Bluedot Living Feel–Good Friday: Tracking Solar, a Greener Cuppa Joe, and Cutting Fertilizer Use Note that if you purchase something via one of our links, including Amazon, we may earn a small commission. And an SOS for stains. Speaking…...
Wednesday: Celebrating Centenarian Climate Champ David Attenborough
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (224+ words) His is the voice of natural history programs for more than 70 years, the voice of authority and wonder, the voice of insistence that ours is a wondrous world and we would do well to protect it. Dot’s speaking, of course,…...
Monday: Is Plug-In Solar Right for You?
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (362+ words) Bluedot Living Monday: Is Plug-In Solar Right for You? Note that if you purchase something via one of our links, including Amazon, we may earn a small commission. The cheaper, easier way to power your home. The What: Plug-in solar!...
Thursday: Racing to Implement Renewable Energy
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (401+ words) Bluedot Living Thursday: Racing to Implement Renewable Energy Note that if you purchase something via one of our links, including Amazon, we may earn a small commission. A quote of the week, plus a tip for bug-friendly backyards. We’re not…...
Learning From Climate Chaos — So One Day We Won’t Have To
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (314+ words) It is June in London, and I am lying in front of a fan trying to will myself to write this story. But I can’t. Not out of lack of interest, or even discipline, but because I am so hot…...
Swimming With Sharks, Sustainably
1+ week, 4+ day ago (610+ words) I’d always liked rays, but it wasn’t until my first time scuba diving that I really fell in love with them. In the Maldives, I glided above a spotted eagle ray, watching the gentle flutter of its winglike pectoral fins....
Thursday: Birds Teach Us That Struggling Makes Us Stronger
2+ week, 1+ day ago (304+ words) Daily readers of this newsletter know my love of Chloe Hope’s Death and Birds newsletter from which today’s quote was lifted. Hope’s reverence for feathered creatures helps me, at least, understand our world a little bit better and even love…...
Experiencing Nature Through Music
2+ week, 2+ day ago (926+ words) Composer Nathan Sherwood Liang was just 15 when he knew he wanted to address climate change. Growing up in San Francisco, he’d always been surrounded by nature — camping in the Redwoods, watching and re-watching David Attenborough documentaries, and taking a particularly…...
Climate Champ Wednesday: Mike Durglo Jr. and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
2+ week, 2+ day ago (295+ words) Until recently, this story from NPR’s All Things Considered tells us, Montana had a climate plan — one of the country’s first — drafted in the early 2000s. It’s been shelved, however, thanks to the current governor and legislation that bars the state…...
Dear Dot: Do Recycled Synthetic Fabrics Shed Microplastics?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (402+ words) Should we be concerned that fabric made from recycled plastic shed microplastics during washing? The short answer: Yes — recycled plastic sheds microplastics just like virgin plastic, and some research suggests it may shed even more, smaller (and thus more harmful)…...