There is no vaccine for climate change
Why there is no quick solution to climate change and why we need to protect our soil.
Happy Monday!
We hope you've been enjoying the sun and the easing of the restrictions this week - it's been great seeing people out and about again as we move into a strange new 'normal’. The pints have also been class. 🍺
We've rounded up the usual menu of good reads, watches, and listens this week for you to get stuck into below, so see what takes your fancy and let us know your thoughts.
George and Will ✌️
Articles to read
🇨🇳🤝🇺🇸 China and the US in rare agreement over the climate. The world's two biggest emitters finally come together to show some long-awaited leadership on climate change. A positive statement of intent, but it's crucial that actions back up the words if we are to see global leaders rally behind this and ensure we build a green recovery from the challenges of Covid.
💉 There is no vaccine for climate change. An interview with David Remnick, the New Yorker editor, who talks Covid recovery, the climate crisis, and why as his latest piece The Fragile Earth is a plee for political imagination and collective action when it comes to the climate emergency. Well worth a read.
🐭 Hedgerow highway for dormice. With population numbers dwindling, farmers in the Yorkshire Dales have grown a 6-mile superhighway of hedges to boost dormice numbers. Cute.
🌱 We need to be doing more to protect soil and earthworm. With over 24bn tons of fertile soil lost every year through intensive farming, we need to pay more attention to soil damage. Without healthy soil, our food systems will become less resilient and less adaptable to climate change. Protect the bloody worms.
✈️ Carbon satellite to find super-emitters. Carbon Mapper will launch a satellite in 2023 that can help identify carbon and methane gases at a granular level. This sheds light on hidden sources of emissions and is likely to impact oil and gas infrastructure as well as landfills and dairy farms.
🌍 Google Earth lets you see how the world has changed over the last 37 years. Google's new tool lets you see how the world has changed and the impact humans have had on the planet. Google hopes it can be a powerful tool in the battle against climate change.
🎨 How can white paint cool the earth? Academic researchers have produced the whitest ever paint in the hope it can cool buildings and tackle the climate crisis. The paint can reduce temperatures by up to 4.5 degrees. White paint has been used to cool buildings for centuries - think holiday pics in Santorini.
WOM Collective - the art of climate change🎨
WOM are a ridiculously talented collective of London-based female street artists who hold regular Graffiti Jams across London to bring colour and stories to the urban environment.
Over the weekend a couple of my housemates and I wandered over to their latest event in Brixton, South London, and spoke to a few artists who had decided to communicate their fears, hopes, and optimism around climate change and environmental justice through their street art. Really, really cool.
Take a look here to find out a little more about their ambitions for art to embed the seeds for positive change, bring people together, and empower female leaders in local communities, which are all fundamental if we're to arrest the climate crisis. Can never get enough intersectionality.
Things to watch
Absolutely nothing. Get outside and enjoy any good weather and that Vitamin D.
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George and Will ✌️