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El calor extremo perjudica más a las comunidades de color. Una financiación federal sin precedentes para la justicia climática podría ayudar


Pero el gobierno ha cometido una omisión flagrante. El calor extremo perjudica más a las comunidades de color. Una financiación federal sin precedentes para la . . .

Yale Climate Connections by Tammie Visintainer on 28 Mar 2024

A data scientist’s case for ‘cautious optimism’ about climate change


An interview with H . . .

Yale Climate Connections by Michael Svoboda on 28 Mar 2024

A growing number of homeowners face repeat flooding


People need access to funding to make their homes more resilient rather than just rebuilding, one analyst says. A growing number of homeowners face repeat . . .

Yale Climate Connections by YCC Team on 28 Mar 2024

We are a member of the German Sustainable Economy Association “Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft e.V.”


Fairventures Worldwide has joined the German Sustainable Economy Association “Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft e.V.” in March 2024. Der Beitrag We are a . . .

Fairventures Worldwide by Laura Rothgang on 28 Mar 2024

E-waste drawers of doom growing, say campaigners


Our household hoards of unused electricals and broken tech are growing, recycling campaigners warn. . . .

BBC News by ? on 28 Mar 2024

New Leadership Principles Set a Guiding Compass for Corporate Climate Resilience Pathways Initiative


New Leadership Principles Set a Guiding Compass for Corporate Climate Resilience Pathways Initiative appeared first on Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. . . .

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions by Nora Zacharski on 28 Mar 2024

Connecting the health and climate agendas will lead to faster action on both


This article, written by Sophie O’Connell, policy adviser, was first published in National Health Executive magazine. Siloed working in the third sector . . .

Inside track by Sophie O'Connell on 28 Mar 2024

May Your Grass Grow Tall and Your Rivers Run Deep!


Adaptive grazing is key to resilience in Zimbabwe and the world should pay attention. This grassland in Matabeleland, about 30... . . .

REVOLVE by raul on 28 Mar 2024

PBS: Stop Saving the Planet


Planet will be fine. It’s us that need saving. . . .

This is Not Cool by greenman3610 on 28 Mar 2024

Fox Station’s Hailstorm of Bullshit after Solar Panels Damaged


Fox Station’s report above is likely to get wide coverage on the anti-clean energy social media networks. For the record, solar panels damaged in a storm . . .

This is Not Cool by greenman3610 on 28 Mar 2024

Actor Brian Cox on the Climate Crisis


Are we well and truly scunnered? That sounds bad. And anyway, fuck off, Exxon. . . .

This is Not Cool by greenman3610 on 28 Mar 2024

PBS: AI Application to Climate Crisis


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This is Not Cool by greenman3610 on 28 Mar 2024

Ensuring Eco-Safe Titanium Ore Processing: Waste Management Strategies


Happy Eco News Ensuring Eco-Safe Titanium Ore Processing: Waste Management Strategies Ensuring Eco-Safe Titanium Ore Processing: Waste Management Strategies The . . .

Happy Eco News by Artemis on 28 Mar 2024

Is Your Garden Good For The Environment?


Happy Eco News Is Your Garden Good For The Environment? Is Your Garden Good For The Environment? You might find yourself thinking that a garden must necessarily . . .

Happy Eco News by Artemis on 28 Mar 2024

Canada Protects Lophelia Reef: Northernmost Pacific Coral Reef


Happy Eco News Canada Protects Lophelia Reef: Northernmost Pacific Coral Reef Authorities in Canada have taken decisive action to safeguard Lophelia Reef, the . . .

Happy Eco News by Joe Verde on 28 Mar 2024

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #13 2024


Open access notables A survey of interventions to actively conserve the frozen North, van Wijngaarden et al. . . .

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #13 2024 by ? on 28 Mar 2024

Indigenous Filipinos fight to protect biodiverse mountains from mining


NARRA, Philippines — At the foothills of the Victoria-Anepahan Mountains in the Philippines’ Palawan province, the Indigenous Tagbanua have lived with the . . .

EnviroLink Network by Isabel Esterman on 28 Mar 2024

Agribusiness bill moves to block grassland protections in Brazilian biomes


A bill framed to benefit a particular group of rural producers was morphed into a drastic change to the Brazilian Forest Code with the potential of destroying . . .

EnviroLink Network by Alexandredesanti on 28 Mar 2024

Beneath the surface, a toxic tide threatens Bangladesh’s water lifeline


Imagine a mother in a rural village drawing water from a well with her pitcher. This seemingly ordinary water holds her family’s future — for drinking, cooking . . .

EnviroLink Network by nandithachandraprakash on 28 Mar 2024

In Liberia, a former mining activist gets the bully pulpit


It’s been about a decade since Foday Fahnbulleh was arrested. Along with other students and workers from his home in Bong Mines about an hour’s drive north of . . .

EnviroLink Network by terna gyuse on 28 Mar 2024

Nepali experts question rhino relocation within park for population balance


KATHMANDU — On March 21, Nepal’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation completed the relocation of five vulnerable one-horned rhinos . . .

EnviroLink Network by Abhayarajjoshi on 28 Mar 2024

Why a town on the front line of America's energy transition isn't letting go of coal


Kemmerer, Wyo., is on the front line of America’s energy transition, with its coal plant slated to close and a nuclear plant in the works. But some think . . .

EnviroLink Network by Kirk Siegler on 28 Mar 2024

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Thoughts for Tomorrow

Consumerism on Ice

Apparently a New York bar imports ice from Japan, 6000 miles away! Somehow, via social media, clever ads or whatever, a pointless demand has been created, regardless of wider considerations such as waste or carbon footprint. Unfortunately, people can be persuaded and tricked into needless consumption that encourages waste, pollution and greed.

Rampant consumerism is unsustainable and definitely not wanted when it comes to tackling climate change and environmental issues. But things could get much worse as AI (Artificial Intelligence) becomes widespread and enormous databases of personal information are created. For example, consider the promotion of some product, say small electric heaters. They may be inferior to other products already on the market but human promoters, using their know-how and expertise, will place ads, videos etc aimed at the types of users most likely to purchase their product.

Now AI, given terabytes of personal info, has the ability to go much further than human activity in perfectly targeting the promotion of a product at individuals. Very select groups of potential buyers can be formed from very comprehensive records of age, ethnicity, purchasing habits and even deep recorded knowledge about human behaviour. The target groups can then be bombarded, perhaps automatically, with whatever mix of information and misinformation is most likely to persuade them to buy.

Instead of promoting yet more consumerism, could properly regulated AI not be used to demonstrate the urgency of climate change and related issues? . . . . . or should that thought be put on (non-Japanese) ice?

(Ice cubes image via Wikimedia Commons)

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More Thoughts for Tomorrow.

‘Being so helpless is hard to describe’: can rescuers win the race against time to save an orphaned orca?


Experts are trying everything from drums to whale calls to lure kʷiisaḥiʔis – or Brave Little Hunter – out of the Canadian lagoon she has been trapped in since . . .

Environment | The Guardian by ecco in Toronto on 28 Mar 2024

‘People mustn’t feel meat is being taken away’: German hospitals serve planetary health diet


A group of hospitals serve up a menu rich in plants – and say they have had few complaints. Patrick Burrichter did not think about saving lives or protecting . . .

Environment | The Guardian by njan on 28 Mar 2024

‘We’d like to shoot them all’: growing army of wolfdogs raises hackles across Europe


Experts say the hybrids risk ‘polluting’ the genetic stock, but scientists disagree on how to deal with them. In Piedmont, Italy, the sight of a blond wolfdog . . .

Environment | The Guardian by ? on 28 Mar 2024

Sinking US cities increase risk of flooding from rising sea levels


Subsidence linked to extraction of groundwater and natural gas, and weight of buildings pressing into soft ground. A number of cities on the US east coast are . . .

Environment | The Guardian by ester on 28 Mar 2024

Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals


World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds. The world’s fossil-fuel producers . . .

Environment | The Guardian by lman on 28 Mar 2024

Thames Water investors pull plug on £500m of funding amid standoff with regulator


Decision increases concerns about financial future of UK’s biggest water firm and increases prospect of nationalisationWho will win in standoff between Thames . . .

Environment | The Guardian by on, Jack Simpson , Sandra Laville and Helena Horton on 28 Mar 2024

To generate clean energy from evaporating water, researchers played with a classic toy


Their device produces enough electricity to power small electronics and can operate for several days using only 100 milliliters of water as fuel. . . .

Anthropocene by Anthropocene Team on 28 Mar 2024

‘Climate Change Is Changing the Geography of Wine,’ Study Finds


More heat waves and unpredictable rainfall could destroy vineyards from California to Greece by 2100, according to a new study, while at the same time creating . . .

EcoWatch by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on 28 Mar 2024

Key Ocean Current Contains a Warning on Climate


A new study shows that a giant current circling Antarctica has speeded up during past warm periods, eating away at the polar ice. It's doing it again now. . . .

State of the Planet by Kevin Krajick on 27 Mar 2024

Accuweather: “Explosive” Hurricane Season Coming


Gonna be lit. . . .

This is Not Cool by greenman3610 on 27 Mar 2024

EV Sales Include More Plug-ins


Tried to buy a plug-hybrid Prius. Had the money, ready to go. Dealer said sorry, they’re all out in California.Why can’t you get ’em here? . . .

This is Not Cool by greenman3610 on 27 Mar 2024

Is Lululemon Greenwashing?


Happy Eco News Is Lululemon Greenwashing? Is Lululemon greenwashing? In a move that could set a precedent for environmental marketing practices, environmental . . .

Happy Eco News by Grant Brown on 27 Mar 2024

You can start applying for the American Climate Corps next month


This story by Naveena Sadasivam and Kate Yoder was originally published by Grist and is part of Covering Climate Now, a glo . . .

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #13 2024 by ? on 27 Mar 2024

Brazil and France ‘Join Forces’ With $1.1 Billion Green Investment Plan for Amazon Rainforest


French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met this week in Belém — host of the 2025 United Nations COP30 climate talks. . . .

EcoWatch by Cristen Hemingway Jaynes on 27 Mar 2024

$1 Trillion Worth of Food Is Wasted Globally per Year, UN Report Finds


The UN’s latest Food Waste Index Report, compiled in collaboration with the charity WRAP, reveals that food waste has skyrocketed, with over 1 billion meals . . .

EcoWatch by Paige Bennett on 27 Mar 2024

Some Older Posts

Cap and Share: A Just and Constructive Fossil Fuel Phase-Out - Feasta by admin on 22 Mar 2024

Joint Forces: Fairventures and Kyambogo University plant over 600 trees on the International Day of Forests - Fairventures Worldwide by Laura Rothgang on 25 Mar 2024

What’s the pollen outlook this year? - Official blog of the Met Office news team by Met Office Press Office on 22 Mar 2024

Tractors brought to Parliament in farmers' protest - BBC News by ? on 25 Mar 2024

Waste pickers are the hidden heroes tackling the world’s plastic pollution - Greenpeace UK by Helle Abelvik-Lawson on 22 Mar 2024

Cherry blossoms: a microcosm of the global climate crisis - Climate 411 by Ilissa Ocko on 21 Mar 2024

Investing in Resilience: Technology’s Role in Strengthening the Grid - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions by Nora Zacharski on 21 Mar 2024

A journey into home electrification - Climate Energy - Grist by Claire Elise Thompson on 21 Mar 2024

Summer 2024 Climate School Internship Opportunities - State of the Planet by Adrienne Day on 25 Mar 2024

“This will be the most important election on climate and energy”: speech by Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP - Inside track by Green Alliance blog on 22 Mar 2024

Boosting Sustainable Agriculture Requires Public and Private Incentives  - REVOLVE by sebastien_admin on 25 Mar 2024

ART SCIENCE dialogue: Technology and Plants - Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam by sarahjanefoster22 on 25 Mar 2024

5 Ways Environmentalists Can Reduce Food Waste - Blue and Green Tomorrow by Eva Henderson on 25 Mar 2024

How a novel plant X-ray could help farmers lock up more soil carbon - Anthropocene by Emma Bryce on 22 Mar 2024

Phoenix, dodo or butterfly? Three futures for East Anglia  - Rupert Read by Atus on 22 Mar 2024