Jeremy Williams

Poetry

What we learned this week earthbound.report/2021/02/27/wha… around 8 hours ago
Me, playing #Nirvana's 'Smells like teen spirit': do you know this song? Kids: Of course we do, it's the potato song. around 11 hours ago
RT @DKenPowell: The third paragraph of this post from @Jeremy_Williams is mind blowing. If it was anyone else writing it, I'd say it was ma… around 1 day ago

What we learned this week
Our World in Data has a good deep-dive on palm oil, how big its contribution to deforestation is, and whether it is possible to meet global demand with other oils. After solar power from space, the government is now backing flying electric cars and the construction of an airport for them in Coventry. A litter […]
Why Britain needs a Justice40 Initiative
The United States has rejoined the Paris Agreement, which has created a good deal of positivity in climate change circles. The box-fresh Biden administration has announced a series of new climate change measures, beginning the process of reversing the damage and neglect of the Trump years. What’s caught my eye about the new American approach […]
France tackles throwaway culture with the repairability index
One of the big obstacles to a sustainable future is the culture of disposability. For citizens of consumer societies, it is perfectly normal to ‘consume’ things. We use them, and when they are damaged or obsolete, or even if we’re just bored with them, they are thrown away. The result is mountains of discarded clothes, […]