Reading a #sustainability focused procurement guide – ”The supplier can ensure software functionality on older devices.”

What do you think can be aimed for when it comes to websites?

For ref, a 2015 12" MacBook is stuck on macOS Big Sur, so Safari 14. Mainstream Win7 support ended 10 years ago, Chrome 109 is the latest on there.

OLED and dark websites = lower footprint https://wagtail.org/blog/oled-and-dark-websites-lower-footprint/ We see big #sustainability improvements – up to 50% lower energy use! For all sites not just Wagtail

AI’s transformative potential for Europe’s growth — starting with food – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/898532/ #Agriculture #ArtificialIntelligence #Carbon #Cloud #Competitiveness #Data #development #emissions #Europe #FarmToFork #farmers #Footprint #Governance #Growth #industry #Intelligence #investment #logistics #Resilience #safety #seeds #skills #SupplyChains #Sustainability #SustainableAgriculture #Technology

I just published my weekly list of #CleanEnergy, #Climate, and #Sustainability Jobs. Check them out and share with a friend. #ClimateJobs #SustainabilityJobs #EnergyTransition #EnergyTransitionJobs #EnergyPolicyJobs #ClimateMastodon #EnergyMastodon https://edscleanenergysustainabilityjobs.com/eds-clean-energy-sustainability-jobs-list-04-06-25/

Combination incisor, canid, and molar dentation, a single stage stomach, forward facing eyesight with great depth perception and relatively little peripheral vision, bipedal endurance permitting all day and all night hiking if given sufficient water and snack--

We are omnivorous predator-scavengers by nature.

We removed most of the predators from our environment, so we must replace them with our own predatory actions in order to maintain balance in the environment, carefully.

Farmed animals have a population problem. If there is to be an intelligent response to the problem of using too much land, food, and water to grow animals, it will have to include the responsible, gradual reduction in populations until they can be reintroduced to an at least quasi-wild context, and we will have to continue to hunt them on occasion, as needed, or reintroduce/increase the populations of their predators.

Pollinators are more important than ever in such a case; however, the overuse of invasive honeybees has caused a competition problem. The non-natives out-compete the natives largely because they have direct human support. This fuss over "massive bee die-offs" and "devastating results for [unsustainable monoculture] farmers" is manufactured outrage designed to prop up a failed, imbalanced system. If you can't farm sustainably and in balance with the needs of nature, then fuck off and find a different job. I don't care if your grandaddy did it this way.

Finally. Veganism is a post-scarcity ideology. We are not there yet. At least, 95% or more of us aren't. One can abide non-cruelty to animals and humans, but doing so at the cost of their living healthy, libre lives is insufficient at best. To act as if a set of biologically unnecessary dietary restrictions is a Big Moral Issue completely ignores the ethical concerns of minding your own damn business, let alone those of living under capitalism with scarcity.

Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in.

The message is loud and clear — Europe welcomes US-based talent and is pulling out all the stops to attract America's best and brightest.

The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilising to poach top US scholars.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250404-europe-to-burned-american-scientists-well-take-you-in?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/04/06/sustainability/artificial-glaciers-pakistan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #sustainability #climatechange #water #pakistan #environment

Ich fühle mich richtig getrieben von der Industrie. Ich habe ein Pixel 3a Handy. Das ist jetzt 5 Jahre alt und funktioniert super, ich liebe es! Google hat es schon lange aufgegeben. Zum Glück stellt CalyxOS immer noch so gut es geht Updates bereit. Doch nun kommt mein Carrier und stellt im Sommer 3G ab. Das Gerät kann VoLTE, doch der Provider hat es nicht in dessen Whitelist freigegeben. Ich werde zum Neukauf genötigt, obwohl ich mein Handy gerne weiter nutzen würde. #sustainability #volte

Yesterday was a good day for cutting willow stakes and stabbing them back into the ground. So I spent four and a half hours doing so, and accomplished this!

It’s maybe 20 feet of #fedge that will eventually become an actual hedge to fence in the horses.

For now it needs protection in the form of an electric fence to keep them from chewing off all the growing parts before it gets established. It will take me multiple seasons to extend it all the way to where I need it to go.

Why do this instead of building more board fencing, you ask? (No one asked. I’m going to tell you anyway.) Well, the land our rural co-op exists on is very hilly, which means some parts are high and dry - great for putting posts in the ground and having them last for decades - and some parts are low and soggy - terrible for putting fence posts in because they will rot. Also, board fencing can be pricey, even if we’re doing all the work to install it ourselves.

But we still need fencing in those areas to keep the ponies contained. I don’t like using electric fencing for perimeter fencing. I want a real physical barrier that won’t suddenly stop working when it’s icy, snowy, the charger isn’t working, etc etc. I also don’t super like having the horses get shocked. Which does happen to poor Henry sometimes, because he can’t see very well and doesn’t always register that the fence is there before he walks into it, and then he gets a nasty surprise. There are things I can do to mitigate each of these problems, but… long term, I want to reduce the use of the zappy fence as much as possible.

Luckily, willow will grow into a nice coppiced thicket with a bit of encouragement, and we have lots of it growing here! I can cut whips from right nearby and use them to build living fencing that will benefit more creatures of our landscape than just the horses, and it doesn’t even damage the areas I harvest from because they’ll sprout right back up with even more stems. I think this is so cool. I can hardly wait to see it sprouting once the weather warms up a bit more!

I’m also looking forward to getting my hands on Paul Lamb’s new book, Of Thorn & Briar, about the craft of hedge laying in the UK. This willow weaving thing I’m doing isn’t quite that, but it’s not entirely dissimilar, either.

Mit jedem gesammelten Computer helfen wir
nicht nur Menschen, sondern schützen auch unsere Umwelt. Recyceln und länger nutzen - für eine nachhaltige Zukunft!
With every computer we collect, we not only help people, but also protect our environment. Recycle and use longer - for a sustainable future!
https://www.pcsfueralle.at

#education
#equalopportunities
#school
#nachhaltigkeit
#umweltschutz
#muellvermeidung
#upcycling
#sustainability
#upcycling
#bildung
#chancengleichheit
#schule

BREAKING: DOGE has cancelled promised funding for the upcoming NEH Summer Institute "Buddhist Perspectives on the Natural World in an Age of Global Climate Change." This two-week intensive program was bringing 25 educators to Berkeley in order to learn from a dozen top scholars and practitioners of eco-Buddhism, including David Loy, Dekila Chungyalpa, and Natalie Avalos.
#Buddhism #engagedbuddhism #DOGE #Environment #ecology #sustainability #buddhist #NEH
https://www.mangalamresearch.org/summer-institute-2025/

I had a wallet made out of leather that lasted for more than 15 years for me. I replaced it with one made out of paper, which was produced in an ecologically friendly way, but it is already falling apart after 2 years.

Maybe it’s because quality went to shit with textiles, but you can’t tell me that’s more sustainable for the environment to replace things so often because they break faster.
#sustainability

https://www.europesays.com/1970869/ Sungrow Organizes Madrid Conference to Support Spain’s Renewable Energy Goals with C&I and Hybrid Energy Solutions #c&i #CleanEnergy #europe #HybridEnergy #PV+ESS #RenewableEnergy #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy #spain #Sungrow #sustainability

https://www.europesays.com/1970208/ Nanoplastic Detection Enhanced with OM-SERS Technology #BusinessTrends #CorporateSustainability #EnergyEfficiency #EnergyManagement #Environment #EnvironmentalLeadership #ESGStrategies #RenewableEnergy #sustainability

Archdaily : JHA Corporate Boutique / PSA Arquitetura https://www.archdaily.com/1028306/jha-corporate-boutique-psa-arquitetura #Sustainability&GreenDesign #Officebuildings #Offices