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| "Notice when you're happy, and know when you've got enough" ~ Kurt Vonnegut
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| Ethical org of the week |
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| Project Drawdown |
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Drawdown is a research group who've had the smart idea of analysing and ranking the most viable climate solutions: you can see their rankings here.
Surprisingly, their number one solution is "refrigerant management" (that is, reducing and recycling chemical refrigerants in fridges and air cons): which doesn't sound anywhere near as sexy as planting a trillion trees.
But Drawdown have calculated that, over a period of thirty years, proper refrigerant management could prevent the release of 89.7 gigatons of CO2 into the atmosphere: so, as unsexy a topic as it may seem, we'd better start paying attention to it... |
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| Upcoming ethical events (usually in London, sorry!) |
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| Neighbourhood Watched |
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19 Feb, London: Open Rights Group explain how the police use intrusive surveillance tech to spy on our everyday lives |
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| Science Museum Die-In |
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20 Feb, London: Die-in to raise awareness of air pollution and its effects on children's health |
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| Extinction Underground |
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22 Feb, London: A fun(!) exploration of climate breakdown from XR, with "the opportunity to admit your carbon confessions to a priest" |
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| We're watching |
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| The Way of All Flesh |
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An old Adam Curtis doc I stumbled across about the sad, weird and beautiful story of Henrietta Lacks.
If you haven't read the book: Henrietta was an African-American woman who died in agony of cervical cancer in 1951, at the age of 31. She had been treated at John Hopkins Hospital, the only hospital in her area that would see black patients.
After her death, cells taken from her cervix—without her knowledge or consent—became the first immortalised human cell line. Her cells have helped scientists create the first polio vaccine, amongst many other things.
Erased from history for many years (her cells were named simply "HeLa" to disguise their origin), she's now, finally, being recognised for her contribution to science. |
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