"The volunteers, who camp in a new spot each night as they make their way downriver, collect an average of 70 tons (around 154,000 pounds) of waste from the Tisza each year. The group estimates it has removed nearly 4 million plastic bottles from Hungarian waterways, and all recyclable materials — around 60% of what they collect — is sent to recycling facilities for processing, while the rest is transported to landfills."
The next best thing to undo the mistakes of history is to stop repeating them. Perhaps films like Oppenheimer can inspire more policymakers to put themselves on the right side of history.
Chris Barnard and Kai Weiss write in National Affairs about the exceptionalism of America. “The American economic model of limited government, private initiative, and free enterprise unleashed and helped sustain the dynamism and proactivity of its people. Even today, with rising economic competition across the globe, 45% of start-ups and 50% of unicorns (start-ups valued...
"'The trouble with talking about nuclear waste is that most people don't know what it is or what it looks like. Thanks to The Simpsons, many people think nuclear waste is a bright green liquid and stored in leaky oil drums,' she explained. 'I find that when people see pictures of nuclear waste and discover that it's actually solid metal, safe enough to hug [when safely stored] and actually quite boring—it alleviates a lot of their anxieties.'"
A whisky that helps fund environmental research and consumers enjoy is yet more evidence of how bottom-up solutions can benefit people and protect the planet.
The ACC Summit shows that a movement of people who support bottom-up and durable climate solutions is real and growing.
"Capitalism also protects the environment because it creates wealth. When people aren't worried about starving or freezing, they get interested in protecting nature. That's why capitalist countries have cleaner air."
For C3 Solutions and ACC, we’re more than organizational allies. We’ll never tire of building a superstructure beneath the surface and, in due time, enjoying an orchard as our reward.
"Rather than wait on government funds, they’ve created a unique bond that pools money from private investors, public agencies, utilities and companies to pump millions of dollars into wildfire projects up-front — and finish the job years in advance."
"He would not find himself wondering for too long. Already in search of a retirement hobby, the timing felt right to explore what he referred to as 'a calling' to search for lost apple varieties. After connecting with a small community of rare orchard growers and diving into extensive research, Brown began to track down forgotten fruit trees and share their produce again with the world."
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