Native American farmers in the southwestern U.S. have long deployed weather-adaptive techniques to grow crops in high-desert environments.

The techniques range from hillside terracing and “waffle” gardening, to water conservation and leveraging microclimates on a piece of land.

This month, Mongabay spoke with the leaders of these groups about how these farming techniques can be replicated in increasingly dry regions around the world.

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/from-waffle-gardens-to-terraces-indigenous-groups-revive-farming-heritage-in-americas-deserts/

#environment #indigenous #climate

#NorthCarolina #USA #US

Bees inspired this new disaster relief system

Groups in North Carolina are building solar-powered ‘hives’ to deliver lifesaving electricity after storms

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/bees-inspired-this-new-disaster-relief-system/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Hiroshima Prefecture — which accounts for about 60% of Japan’s oyster production — is facing a crisis after farmed oysters began dying en masse, prompting fears among farmers about the industry’s survival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/japan/society/hiroshima-oyster-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #oysters #hiroshima #norikazusuzuki #maff #environment

Decades-long coal-fired power purchase contracts are slowing the transition to cleaner energy sources in Asia, leading utilities to burn more coal even when wind and solar power are available. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/20/energy/contracts-asia-coal-fired-power/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #asia #coal

As COP30 discusses the phasing-out of fossil fuels, are renewables ready? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/20/energy/cop30-fossil-fuels-renewables/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #cop30 #fossilfuels #coal #gas #lng #oil #renewables #solar #wind #energy

#NorthCarolina #USA #US

Bees inspired this new disaster relief system

Groups in North Carolina are building solar-powered ‘hives’ to deliver lifesaving electricity after storms

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/bees-inspired-this-new-disaster-relief-system/

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.1 available

https://www.proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-virtual-environment-9-1

#HackerNews #Proxmox #Virtual #Environment #Virtualization #OpenSource #Technology #News #Proxmox9.1

Native American farmers in the southwestern U.S. have long deployed weather-adaptive techniques to grow crops in high-desert environments.

The techniques range from hillside terracing and “waffle” gardening, to water conservation and leveraging microclimates on a piece of land.

This month, Mongabay spoke with the leaders of these groups about how these farming techniques can be replicated in increasingly dry regions around the world.

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/from-waffle-gardens-to-terraces-indigenous-groups-revive-farming-heritage-in-americas-deserts/

#environment #indigenous #climate

From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of #plastic revealed

Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death.

The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, giving them a 90% chance of dying. Marine mammals reach similar danger at 29 pieces, while sea turtles need to ingest around 405 pieces to hit the same threshold.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5eyjd2zz7o #PlasticPollution #Ocean's #environment #nature

Calls are growing for a reform of the Conference of the Parties summits as more than 30 years of talks on global action to tackle climate change have not done enough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/18/climate-change/change-cop30-climate-negotiations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #un #cop30 #environment #climatechange #brazil

This is a sad story of a farmer who was subjected to… well, a lot of personal attacks and threats from other farmers and ‘powerful’ people including politicians when he decided to lease a parcel of his land to a Wind Farm. That was some time ago. The problem is, the same disinformation and misinformation is still bandied about by fossil fuel addled idiots and powerful interests for just about every new renewable project. Why aren’t we naming and shaming? Why are journalists silent, or worse still, part of the problems? Why have we not seen these ‘lobbyists’ in the Courts in class actions?

“My lived experience is the opposite to the majority of talk. And I find it unbelievable that after all this time with so many wind farms operating, there’s still the nastiness and the anti and the absolute nonsense said about wind farms.”

Read more

https://reneweconomy.com.au/every-component-of-my-life-was-attacked-how-wind-farm-misinformation-tore-community-apart/

#ClimateAction #WindFarms #Renewables #FossilFuelLobby #AusPol #VIcPol #Ecology #Environment

From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of #plastic revealed

Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death.

The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, giving them a 90% chance of dying. Marine mammals reach similar danger at 29 pieces, while sea turtles need to ingest around 405 pieces to hit the same threshold.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5eyjd2zz7o #PlasticPollution #Ocean's #environment #nature

The question of how to make vulnerable communities sturdier in a hotter world is a key debate in the vast compound hosting the COP30 talks. With more heat and storms, can COP30 boost front-line resilience? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/18/climate-change/cop30-heat-storms-resilience/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #climatechange #cop30 #brazil

This is a sad story of a farmer who was subjected to… well, a lot of personal attacks and threats from other farmers and ‘powerful’ people including politicians when he decided to lease a parcel of his land to a Wind Farm. That was some time ago. The problem is, the same disinformation and misinformation is still bandied about by fossil fuel addled idiots and powerful interests for just about every new renewable project. Why aren’t we naming and shaming? Why are journalists silent, or worse still, part of the problems? Why have we not seen these ‘lobbyists’ in the Courts in class actions?

“My lived experience is the opposite to the majority of talk. And I find it unbelievable that after all this time with so many wind farms operating, there’s still the nastiness and the anti and the absolute nonsense said about wind farms.”

Read more

https://reneweconomy.com.au/every-component-of-my-life-was-attacked-how-wind-farm-misinformation-tore-community-apart/

#ClimateAction #WindFarms #Renewables #FossilFuelLobby #AusPol #VIcPol #Ecology #Environment

"Everybody suffers from that paving over of our natural environment, in a really basic sense."

Queen Morpheus, The Carpark Society, 2025

https://www.freefm.org.nz/Programmes/Details.aspx?PID=97468cee-0f3c-4451-952a-8d2473baa59e

https://thecarparksociety.xyz/

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#podcasts #FreeFM #DeepInSessioNZ #environment

Officials from around the globe braced for the final days of COP30, hoping to secure a deal that demonstrates global resolve amid increasing assertiveness from developing nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/18/climate-change/cop30-climate-talks-final-week/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange

China executed a ruthless, centralized war on pollution, shutting factories and enforcing compliance with top-down authority.

India’s response is a fragmented, bureaucratic blame game, mired in data disputes and half-measures. The result is a devastating health apartheid where the wealthy buy clean air while the poor lose a decade of their lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VPYbJxPvzY

#environment

COP30.

#COP30 #climate #globaleconomy #environment #NoPlanetB

Companies and groups backing carbon-capture technology, which critics slam as an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels, have deployed more than 500 participants to the COP30 climate talks, an NGO list has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/11/17/climate-change/carbon-capture-cop30-ngo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #carbon #cop30 #emissions #climatechange #environment #brazil