The Guardian published an excellent piece by Fleur Britten about the tonnes of clothing waste from UK fashion retailers that wash up as waste on a beach in Ghana thanks to waste colonialism.
Desmog have published an eye-opening map of all the organisations, institutions, and individuals that make up the farming lobby in Ireland, that shows that "the gleaming image of Ireland’s agri-produce hides a number of inconvenient truths, among them the damage the sector is wreaking on Ireland’s climate targets, as well as its waterways and soils.".
The Climate Drawdown project has developed a set of guides for different job categories that list all the ways climate action can be taken in the workplace.
Engineers at MIT have developed 3D printed glass bricks that are as strong as concrete blocks and can be stacked like lego as a building material. They can also be melted down and reused.
The British Library published a transparent and insightful review of their experience during a recent cyberattack, including timelines of procedures following during the initial few days, and their plans to move through a set Recovery, Respond, Adapt, & Renew stages.
The Progress Ireland think tank released an interesting new paper describing how the use of Street Plan Development Zones (SPZs) could help solve Ireland's housing crisis. The zones allow communities to agree to designate their area for development to extend the number of dwellings on the land, in exchange for allocation of units at greater value.
Using Google's AI Health Acoustics Representations (HeAR) model, Indian company Salcit is expanding their Swaasa to detect TB and assess lung health based on the sound of a patient's cough.
