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Hello #Design people, I need your help! There is a lot of writing about the #regenerative #design which is all very positive, and I wonder if anyone is aware of any critique of it. After many years going from #sustainable, #systemic, #circular and probably many others I long forgot, I am very skeptical when the design crowds all jump on the next [insert buzzword] design bandwagon.
If you are aware of any writing questioning regenerative design (no climate denials), link it below!

Many innovations are radical on their own. By not offering fully livable alternatives to the status quo, innovative work remains piecemeal.

It’s time to coordinate our abilities. #MakeinPlace proposes a global challenge to explore how #sustainable practices could support each other in #regenerative #circular systems. The Make in Place #Design Challenge seeks resources and incentives to #support participants.

makeinplace.wordpress.com

Bacteria helping to
❇️extract rare metals from old batteries
❇️in boost for green tech

Scientists have formed an unusual new alliance in their fight against climate change -- 🔥They are using #bacteria to help them extract #rare #metals vital in the development of green technology.

🆘 Without the help of these microbes, we could run out of raw materials to build turbines, electric cars and solar panels, they say.

The work is being spearheaded by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and aims to
👉 use bacteria that can extract lithium, cobalt, manganese and other minerals from old batteries and discarded electronic equipment. 👈

These scarce and expensive metals are vital for making electric cars and other devices upon which green technology devices depend -- a point stressed by Professor Louise Horsfall, chair of sustainable biotechnology at Edinburgh.

“If we are going to end our dependence on petrochemicals and rely on electricity for our heating, transport and power, then ⭐️we will become more and more dependent on metals,” said Horsfall.

“All those photovoltaics, drones, 3D printing machines, hydrogen fuel cells, wind turbines and motors for electric cars require metals – many of them rare – that are key to their operations.”

♦️Politics is also an issue, scientists warn.
#China controls not only the main supplies of rare earth elements, but dominates the processing of them as well.

“To get around these problems we need to develop a #circular #economy where we #reuse these minerals wherever possible, otherwise we will run out of materials very quickly,” said Horsfall.

⚠️“There is only a finite amount of these metals on Earth and we can no longer afford to throw them away as waste as we do now.

We need new #recycling technologies if we want to do something about global warming.”

And the key to this recycling was the microbe, said Horsfall.
#Bacteria are wonderful, little crazy things that can carry out some weird and wonderful processes. Some bacteria can synthesise nanoparticles of metals, for example.

We believe they do this as a detoxification process. Basically they latch on metal atoms and then they spit them out as nanoparticles so that they are not poisoned by them.”

✅ Using such strains of bacteria, Horsfall and her team have now taken waste from electronic batteries and cars, dissolved it and then used bacteria to latch on to specific metals in the waste and deposit these as solid chemicals.

“First we did it with #manganese. Later we did it with #nickel and #lithium. And then we used a different strain of bacteria and we were able to extract #cobalt and nickel.”
theguardian.com/environment/ar

The Guardian · Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green techBy Robin McKie

Random question for the knitting community. I've recently bought some circular needles. In the past, they have been in plastic sleeves, this time they are in cardboard. I appreciate the fact they aren't in plastic, however, it occurs to me that they are going to be more difficult to store when I've finished with them.
Any helpful suggestions? #Knitting #Circular

An issue with #universalbasicincome #UniversalLivingIncome is that the assets available to buy with any income are not #sustainable. Most housing, utilities, #foodsystems rely on #fossilfuels and contribute to #habitat loss. #UBI is a stop-gap solution, not a final destination.

I want universal, comprehensive, #regenerative assets created through #circular #systems.

#RegenerativeAssets
#postscarcity
#degrowth
#systemchangenotclimatechange
#climatecrisis
#MakeinPlace

makeinplace.wordpress.com/

Make in PlaceMake in PlaceSupporting ourselves without compromise.
Replied to nieebel

haepsi.com/produkt/kebag/ - interessante Idee.
Sehr gut, dass erwähnt wurde, dass Papier, was mit Essen beschmutzt ist, in den Restmüll gehört -> swr3.de/aktuell/wie-gut-seid-i
Was hier nicht erwähnt wurde: #Papier für Lebensmittel darf nicht aus dem #Recycling kommen... also da steckt frisches #Holz drin (sowohl die normale Dönertüte, als auch die Kebag).
Besser wäre hier eine Mehrweglösung! Aber wie bekommt man das gut hin? Wie sorgt man dafür, dass Feuchtigkeit entweichen kann und der Döner nicht labrig wird?
#circular #circularEconomy