£1M Inaugural 'Earthshot' Prize Recognizes Creative Solutions to Climate Problems (msn.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/21/10/18/0111254/1m-inaugural-earthshot-prize-recognizes-creative-solutions-to-climate-problems
- Source link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/costa-rica-city-of-milan-among-winners-of-prince-william-e2-80-99s-inaugural-earthshot-prize/ar-AAPDxC1
> William founded the environmental prize — self-styled as the "most prestigious global environment prize in history" — after becoming disappointed with world leaders' lackluster efforts to combat climate change, he has said in his book on the initiative...
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> The winners included a green hydrogen technology that can be used as a carbon-free alternative to fossil fuels; an India-based outfit that makes low-cost smokeless machines that convert agricultural waste into fuels and fertilizers; and a team from the Bahamas that grows coral farms on land that can be replanted in oceans. The Republic of [2]Costa Rica also won for reversing deforestation by paying its citizens to protect its forests, and the city of Milan won for its system of food hubs that collect and redistribute surplus supplies to the city's needy.
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> The winners were selected from a pool of more than 750 candidates chosen by a panel of more than 200 experts... Every year, for the next decade, winners of the Earthshot award will be selected in five categories: protect and restore nature, clean our air, revive our oceans, build a waste-free world and fix our climate.
The Post reports that the ceremony included a [3]performance by the band Coldplay which was said to be powered "by 60 people manically pedaling on bicycles next to the stage."
Coldplay later [4]reportedly plans to use batteries from BMW's electric cars to help power its 2022 world tour, "storing energy from a variety of sources, like solar panels, power bikes inside the venue itself, a kinetic floor, and recycled cooking oil from local restaurants."
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/costa-rica-city-of-milan-among-winners-of-prince-william-e2-80-99s-inaugural-earthshot-prize/ar-AAPDxC1
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/costa-rica-andrea-meza-climate-change/
[3] https://twitter.com/BBC/status/1449814065468018689
[4] https://www.autoevolution.com/news/used-bmw-i3-batteries-power-bikes-and-kinetic-floor-make-coldplays-tour-the-greenest-yet-171801.html
Yawn (Score:1)
I can only imagine the conversation in this organisation going something like this:
William: this climate emergency is existential. We're talking mass starvation, resource wars, global refugee crisis - the end of civilisation as we know it. We need ideas! Big ideas that can happen now.
Advisors: What about nuclear? Should we fund developing next gen reactors?
William: no, nobody likes nuclear. We can't do that.
Advisors: Should we look into geo-engineering technologies, as a backup in case what you say comes to
"crative" = "fantasies" (Score:2)
This seems to be about some people being able to kid themselves a bit longer as to how deep the crap we are all in really is. In other words, this "effort" makes the problem worse by potentially delaying actual solutions.
Cue comments from... (Score:2)
People from the USA who are still fighting their "revolution", people from the UK who think that taking all the money from royals would give even a penny to the needy, people who haven't forgiven the Queen for being the figurehead that stopped the UK breaking down somewhen between the 1960s & 1990s, people concerned that royalty might encourage us to rejoin the EU and people who don't understand what a "constitutional" monarchy is.
The fact that it has Prince William as a figurehead, doesn't really matte
creating electricity while pedaling on bicycles ? (Score:2)
From the article: "which was said to be powered by 60 people manically pedaling on bicycles next to the stage." I'm not entirely sure this way of producing electricity is actually more sustainable or has a smaller CO2 footprint that powering the lights and instruments directly from the grid. I mean, the human body is not a very efficient machine from an energy point of view. There is no free lunch, then energy that people produce while pedalling on a bike is coming from the food they are "burning". Depend
Ticks all the boxes! (Score:1)
Slackjawed Royals mouthing platitudes about climate change - check!
Celebs dressing up in tasteless flashy outfits that cost more than most people earn in a month - check!
Coldplay - check! (sorry, couldn't resist)
If I were head of marketing for ISIS, making a "why we hate the west" video - I would just use footage from this event.
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> Slackjawed Royals mouthing platitudes about climate change - check!
> Celebs dressing up in tasteless flashy outfits that cost more than most people earn in a month - check!
> Coldplay - check! (sorry, couldn't resist)
> If I were head of marketing for ISIS, making a "why we hate the west" video - I would just use footage from this event.
Sounds more like you hate the place you live. Do you shit in your living room too?
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Believe it or not, I live in the UK, but not in a glitzy red carpet awards ceremony. It is possible to differentiate the two.
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> Believe it or not, I live in the UK, but not in a glitzy red carpet awards ceremony. It is possible to differentiate the two.
Yeah, well, I can understand why you hate it then. Quite often it can seem like a shithole, but try going out for a walk in the Yorkshire Dales or Cairngorms or along the Jurassic coast or probably somewhere just 10 miles from your home. The people can seem like awful racist xenophobic shits if you just listen to them on the news or see the Daily Mail/Express all the time, however have you tried going out to where people are volunteering to support our failing, continually "austerity" cut, health service o
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Innovative solutions: Raining out? Carry an umbrella, and wear your glosses. Cold, blustery weather? Bundle up! Rising temperatures? Put on your shorts and sunscreen.