Sheryl Crow says she sold her Tesla and donated the proceeds to NPR. “My...

Future Earth 1 year ago

Sheryl Crow says she sold her Tesla and donated the proceeds to NPR. “My parents always said... you are who you hang out with” And she is soooo right, especially because there are so many other great and affordable options out there. It reminded me of this one quote from Rebecca Solnit, “The sleeping giant is one name for the public; when it wakes up, when we wake up, we are no longer only the public: we are civil society, the superpower whose nonviolent means are sometimes, for a shining moment, more powerful than violence, more powerful than regimes and armies. We write history with our feet and with our presence and our collective voice and vision. And yet, and of course, everything in the mainstream media suggests that popular resistance is ridiculous, pointless, or criminal, unless it is far away, was long ago, or, ideally, both. These are the forces that prefer the giant stays asleep. Together we are very powerful, and we have a seldom-told, seldom-remembered history of victories and transformations that can give us confidence that, yes, we can change the world because we have many times before.” I think the sleeping giant is waking up. (Tesla stock is down 17% over the last month btw)

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Aldi’s plan to install solar panels on half of its UK stores by 2026 marks a material shift in sustainable construction. Rooftop generation is moving into mainstream asset management for energy-efficient buildings, strengthening the business case for low carbon design across retail, logistics and residential portfolios. For developers targeting net zero carbon buildings, the message is clear: sustainable building design now depends on practical measures that improve life cycle cost, cut operational emissions and support net zero whole life carbon outcomes. This is where whole life carbon, whole life carbon assessment and lifecycle assessment are becoming central to eco-design for buildings, sustainable design and environmental sustainability in construction.

Recycleye’s upgraded AI sorting system gives the circular economy a stronger technical footing, improving the recovery of materials that are often lost in mixed waste streams. That matters for circular economy in construction, resource efficiency in construction and end-of-life reuse in construction, especially as the sector faces growing scrutiny over embodied carbon, embodied carbon in materials and the wider carbon footprint of construction. Better sorting can support sustainable material specification, low embodied carbon materials and greener procurement backed by environmental product declarations (EPDs).

SDCL Efficiency’s planned wind-down shows the harder problem is finance, not technology. Decarbonising the built environment now requires bankable models that link building lifecycle performance with repeatable investment. For teams working to BREEAM and BREEAM v7 standards, the direction of travel is unmistakable: low carbon building strategies, sustainable building practices and life cycle thinking in construction will define the next phase of green construction.

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