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Kenyan President @WilliamsRuto likely to declare the flooding situation a state of national emergency on Friday 3 May to free up more resources to deal with disaster, appeal for international support.

A former Tory MP says “this is a deeply irresponsible and divisive move that goes against all advice from the International Energy Agency or the UN, and further sets back UK’s climate reputation "A political and cynical stunt that will only backfire" theguardian.com/environment/ar…

@the_woodlouse Includes exposed sculpted (Wave pattern) cork external wall insulation (EDW) from Mike Wye mikewye.co.uk/product/facade…

@the_woodlouse In Cardiff we have a p.d. scheme

One of the 'established practices' that Unknown Works 'saw off' was Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, who withdrew from the shortlist in protest when (after much questioning) @sciencemuseum reluctantly told her that the gallery was to be sponsored by fossil-fuelers Adani 1/4

Did you consider building a straw-timber-earth house in a garden /backyard for fun and experience? This can be surprisingly rewarding. Do you need advice for this to get started?

@MoreOurselves The second (probable) EnerPHit uses an internal wall insulation, made from corn starch bound expanded perlite…extension is SIPs, using 60% waste cooking oil feedstock for foam insulation (but 2 part foam from US, SIPs panels made locally)

One EnerPHit, one probable EnerPHit neighbour (both by ⁦@SimmondsMills⁩) but a rare carbon blowout campfire….

Several @AECBnet members working with the local ecovillage team this time. Learnt more about challenges of using timber in hot and humid climates - whilst climate change only encourages spread of wood boring insects, whilst the country struggles with effective timber preservation

Final Words ✨ “Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration. “I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated everything else by far, was the deepest grief that I had ever experienced. “I understood, in the clearest possible way, that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death. I didn’t see infinite possibilities of worlds to explore, of adventures to have, or living creatures to connect with. I saw the deepest darkness I could have ever imagined, contrasting so starkly with the welcoming warmth of our nurturing home planet. “This was an immensely powerful awakening for me. It filled me with sadness. I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that space was the final frontier. But I had to get to space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable.” — William Shatner, actor

Looks an inspiring scheme archdaily.com/1000616/green-…

We need to transition intensive farming practices to sustainable levels asap! We just can’t keep going on as we are!

@MoreOurselves @AECBnet Tanzania!

Back at Ecovillage, Tanzania. One challenge now is to retrofit failed roofs of old existing buildings fllwg our previous. strategy. Maybe the builder who created this Evangelical church roof might b able 2 help us move away from Timber 2 steel (unsustainable construction timber)