Charlie Waterfall

No more Dark Side of the Grid: The fossil fuel empire loses ground to renewables and storage. reneweconomy.com.au/no-more-dark-s…

Since investing in our 1st projects over 10 years ago, GCF has helped shape global #climateaction, becoming the world’s climate fund for developing countries. Read #GCF10 Impact Report to see how our investments delivered transformative impact at scale 👉🏽 gcf.co/4cDZbZk

Enphase moves into AI data center power with solid-state transformer: Enphase Energy has detailed the architecture of its IQ Solid-State Transformer (IQ SST), a distributed power conversion system designed… dlvr.it/TSN3lc #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

It makes perfect sense for developing countries to leapfrog fossil fuel technology - just as they did with mobile phones.

“Ownership is a concept which is toxic not only to Earth, but to any planet. Ownership is the ideology of a parasite, as well as the ideology of the fascist.” open.substack.com/pub/georgetsak…

Todays cleanup effort on Clearwater's Stevenson Creek resulted in removing another bag of litter, probably around 50 snack bags(it was insane out there🤦‍♂️), 18 more single use plastic bags(thats over 500 of them in the past 5+ months) + a really mangled storage container

The dryer lint advice you see all over Pinterest is actively bad for birds. It sounds nice, save the lint, leave it in the yard, watch the birds use it for nests. But Audubon, US Fish & Wildlife, the Cornell Lab, and most wildlife rehabbers all advise against it now, and the reasons add up fast. Lint loses its structure when it gets wet. A nest lined with dryer lint holds up fine in dry weather, but the first heavy rain collapses the whole nest. Eggs and chicks fall through the nest and likely don't survive. Lint also carries with it the chemical signature of your laundry. Detergent residue, fabric softener, dryer sheet compounds, fragrance oils, and dye all end up concentrated in the fibers you're pulling out of the trap. Even "free and clear" detergents leave trace chemicals that are fine on adult human skin but rough on a 4-gram baby bird. Lint is mostly microplastic. Most modern clothing is polyester, nylon, acrylic, or some blend. The lint trap collects shredded synthetic fibers. Lining a nest with that is lining a nest with plastic. Sadly, this folksy bird advice from a decade ago hasn't aged well. The new advice is closer to: provide nothing artificial, and let the natural materials in your yard do the work.

3,000-day #litterchallenge Day 2,428: Monday Mickey D’s pickup. #McDonaldsBag 🌎🚮🗑️🐶😎✋💚 x80 #AtLeastOneaDay #OreotheDog

Why buy a bird feeder when you can grow a bunch of sunflowers? A large sunflower variety will produce hundreds of seeds. Cut the heads off when they're spent, and beneficial insects will overwinter in the hollow stems. Sunflowers are food and shelter wrapped up in one plant.

Yesterday I found a group of newly emerged baby garden spiders (Araneus diadematus) Fascinating to watch the wind kept them quite active I think. I kept a distance as not to disperse them

2) Sign up for the free newsletter at 1planet.substack.com and visit gowildwithannette.com

Nature is the most important thing in the world. We must protect it! 🫶🙏

Photosynthesis drives $20+ trillion in global economic value every year. That's 20% of global GDP... from leaves, algae, and ocean microbes. We don't have an economy without it. #Photosynthesis #GreenEconomy #ClimateAction #NatureBasedSolutions

It’s never just a forest. It’s biodiversity. It’s clean water. It’s people’s livelihoods. 🌳 This is what we stand for. #ForestsForAllForever #Sustainability #GenerationRestoration

Batteries: The game has changed – and it’s not what you think: A single benchmark no longer exists. In some cases, charging speed is what matters; in others, it is energy density, and in still others, cost… dlvr.it/TSM52p #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

The Congo Basin is the world's second-largest tropical rainforest and absorbs more carbon than ANY other forest on the planet! Why this matters for YOU: These forests regulate rainfall for farmers, store carbon to slow climate change, and are home to gorillas, Jaguars.

From lower costs to higher yields, farmers in Vietnam are seeing real results from mechanized dry direct seeding paired with fertilizer deep placement. Learn more: bit.ly/42KLnX7

🌡 Defining heatwave alerts is complex. ✅ This free Global Heat Health Information Network masterclass explains the design & improvement of heat-health thresholds for alerts 📚 Self-paced, online training – lectures, Q&A & resources ➡️ ow.ly/KsUT50WGvF1

Urgent Petition to Save the millions of Trees and one of the last ancient forests on Earth at The Great Nicobar Islands of India To replace this place with concrete is criminal and insane change.org/p/save-the-nic…

3,000-day #litterchallenge Day 2,427: Litter-picking is fun for the whole family.👨👩👦🧒👶 #Packaging 🌎🚮🗑️🐶😎✋💚 x80 #AtLeastOneaDay #OreotheDog