Jan Knappe

Art from trash Thomas Deininger highlights the amount of single use plastic and waste disposed of in the worlds oceans by making art out of the material he finds The animals he sculptures are the same creatures threatened by this waste

👩‍🔬 My former colleagues at @UFZ_de are looking for a modeller to develop methodologies/tools to assess the potential impact of blue-green infrastructures 💦 for sustainable water management in urban and peri-urban environments. Could that be you? #sciencejobs @joshswaterjobs

Pro tip: use clickbait commit messages to get your teammates to review your code faster git commit -m “First she noticed a bug in production. What happens next will SHOCK you!”

@hadleywickham Yes. Hahaha, @CSomlai and I were working several days on scraping data from Zotero's online version last week. Data is dynamically loaded when you scroll through. Even PowerAutomate was struggling and a pain to set up.

Do folks have web scraping examples where rvest doesn't work because the site uses javascript to dynamically load data? Working on an experiment... #rstats

Some lighter news for a change... Mondrian painting has been hanging upside down for 75 years Despite the discovery, the work, titled New York City I, will continue to be displayed the wrong way up to avoid damaging it theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

More solar, not less, is the answer to make the UKs net-zero goals. Banning solar from underused farm land, is a step in the wrong direction, @Conservatives! Shocking that "solar covers a smaller land area than airports, golf courses or Christmas trees". theguardian.com/environment/20…

We are hiring a German-speaking Data Analyst to work with our Data Team (which includes me) to help the hospitality sector become more sustainable. We hate green washing and love holding our clients accountable! #hiring #careers #recruiting #greenjobs linkedin.com/jobs/view/3302…

🛰️In other #hospitality news: Hilton is going to space! I wonder how it will work with leaving my towel on the floor in zero-gravity... 🤨cnbc.com/2022/09/19/hil… #hilton #zerogravity

@Ecologicmichele At Bristol Temple Meads @GWRBTM they just recently replaced the free water fountain with a paid one. Sad to see that this locks people out. I know, maintenance costs money, but if @GWR really prioritized sustainable transport over their bottom line, you'd offer free refills.

@SadhbhO This was a very eye opening debate and something I've been looking for for a long time. Thanks @Ecologicmichele for pointing me at this by commenting. Also, just ordered the book in... through my local library :)

If you're interested in the academic debates about green growth vs degrowth, this video is an excellent place to start your journey. I also highly recommend Schmelzer, M., Vetter, A., & Vansintjan, A. (2022). The future is degrowth: A guide to a world beyond capitalism.

More than 3 decades after reunification, that's what income distribution looks like in Germany according to @zeitonline. Despite obvious urban-rural patterns, the stark division along the old inner-German border is shocking. More info [paywall]: zeit.de/arbeit/2022-09…

@loan_diep @CSomlai

Not surprising to see a #SanFranciso based enterprise, @EpicCleantec at the forefront as the city has commitment to become a #ZeroWasteCity by 2030. #CircularEconomy youtube.com/watch?v=Cg3OA1…

@AlisonP_WASH @WSUP_Intl @ADERASA That's is a crucial first step indeed!

@JanKnappe @WSUP_Intl @ADERASA Yes, but so many regulators don't even yet acknowledge that on site sanitation exists!

Good to hear how on-site #sanitation is being regulated across Europe, Africa and Latin America, but it seems like these are baby steps compared to the size of the challenge, how many billions of people still rely on pit latrines! #Regulations #WWWeek2022 @WSUP_Intl @ADERASA

Back of house visit in a hotel today... That's the leftover soaps from hotel rooms being collected for #reuse/#recycling. Crazy to think that most bars appear barely used. Maybe next time, if you use the hotel soap, just take it he with you? 🤔 Better even #bringyourown.

@TheKarstMan On the other hand, I talked to a back-of-office manager at a hotel today amd they told me that the average staff retention time for their staff atm is about 3 months... About the average length of a PostDoc extension contract... 🤣

@TheKarstMan Same at UFZ. We struggle to find so. to take up the PostDoc that became available after I left... Not sure if it's "wanting too much" and discouraging people to apply in the first place or the unattractiveness of fixed term contracts without clear perspective I'm academia 🤔