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Why Every Home Should Be a Thermal Battery

We have been saying it for years: our homes and all our buildings should be designed for resilience. Texas in particular is a magnet for hurricanes, floods, and now these winter storms. Losing electricity for a couple of days shouldn't be a crisis. I wrote after a previous polar vortex:

"Every building should have a proven level of insulation, air tightness, and window quality so that people are comfortable in all kinds of weather, even when the power goes out. This is because our houses have become lifeboats, and leaks may well be fatal."

This Mom Wants Families to Get Outside for 1,000 Hours a Year

Right now most kids spend that much time online.

Dockless Scooters and Bikes Find a Home with Swiftmile

I used to love the idea of dockless scooters and bikes, but it turned into such a mess.

Report Reveals That 331 Human Rights Defenders Were Murdered in 2020

Most were working for environmental, land, and Indigenous people's rights.

The Fierce Urgency of a Slow-Burn Climate Crisis

"We’re going to have to design our world in a way that makes doing the right thing the default."

Vampire Bat Adopts an Orphaned Pup

A female bat in captivity takes in an abandoned baby. Not Cute Overload.

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