In Cambodia, a difficult choice: preserve a lake ecosystem that feeds 6 million people or keep sand mining to manufacture concrete for a decade or so until it is destroyed forever. Climate change isn't the issue. Again it is reckless destruction by humans.
Sand mining threatens the future of critical SE Asian ecosystem
Sand mining threatens the future of critical SE Asian ecosystem
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"Maps created by 1960s schoolchildren provide new insights into habitat losses." If you live in the UK you can check how the land use around your town or neighborhood has changed in these online maps, handdrawn in the 1930s and 1960s.
Maps created by 1960s schoolchildren provide new insights into habitat losses   | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
A new study of 1960s maps, many of which were created by young people, has provided important fresh evidence of the timing and extent of habitat lo...
Very niche but still: "For more than a century, building archaeologists have believed that the art of brick building in Denmark was imported directly from Lombardy in northern Italy in the mid-12th century. But a new scientific study reveals that the story is far more complex." You like Danish brick architecture? Thank a Cistercian monk.
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New Research Reshapes our Understanding of Denmark’s Architectural Heritage
Knowledge about building with bricks did not travel directly from Italy to Denmark. That is the surprising conclusion of a team of researchers who ...
One in five of all toilets in Cambodia were implemented with the help of foreign aid since 2009. They were rationally designed, ecologically sound, low-tech or almost no-tech, but required a bit of maintenance from the people using them once every 2-5 years. Not surprisingly the failure rate of the toilets is now 100%.
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Smart toilet designs in Cambodia held promise, but a key piece was missing
Assistant Teaching Professor James Harper recently led a behavioral study analyzing toilet use in Cambodia. Their goal was to introduce a new, smar...
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"3.1 million." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e2ce1c61774d3a6f8c4a963bc396853056520f632d84f751f05c8506ec4698a7.file
These bricks could have lasted centuries, instead they will probably be gone in a few decades. This is what happens when you repoint mortar joints with cement rather than lime. The cement is harder than the bricks and traps water which expands and eventually destroy the bricks rather than the mortar itself. The mortar joints are supposed to be sacrificed: they can be repaired by any six year old with a butter knife and a bucket. Replacing the brick and cutting out the cement is expensive, complicated, requires machinery, and is time consuming. The historic brick that survived earthquakes and dozens of bombing raids will be lost forever. It is so depressing to see this in Tokyo, from "craftsmen" who should know better. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d81acaad9ccf8514520f677b8b1d3102d3a2042b5cae05412f0eaa12082a83fd.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/76c0b3b092a924329f3dc9f52ff010478697c7983cc5ab083f37c936e082f378.file
RT @AdamMGrant@twitter.com: It's time to remove laptops from classrooms. 24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images. The pen is mightier than the keyboard. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/efa922e4e802d9f8b838be96fa6a0e07f066803fb7421e02be6eeb9f245a0033.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/13d9def887298b7d8626d8c03c9a81a0e72efad79a335550bff883fabcdb85e9.file
"Our previous security measures failed miserably, so now will keep doing what we did before but even harder." When systems fail the solution is not more systems. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2b877725eae4ba6d558134215b40ded4ae2155fc09370298cb7926741e6a90e1.file
There is a time hallowed tradition in Japan that the prime minister will receive a delegation bearing gifts of persimmon from Nara in November each year and compose a haiku poem on the spot. The time hallowed tradition started in 2013-2014, and the haiku they compose (five PMs so far) are without exception exceedingly lame. I wonder how on Earth a lowly agricultural PR agency from a small rural town managed to strong arm the PM's office into doing this? I am sure the fruits are outstanding but still. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/af93b28ed25403bdc860df5cddf3bb30c6054881b2d7f2834e8084aaee9865ad.file