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Having seen lots of debate on Twitter about people still living with their parents in their 20s and 30s, I thought I'd find out from you what your thoughts on adult children living with their parents are. https://iono.fm/e/1720398
While things like Carbon or Methane Credits are somewhat controversial and definitely have their detractors, it is still good news that Google at least seems to be trying to do something to help offset the growing emissions and other environmental harms being done by data centres though schemes like the enhanced rock-weathering project they are funding in Brazil. https://iono.fm/e/1719943 Find out more here: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/google-agrees-biggest-carbon-removal-deal-yet-aims-scale-new-model-2026-09-16/
In a survey of institutional investors 81% said they now actively incorporate climate risk and opportunity assessments into their investment decisions, representing a fundamental shift in how capital allocation decisions are made. As a result companies with strong climate performance and credible transition plans are seeing their cost of capital decrease, while high-emitting companies without clear decarbonization strategies face higher financing costs and reduced investor demand. https://iono.fm/e/1719426 Find out more […]
The Ongos Valley Foundation is a community-focused organization dedicated to uplifting and empowering disadvantaged communities, particularly those living in informal settlements in and around Windhoek, Namibia. Hosting weekly soup kitchens, which serve between 150 and 300 meals every Saturday, as well as other fun days, school outreach programmes, and environmental campaigns, the Foundation regularly moves gazebos, tables, chairs, cooking pots, firewood, water containers, food storage containers, utensils, and other supplies. […]
Gaby Hansen, Namibia University of Science and Technology and Christina Breed, University of Pretoria Many African cities have started drawing up climate plans. These promise cooler streets, urban forests and green roofs on buildings. This urban climate adaptation has become an urgent priority. Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, is a fast-growing city spread across hills and valleys. Its suburbs stand alongside expanding informal settlements. But life in this dry city is becoming […]
A new study has found that, as the Himalayas near a tipping point, close to 200 glacial lakes in India have been identified as high risk, with 56 classified as "very high risk", leaving millions exposed downstream. https://iono.fm/e/1718684 Read more here: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/himalayas-approaching-tipping-point-millions-livelihoods-stake-report-2026-09-14/
Namibia is fielding a national team for the Backyard Ultra World Championship: the same 6.706 km loop, run together, once every hour, until only one runner anywhere is still moving. The runners earn points for the country for each lap they complete, and what's more, the top 50 national champions from the satellite races earn a place in the 75-runner individual championship that starts on 16 October 2027, joined by […]
David talks to Intern Clinical Psychologist, Sinead Jurgens, about the fine line between helping vs enabling behaviour. https://iono.fm/e/1718258
With the joint issues of an acute lack of housing across large parts of the planet, and increasing amounts of plastic waste, an MIT spinoff has developed a way to turn plastic waste into things like trusses, decks and home foundations that could help solve both problems at the same time. https://iono.fm/e/1718254 Find out more here: https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-waterless-recycling-discarded-plastic-trusses.html
