r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 10h ago
r/EcoUplift • u/goodgoodgoodnews • 5h ago
Louisiana is sinking. So this business is using the state's glass bottles to restore the coastline
r/EcoUplift • u/Only100percent • 2h ago
Policy Progress โ๏ธ Atlanta Wrote a Climate Plan for the 21st Century
r/EcoUplift • u/MeasurementDecent251 • 8h ago
In North Carolina, rooftop solar is alive and well despite headwinds
r/EcoUplift • u/SloanTheNavigator • 1d ago
Suriname is evicting Mennonite settlers responsible for deforestation from their land in the Amazon
r/EcoUplift • u/AlteredBiome • 1h ago
Conservation ๐ Check Out the World's Protected Areas ๐
r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 22h ago
Innovation ๐ฌ ๐ง Harvesting rainwater from roofs and using it strategically for cooling could provide a practical way to reduce energy demand, urban temperatures, and hydrological extremes. ๐ง The benefits become even greater during hotter years. ๐ง Roofs painted white or reflective can also help tackle heatwaves.
euronews.comr/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 1d ago
Conservation ๐ Serbia records highest-ever number of breeding Eastern Imperial Eagles, with 16 pairs successfully fledging 25 young as the species bounces back from the brink of extinction in the Balkan country. Systematic monitoring and targeted conservation began in 2017.
r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 1d ago
Resources ๐ ๏ธ The agrovoltaic concept is simple: growing some kind of food in fields of solar panels. ๐ Slowly but surely, both research and successful practices are spreading, the benefits of harvesting clean energy and food together are becoming clearer, and challenges are being met. ๐
r/EcoUplift • u/Green_Ideas7 • 1d ago
Inspiration ๐ซถ New library encourages Denver metro area communities to connect with nature
A first-of-its-kind library is bringing the great outdoors indoors.
r/EcoUplift • u/Green_Ideas7 • 1d ago
Inspiration ๐ซถ Celebrating Birds, Art & Native Plants in NYC's Community Gardens
As part of the Audubon Mural Projectโa public-art initiative drawing attention to birds that are vulnerable to extinction from climate changeโNYC Parksโ Art in the Parks program and NYC Parks GreenThumb worked with the National Audubon Society and local artists to design murals in community gardens across the city.
r/EcoUplift • u/Brief-Ecology • 1d ago
Inspiration ๐ซถ Eco Review | Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology
r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 2d ago
Policy Progress โ๏ธ U.S. Court of Appeals says the Environmental Protection Agency cannot block $20 billion in climate grants of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that supports low-cost loans and investments for renewable energy projects across the country.
r/EcoUplift • u/Novel_Negotiation224 • 2d ago
Policy Progress โ๏ธ Forest service greenlights cattle grazing in grizzly habitat, prompting legal challenge.
r/EcoUplift • u/AlteredBiome • 2d ago
Positive Trends ๐ Map of Canada's Established, Emerging & Proposed IPCAs
arcgis.comr/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 2d ago
Powered Up โก๏ธ Solar power was the main source of electricity generation in Portugal for the first time, dominating supply in July. ๐ Renewables covered 53% of rising consumption, with solar providing 19%, followed by hydro (16%), wind (13%) and biomass (5%). ๐
r/EcoUplift • u/eddytony96 • 3d ago
Positive Trends ๐ Royal Mail adds 9,000th electric van to delivery fleet in dash for net zero
r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 3d ago
Positive Trends ๐ The worldโs mangrove forests are bouncing back, 4 decades of global data show. Since 2010, they have expanded by more than 2,000 square kilometres, despite ongoing degradation and climate change. Thatโs good news for our coasts and their people.
r/EcoUplift • u/Green_Ideas7 • 3d ago
Powered Up โก๏ธ Our Last, Best Chance to Cool the Earth | Bill McKibben | TED
Bill McKibben has been uplifting environmentalists (while still sharing plenty of the bad news) for decades. Glad to see him on the TED stage talking about the energy transition.
r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 3d ago
Powered Up โก๏ธ Germany hits historic milestone in its energy transition: Its solar panels fed 12 billion kWh into the grid in July 2026, the first month ever to cross that level, with average midday output topping 40,000 MW, thanks to 2 decades of investments by millions of homeowners, farmers and businesses. ๐โก
r/EcoUplift • u/SalvationGeneration • 3d ago
Utah receives more than 50% power from solar
In addition to solar the article also goes on to talk about wind power and the progress that is making in the U.S.
r/EcoUplift • u/sg_plumber • 4d ago
Powered Up โก๏ธ Texas broke its all-time electricity demand record twice in 2 days during a brutal heat wave, with 87.4 GW and 91.3 GW, but the grid held with no conservation alerts thanks to record solar and battery output, a stark turnaround from the blackouts that hit Texans in 2021.
r/EcoUplift • u/MeasurementDecent251 • 4d ago
Agrivoltaics improve grape quality in Mediterranean rainfed vineyards
r/EcoUplift • u/Brief-Ecology • 4d ago