Doug Pierce
@C3LivingDesign
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Creating, Connecting + Curating the Patterns of Life | Doug Pierce AIA, LEED Fellow w/ Perkins+Will, Prof. in Practice UMN College of Design | Tweets R my Own
Minnesota, USA
Joined December 2010
@C3LivingDesign uses Twitter to Create, Connect + Curate. We create by gathering info + doing written Ideation at @C3LDCreates | We connect with other organizations at @C3LDConnects | WE curate information, ideas and inspiration at @C3LDCurates | #C3LD
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The far-right is working hard to make that a possibility I.e. that we won't be allowed to peacefully protest against those in power. You-all have taken the first step in that direction by calling us terrorists and saying we're violent while it is abundantly clear that we're not.
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Insect numbers are plummeting, with the recent The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey finding that bug splatters in the United Kingdom have fallen 63 percent since 2021. There are things you can do to help with the bug crisis, and when you support insects they will help your
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Ireland has become the sixth European country to end its use of coal with its scheduled shut-down of the Moneypoint coal-fired power plant six months earlier than originally planned. The 915 megawatt station will continue to operate in an oil-based backup capacity under
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. Curation Project #C3_Cp062 Resilient+Regenerative Solutions #c3_Cp043 Sustainable Design #C3_Cp044 Ecological Design #c3_Cp035 Renewable Energy #c3_CP032 Green Economy
New research has found that recycling food waste using methods such as composting, anaerobic digestion and “refeed” can lead to a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared with disposing of it in landfills.
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. Curation Projects #c3_Cp039 Biodiversity Loss #c3_Cp041 Ecological Triple Threat #C3_Cp063 Civic-Scale Degeneration
The Trump administration on Monday announced a plan to open 58.5 million acres of undeveloped lands within the National Forest System to road development and construction by repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, known as the “Roadless Rule.” The rule was established in
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. Curation Projects #C3_Cp061 PFAS Pollution #c3_Cp040 Pollution #C3_Cp060 IndustReality+DeGeneration #C3_Cp062 Resilient+Regenerative Solutions
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have recently identified a family of gut bacteria that can absorb PFAS “forever chemicals” from their surroundings. They said boosting these bacteria in our gut could help safeguard us from PFAS’ harmful effects.
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. Curation Project #c3_Cp040 Pollution #C3_Cp059 Health Fairness #C3_Cp060 IndustReality+DeGeneration
The toxic chemical diquat, an ingredient used in place of glyphosate in weedkillers in the United States, has been found to cause multiple types of damage to organs and kill gut bacteria, according to new research. https://t.co/I8ozotrAXU
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. Curation Projects' #C3_Cp058 Cross-Connect #c3_CP020 Climate #c3_CP021 Climate Adaptation #c3_CP019 Resilience | Climate Adaptation #c3_CP025 Resilient Design
Ice loss from melting glaciers around the world due to global heating could cause pressure to be released from volcanic magma chambers located deep underground. The process — already seen in Iceland — makes volcanic eruptions more frequent and powerful, according to new research
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At least 27 million tonnes of nanoplastics are estimated to be floating in the North Atlantic Ocean, weighing more than all wild land mammals combined, reported The New York Times. https://t.co/7nAW4lGd6S
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. Curation Projects #c3_Cp040 Pollution . Micro-Projects #c3_MPs003 Non-USGov Sourced Information(?)
According to new map data from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), more than 73 million people living in the U.S. are exposed to tap water with toxic levels of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS "forever chemicals."
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Renewable energy sources, such as solar power and battery storage, have helped keep power on in New England, even during peak demand on the hottest day of summer. According to a recent report from the nonprofit Acadia Center, more than 5 gigawatts of behind-the-meter solar
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. Curation Projects #C3_Cp047 Transformative Fairness
In a landmark finding, the United Nations’ top court on Wednesday issued an advisory opinion stating that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right. https://t.co/PBCtNhPUag
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More than one-quarter of United States Forest Service (USFS) firefighting positions are vacant, creating shortages as extreme conditions lead to wildfires across the country, internal data reviewed by The Guardian has revealed.
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The underground fungi networks that help sustain Earth’s ecosystems are in need of urgent conservation action, according to researchers from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks.
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. Curation Project #c3_Cp040 Pollution #c3_Cp039 Biodiversity Loss #c3_Cp041 Ecological Triple Threat
A new peer-reviewed study has linked pesticides as a likely cause to a mass die-off of Western monarch butterflies that occurred in 2024. In January 2024, researchers found hundreds of dead or dying monarch butterflies near the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary in California,
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. Curation Project #c3_Cp041 Ecological Triple Threat #c3_Cp042 Regenerative Design #c3_Cp043 Sustainable Design #C3_Cp044 Ecological Design #c3_CP025 Resilient Design
Earth Overshoot Day is the point in the year when human demand for materials obtained from nature exceeds what the Earth can naturally regenerate in one year. For 2025, Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 24, the earliest it has been since the event was first calculated in 2006.
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New York is now the first state in the U.S. to require new buildings to be built entirely electric, without hookups to fossil fuels including gas, the New York State Assembly reported. The rule was initially passed in 2023 as the All-Electric Buildings Act and was finalized with
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BREAKING: FCC approves Skydance’s $8 billion merger with CBS News parent Paramount after both companies made concessions to President Trump.
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. Curation Project – #c3_CP001 MAGA per Trump #c3_CP011 Federal Programs Status #c3_CP019 Resilience | Climate Adaptation #c3_CP021 Climate Adaptation #c3_CP024 Weather Extremes #c3_MP0011 Explorations about the Future
A group of 20 states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over the shutting down of a multibillion-dollar grant program with the purpose of strengthening natural disaster preparation and mitigation.
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