See how plastic recycling works in Taiwan https://youtu.be/-YnYwWiSiuE?si=aUnl53dzccCLtk2F

Taiwan Recycling Short Doc

I thought this post was cool. It's a greenhouse coffee shop. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR0oUJ7D9y5/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng%3D%3D

A greenhouse cafe in LA

An interesting news piece on Amazon's data center in Indiana. https://youtu.be/vnGC4YS36gU?si=t_bpDTUuDN6XF014

Indiana Data Centers

I thought this was an excellent short on growing garlic. Love the device the gardener uses to quickly and precisely space and dig holes for the garlic cloves. Super clever. https://youtube.com/shorts/dIuK7uf4r5c?si=P7nzGWOu1IhUj3HH

Garlic Short

Check out this news coverage of plans to build a data center in Monterey Park
https://youtu.be/614XkAoAJG4?si=lRSLvAaA3oylQQpS

Monterey Park Data Center

https://datacentremagazine.com/top10/top-10-sustainable-data-centres

Lists 10 data center sustainability initiatives, mostly focused on renewable energy. Water consumption not mentioned in many of these projects.

Top 10: Sustainable Data Centers according to datacentremagazine.com

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRR7acziKVG/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

House inside a greenhouse

A video report on problems farmers in Arkansas are facing: https://youtu.be/cl02K72QFS0?si=l1oxmx4u_zm_uvsE

The squeeze on Arkansas Farmers

https://www.earth.com/news/nasa-discovers-that-space-lettuce-is-not-a-solution-for-feeding-astronauts/ 

Space vegetables lose to earth vegetables

This might be interesting to some. Next 10 and UC Riverside publish a report "An Assessment of California Data Centers’ Environmental and Public Health Impacts" 

https://www.next10.org/publications/ai-environmental-public-health-impacts

They'll discuss in a December 2 webinar. Sign up now :D

Next 10 and UC Riverside publish a report "An Assessment of California Data Centers’ Environmental and Public Health Impacts"

Interesting article suggesting the narrative of slowing ev growth is misleading. https://electrek.co/2025/11/12/ev-sales-still-have-not-fallen-cooled-slowed-or-slumped-media-is-lying-to-you/

Electrek's take on EV growth

Saw this well written page on growing Pakistan Mulberries in Southern California. I'm curious to try eating one. 

Pakistan Mulberry tree cultivation - https://tastylandscape.com/2013/05/03/pakistan-mulberry-a-wonderful-early-season-fruit/



Mulberry tips in Southern California 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn40y9yxkgvo

Article discusses issues with rapid growth of sustainable energy. 

Grid Congestion in the Netherlands 

Very cool business idea here: https://youtube.com/shorts/uwQh3ml3sik?si=aKQFduC_l6ZkbB-3

Plastic bottle Broom Entrepreneur

There is something special about a 102 year old teaching Yoga in France. Check out this 3 min vid by the New York Times: [https://youtu.be/_PGt7UgPkKQ?si=-M_aLyHYuXsqrtYd](https://youtu.be/_PGt7UgPkKQ?si=-M_aLyHYuXsqrtYd)

102 year old yoga instructor secrets

This article thinks so! [https://abcnews.go.com/US/landmark-study-recommends-planetary-health-diet-saving-lives/story?id=126137310](https://abcnews.go.com/US/landmark-study-recommends-planetary-health-diet-saving-lives/story?id=126137310)

Can your diet reduce carbon emissions?

TLDR: A team recovered lithium from batteries in a study at 99%+ purity.

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/us-pure-lithium-recovery-batteries



Is anyone else excited about the breakthrough in lithium recycling?

I found this article on Patagonia's founder interesting: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/patagonia-founder-lived-1-day-155844023.html?guccounter=1

Makes me think about the question, how rich is too rich?


Patagonia founder's reaction to being a billionaire

Curious how we can adapt with the world and still take care of the planet. Anyone know of good ways to audit our energy/water consumption and other eco-friendly/sustainability dimensions when using AI? Thanks!

How are people auditing their AI usage and its environmental impacts?

Ghazionthepitch 

I'm growing my first pineapple and the flower/fruit is coming out! I'm curious how long it will be until it is ready to pick. Thanks!

How long does it take for a pineapple fruit to grow?

How long does it take for cherry blossoms to be ready to pick as fruit?

My friend has a rosebush, and it's late winter right now. Curious