Ben Keene

💀 At Rebel Book Club we usually go for the ‘new’ in new year. But what if the topic was ‘dying’?

📚With the End in Mind

At 10 events we asked how we might live if we knew our lifespan & heard powerful stories from those with terminal illness:

‘Dying is not a big deal, living is what matters.’

video via @luckytran.com

Horrible scenes from LA.

What can we do?

1. Talk. Share the science, solutions, & opportunities.

2. Divest $ (pensions, investments, salaries).

3. Invest $ into climate + nature.

4. Switch careers to climate & nature.

5. Support Climate leaders.

Check out pro-planet businesses raaise.co

DeepMind AI predicts weather more accurately than existing forecasts The latest weather forecasting AI model from Google DeepMind can beat the leading providers more than 97 per cent of the time, and it is quicker and cheaper to run

Deep weather.

www.newscientist.com/article/2458...

Wintering.

The sun shines on the shire office!

Consumer panel:

“2024 has been horrible…everyone seems to be running out of cash but at least the valuations are now more realistic”

“Non planet brands won’t exist in 10-15 years. Coke & co will die because they’re not kind to people and planet.”

Great to be back at Blue Earth summit today.

The Blue Economy (think seaweed farms + lots more) seems to be a growing opportunity + of course the small matter that the ocean is all of earth’s life support system and we need to conserve it!

Riding the tracks out of town after a packed few days…
> Climate Impact Retreat
> Rebel Book Club
> Climate Connection
> Climate Tech Show

Reb Book Club x The Blue Machine

When you’re trying to get to a climate business event but stormy weather causes travel disruption…

Desert Island Discs - Classic Desert Island Discs - Simon Reeve - BBC Sounds Lauren Laverne talks to broadcaster and writer Simon Reeve, in an episode from 2022.

‘One step in front of the other.’

Brilliant stories, tunes & human

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Climate Question - What progress have we made on fighting climate change? - BBC Sounds In his latest climate change 101, Jordan Dunbar looks at the world's success stories

Good news stories on climate www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Cicero was a very wise man

Best nonfiction you’ve read this year. Go…

A massive coral colony dwarfing a single diver

On Wednesday, a team of researchers in the Solomon Islands revealed that they found the world’s largest individual coral colony. It’s the size of two basketball courts.

Just look at this chonky boy!

Deleted!

The Artificial Human - How green is my AI? - BBC Sounds Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask, how green is my AI?

You cannot manage what you don’t measure

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Just finished ENVIRONOMICS by Dharshini David.

Like an up to date ‘confessions of an eco sinner’ and with better data. From
Energy to Food to Minerals and Plastics, simplifies the complex, makes it personal in a non-judgemental
way and shows the future of all
Our economics needs to be nature first

Next up at RBC

Join us > rebelbook.club

Last night’s Rebel Book
Club on long term thinking… well attended in 5 cities

Hype.

Good to see my Dad and brother having fun on the Matterhorn this week

EE tells parents not to give smartphones to primary-age children The mobile phone network recommends parents buy under-11s phones that can only text or call.

Coming from a company that sells phones…

EE tells parents: don't give under-11s smartphones www.bbc.com/news/article...

Here on @katie0martin.bsky.social recommendation.

Let’s see…