Reneweconomy.com.au reports that South Australia produced 146 percent of SA’s energy needs on Wed 16th Sept 2022. That’s a new record.
It looks like SA is leading the way in transitioning to 100% renewable in Australia.
Checkout the details at : https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-energy-hits-record-peak-of-146-per-cent-of-state-demand-in-south-australia/
When there is a new concept being raised in society it is often art that leads us by expressing the new concepts in a visual way.
The symbiocene is the age of living in symbiosis with the planet. An age of mutual benefit living.
Here’s a beautiful expression of this in art in Winsome Jobling’s work at Australian Galleries web site.
No doubt you have heard of using hydrogen as a fuel. But green hydrogen?
This will be hydrogen that is created using renewable energy. It is possible to extract hydrogen from coal or natural gas. That’s not so green….
And, hydrogen can be used to replace fossil fuels in many situations. For cars, and the big ticket items of industrial use.
Check out the Forrest Future Industries site for more details.
Snuck up on us, electric buses in Sydney. Has anyone seen them, had a ride on one? What was the feeling?
The reneweconomy website has this news about the move to electrify the bus fleet.
There are some awesome models for putting in a clean bus fleet around the world. Shenzen for instance has 16,000 buses, that’s their whole fleet.
Get some more details about sydney in the link below.
First a poem
Crackle Crunch Cackle
Dry Leaf Life and Laugh
Drifting fluttering floating through the air
Giggle Crackle Laugh
No longing for greener days
Life is a breeze
Blow me here blow me there
My loving symbioment heart shines bright
Glowing flowing rapture is my way
Tom
And then the trees. How many different things does a tree do?
Maybe its not so poetic to see a tree as a carbon capture and storage device. They capture carbon dioxide from the air and make leaf and stem and trunk and root and sugars.
The green life of the leaf comes to fruition. It’s done its summer job. Nutrients from the deep earth are ready in the leaf.
The spectacular brown rusty orange life of the leaf is next. The fertilising job begins. Down they come.
Humus they will make. Some for the tree, some for the vegetables. The worms and fungus and microbes are standing by, ever ready to play their role in the symbioment getting on with humus creation.
What is my autumn leaf role in the symbioment?
Ling and I were driving around Blacktown in Sydney. One of our neighbours was busy under the Liquid Amber; raking bagging, raking bagging. Those ole autumn leaves were going into the bin. Alert Alert Alert. We went and had a friendly chat. Our neighbour was more than happy to give the leaves to us. So we found a quiet out of the way spot in the garden, wet the leaves, piled them up. I made a bit of a bin to hold them and let them be nurtured over winter. I made the sides from flat bits and pieces; an old shearers wire bed, an old Greens Party election poster… They received plenty of water as they were laid down. Maybe next time I’ll run them through the mower.
Six months later we’ve got leaf mould. And spreading this around our block we have built up the organic matter in the soil. Following our policy of keeping the organic matter on site as much as possible. Our indicator to measure this carbon capture policy result is to see the increase in the number of worms all around the garden. No wonder the place looks so healthy and vibrant.
A parting thought.
The symbioment: its all about mutual benefit living, right?
The tree is giving us the leaves. How can we give back to the tree?
Spiritual and Environmental CoP 