by faster | Feb 25, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: February 25, 2019 SNIP: Cement, the key component of concrete and one of the most widely used manmade materials, is now the cornerstone of global construction. It has shaped the modern environment, but its production has a massive footprint...
by faster | Jul 1, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 1, 2018 SNIP: Our insatiable appetite for new buildings, roads, coastal defences, glass, fracking, even electronics, threatens the places we are designed by evolution to love most. The world consumes between 30 and 40bn tonnes of...
by faster | Jun 28, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Outline DATE: June 28, 2018 SNIP: Not many want to fret over cement, the world’s second-most consumed material behind water, and how its use in this economic transition might prevent our society from achieving its climate goals. Because there are just so...