#earthcare

[luminousfire]

“the steeplehouse, and the ground whereupon it stood were no more holy than that mountain” - the Journal of George Fox

#ecotheology #george fox #quaker #quakerism #earthcare #progressive christianity #christian #quakers #environment #environmentalism

[geohoneylovers]

Embrace Green Technology: Our Bridge to a Sustainable Tomorrow 🌍

In a world at the crossroads of environmental challenges, green technology is our beacon of hope. It's not just a want; it's a need. Join us in the journey towards a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future. 💚

#greentech #sustainability #cleanenergy #ecofriendly #climateaction #renewablefuture #earthcare #gogreen #environmentalimpact #greeninnovation #planetprotection #earth #greentechnology #savetheplanet #sustainableliving #climatesolutions #planet #greenrevolution #futureisgreen #geohoneylover

[androdconstruction]

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

#gardening #gardenlife #greenlife #soil #soilhealth #soilscience #soilfoodweb #composting #vermicomposting #organicgardening #sustainablefarming #sustainability #agriculture #earthcare #ecofriendly #climateaction

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

How will EarthCARE mission shed light on clouds?

In around six months, ESA's Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer mission will take to the skies to advance our understanding of the interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in Earth's atmosphere. But how will it do that exactly?

Clouds remain one of the biggest uncertainties in how the atmosphere drives the climate system. A better understanding of the relationship between clouds, aerosols and radiation is a high priority in both climate research and weather prediction.

For example, what happens to infrared radiation when emitted from Earth's surface and trapped by clouds? What role do aerosols play in reflecting solar radiation back to space? And how do these processes affect climate and weather?

The Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) mission will provide novel observations to answer some of these critical scientific questions. EarthCARE is equipped with four state-of-the-art instruments, each designed to provide unique insights into the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation.

Atmospheric lidar

The atmospheric lidar is an advanced lidar (light detection and ranging) system designed to measure the vertical profile of aerosols and clouds in Earth's atmosphere along the EarthCARE track. By emitting light pulses and analyzing the reflected signals, this unique lidar can precisely provide the distribution and properties of aerosols and clouds, including their altitude, thickness and detailed optical properties and aerosol type. This information is crucial for improving climate models and understanding the role of aerosols and clouds in Earth's energy balance.

Cloud profiling radar

Provided by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA), the cloud profiling radar is a key instrument that enables EarthCARE to observe the internal structure of clouds. Operating in the millimeter-wavelength range, the cloud profiling radar penetrates through clouds and light precipitation—providing detailed insights into their vertical structure and velocity, particle size distribution and water content. This radar is essential for studying cloud processes, such as the formation and dissipation of clouds, and contributes valuable data for improving weather and climate models.

Multispectral imager

Whereas the lidar and radar will provide profiles of the atmosphere in a rather thin curtain, directly underneath the satellite, EarthCARE's multispectral imager provides a much wide field of view to give context to the profile measurements.

The multispectral imager captures high-resolution images in multiple spectral bands in the visible and infrared spectrum, which will allow scientists to differentiate between various types of clouds, aerosols and Earth's surface.

The imager provides additional information about the optical properties of clouds and aerosols, aiding in the characterization of their composition and distribution. In addition, it will allow the generation of a three-dimensional cloud and aerosol field using the atmospheric lidar and cloud profiling radar data. These data are crucial for understanding the radiative impact of clouds and aerosols on Earth's climate system.

Broadband radiometer

The broadband radiometer plays a crucial role in EarthCARE's mission by measuring the radiative fluxes at the top of Earth's atmosphere. As the satellite travels along its orbit, the radiometer views the atmosphere from three directions, allowing it to accurately quantify the amount of reflected solar radiation and the outgoing thermal radiation emitted by Earth.

This is known as the planet's energy balance. Comparing this to the radiation calculated from the combined observations of the other instruments will help scientists improve our current understanding of the aerosol-cloud-radiation interaction.

Together, these four instruments form a powerful suite of tools that provide unprecedented observations of Earth's atmosphere. The data generated by EarthCARE's instruments contribute significantly to advancing our knowledge of climate processes and will unravel the intricate interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in Earth's atmosphere.

Largest and most complex Earth Explorer mission

EarthCARE is the largest and most complex Earth Explorer, developed within ESA's Earth Observation FutureEO program. The mission comes at a critical time in the development of kilometer-scale resolution, global climate models and will provide an important contribution to an improved understanding of cloud convection and its role in Earth's radiation budget.

EarthCARE is an ESA mission, but it has been developed as a cooperation between ESA and JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency.

As the international science community eagerly awaits the valuable data from the EarthCARE satellite, researchers and experts from the field gathered at ESA's Center for Earth Observation in Frascati, Italy, to present and discuss EarthCARE science topics and validation of the mission data.

As EarthCARE's launch approaches, the growing excitement is being felt across the community. The central role of the mission in ensuring long-term, climate-relevant datasets, in synergy with past and future missions, was also clearly identified.

IMAGE....EarthCARE is the largest and most complex Earth Explorer, developed within ESA’s Earth Observation FutureEO program. The mission comes at a critical time and will provide an important contribution to an improved understanding of cloud convection and its role in Earth’s radiation budget. EarthCARE is equipped with four state-of-the-art instruments, each designed to provide unique insights into the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab

#science #space #astronomy #physics #news #esa #astrophysics #EARTHCARE

[spacenutspod]

SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 149 *Hubble placed in emergency safe mode NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been placed into an emergency safety mode following an issue with one of its gyroscopes. *New joint European and Japanese EarthCARE mission slated for launch. The joint European and Japanese Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer mission – EarthCARE is now slated to launch in May next year on a mission to advance sciences understanding of the interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in Earth's atmosphere. *AUKUS to build a deep space radar station in Western Australia. The AUKUS Defence Coalition have announced plans to build three new deep space radar installations in the United States, Britain and at Exmouth, in Western Australia. *The Science Report Global emissions from fossil use are projected to hit a record high this year increasing by 1.1%. Women who consume energy drinks could be more likely to have high blood pressure during pregnancy. Young people who use social media daily are more likely to engage in risky behaviours. Alex on Tech: AMD’s new Artificial Intelligence chips. Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen and access show links via https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ For more podcasts visit our HQ at https://bitesz.com #astronomy #space #science #news #podcast

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[carmelitesaet]

Download and share the Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum of the Holy Father Francis from our website:

https://carmelites.org.au/jpic

Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. We’re not reacting enough, he says, we’re close to breaking point. He criticises climate change deniers, saying that the human origin of global warming is now beyond doubt. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.

“’Praise God’ is the title of this letter. For when human beings claim to take God’s place, they become their own worst enemies.”

That’s how Pope Francis ends his new Apostolic Exhortation, published on the 4th October, the Feast of St Francis of Assisi.

It’s a text in continuity with his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’, which is broader in scope. In six chapters and 73 paragraphs, the Successor of Peter tries to clarify and bring to completion that previous text on integral ecology, while at the same time sounding an alarm, and a call for co-responsibility, in the face of the climate emergency.

In particular, the Exhortation looks ahead to COP28, which will be held in Dubai between the end of November and beginning of December.

The Holy Father writes: “With the passage of time, I have realized that our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point. In addition to this possibility, it is indubitable that the impact of climate change will increasingly prejudice the lives and families of many persons” (2).

It's “one of the principal challenges facing society and the global community” and “the effects of climate change are borne by the most vulnerable people, whether at home or around the world” (3).

#LaudateDeum #laudatosi #LaudatoSiMovement #pope #popefrancis #inspirationalquotes #earthcare #careforcreation #kingdomofgod #carmelite #carmelites #catholic #christianity #climatechange #beauty #creation #melbournecatholic #australia #timorleste #climatecrisis #cop29 #cop28 #humanrights #socialjustice #peace #jpic #integrity #savetheplanet #savetheearth

[rnhealingbuddha]

May our Earth be blessed with the energies of peace, love, harmony and goodwill

#earth #earthday #saveplanetearth #earthcare #trees #plants #nature #motherearth #dhartimata #love #care #harmony #peace #healingbuddha #HealingBuddhaBangalore

[artjosie]

Earth XLXVII and it’s beautiful details. 150x90 on linen canvas. #dutchartist #womenart #tilburgartist #artstagram #artbusiness #artcollector #artcollectors #painter #contemporaryart #modernart #mixedmediaartist #mixedmediaartist #naturearts #protectbiodiversity #savetheplanet #earth #earthcare https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2HahDoGub/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[sageglobalresponse]

How We Are Creating Wealth From Waste ─Titi Mogaji, Earthcare Nigeria Spokesperson

Titi Mogaji is a public relations specialist and a journalist with over 12 years experience in broadcasting. She is the public relations officer of Earthcare Nigeria. She speaks on the reason she works for an agro/environment company, how Earthcare is converting waste into wealth, how to keep Nigerian cities clean, among other issues.

AS a journalist, what inspired your interest in working for an agro/environmental company?

As a journalist and a public relations specialist, I have always been interested in new things. I visited Earthcare and I was awed by the things I saw there. It was amazing that such a place existed and was truly organic. I wanted to be part of this project. Fortunately, they wanted me to help with creating awareness about it. It was a great match. I have learned so much about the environment since I started working there.

Tell us about Earthcare.

Earthcare is a waste-to-wealth company. They work in collaboration with the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) to take waste from Lagos State and turn it into compost fertilisers for plants and protein feed for animals.

We also have a project called the Black Soldier Fly (BSF)  where we use the flies’ larvae (maggots) to bio-convert some of our organic waste. These larvae are ferocious eaters. They break down waste quicker than any other microbial process. It also allows us to harvest the maggots because, at this stage when the maggots are grown, it is about 40 – 43 per cent pure protein. The protein is what we need for animal feeds. It is better than the usual ones used, which are plant-based protein from soy bean and so on. With the maggots, we can bio-convert the waste to protein for animal feeds and also produce the residual frass. It is also rich in nutrients for farmers to grow their crops and at the same time rejuvenate the soil. It is a very diverse company.

What kind of waste does Earthcare source for as its raw materials and where does it find them from?

We source our raw materials from different organic source. For instance, Mile 12 market, Ketu market, and the abattoir. Also, we source organic waste from industrial companies like Nigerian breweries, Nestle food, and so on.

Sourcing massive materials from waste sites and landfills requires collaboration with environmentalists and government bodies. Do you have such collaborations, and how do they work?

Yes. We have such collaboration with Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). They have rights to the wastes and by collaborating with us, we are able to reduce the total waste that goes to the landfills, thereby reducing the CO2 footprints for global warming and at the same time recycling those wastes into sustainable products like compost for farmers to use on their crops and for soil amendment. We are also working on other ways to recycle those wastes and to produce other things for animal feed.

How do the fertilisers you produce differ from the other ones in the market, and how effective and safe are they?

Our fertilisers differ from the ones in the market in many ways. First of all, our fertiliser is pure organic, there is no chemical processes there. We just use straight composting and bio-conversion methods to process our fertiliser. We also use microbes, non genetic modifying microbial, and enzymes that will help produce diseased pathogens. So, by the time we finish our products, there is no smell to it.  It is rich in both NPK (nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium) and micro and macro nutrients. They perform very well for a variety of farm applications. That way, the crop you’re growing is grown naturally. That is how it differs.

Our product does two things. It provides the nutrients for the crops to thrive on and also it provides the microbes. These are the major different things between our Compost Plus and other fertilisers. Also, ours is cheaper than the one you have in the market. The reason why it is cheaper is that government is recycling their waste and they want to be able to sell it back to the agricultural community. We are trying to price it so that the average farmer can afford it to grow the food they need. It is part of food security. So, at 6,500 naira per 50kg, it is cheaper than any other fertiliser you will find out there.

So far, how are the fertilisers faring in the market? And what are the farmers saying about them?

The fertilisers are faring very well. Most farmers that use our fertilisers are those that export their produce to foreign countries, who don’t want any trace of chemicals in their products. Also, we sell the fertilisers mostly in the Northeast, where there is insurgency, because they have banned the use of chemical fertilisers in that region. But we are hopeful we will reach the entire Nigerian farming community.

Do you have plans to expand this waste innovation to other parts of Nigeria? And do you have plans to teach young people how to tap from this idea?

Of course, we have plans to expand it to other states in Nigeria. That is part of our efforts to see how we can reduce CO2 carbon footprint. We also want to use the same opportunity to create employment for the youths.

These days, nobody wants to get their hands dirty, especially the youth, not to mention working in waste sites. What advice do you have for youths in this regard?

Youths interested in farming no longer have to dirty their hands. There is mechanised farming, where you use modernised equipment to farm. They just have to be interested in being farmers. However, being a farmer is not an easy job. You are transforming communities’ ways of living and feeding, because if there is no food, there is no nation. So, we must have farmers. They can also employ other people, but they must take that initiative to impact the society through farming.

Most Nigerian cities and towns are dirty. What do you think can be done to convert the massive wastes in the society into wealth and job opportunities?

Earthcare recognises the truth in that statement because we are a waste-to-wealth company. So, what we need to do to clean up the cities is to implement systems that will address the different kinds of waste we have out there. We have non-degradable and degradable wastes. So, once the technology to recycle those wastes is there, of course, you can recycle them and generate wealth. By recycling them, you generate other sustainable products that can be used in the society.

If you were the Minister of Environment, what would you do to make Nigerian cities and towns clean and attractive?

That is a loaded question. I have never thought of being the Minister of Environment. However, as a citizen, there are lots of things we can do to keep the environment clean. Firstly, we need to start sensitising families, people and businesses on how to segregate the waste from their homes and businesses; that way, it becomes easier and straightforward to evacuate them, and also to apply them where we need to apply them. That is the first step we need to take.

What are the major challenges you face in this line of work, and how do you manage them?

The major challenge we face is awareness. Awareness for organic farming is not like we have it in the Western part of the world. So, we need to create awareness. Also we need to partner with the government to create policies that will encourage organic farming. If there are no policies, there will be challenges to proceed.

One of the major challenges we face is finance. We don’t have enough finance to do the things we want to do or to implement the systems that we need to put in place to process different kinds of waste. Because the funding is not there, we find it difficult to do what we want to do in a large scale.

The way we manage the challenges is through sales of our products. Gradually, we will get to a point where we might have funding to expand and to scale up whatever we are doing.

 

The theme of this year’s World Environment Day was ‘Only one Earth’, with focus on ‘Living sustainably in harmony with nature’. What is your advice for Nigerians as regard these theme and focus?

Like I stated before, there has to be awareness on the type of waste we dispose in our environment. People need to be sensitised on these matters, including our children. If we manage our waste well, and not send it to the landfill, I think we will positively contribute to the world and our environment in terms of CO2 emissions, which contributes to climate change.

#TitiMogaji #Earthcare #sageglobalresponse #sagelike #lagosbusiness #LAWMA

[noidarealestate-propkeys]

World Environment Day is a reminder that we should take care of our earth and nature. Let's promise to make our planet greener for us to enjoy life.

#WorldEnvironmentDay #PropKeysConsulting #EarthCare #NatureisGod #GreenEarth #SaveSoil #RealEstate

[theragamuffininitiative]

.

#i don't currently have a **tumblr special interest** #but i have a sneaking suspicion it will become earthcare conservation if i let it #like please enjoy all these posts about turning lawns into natural local habitats and gardens #old growth forests #restoring local ecosystems #i live in a studio apartment in a boring us city #but like emotionally i am in a forest in the pacific northwest #or helping my southern california neighborhood replace their fake lawns with drought friendly flora #or managing an urban garden #or teaching an upstate ny town about the importance of worms #or like vandalizing a golf course #ragamusings in the tags

[not-kronyx]

watership down

airplane up

earthcar forward

#watership down

[luminousfire]

I’m joining the Earthcare group of my yearly meeting!

#personal

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Last experiments of the Aeolus satellite for TROPOS before re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere

TROPOS involvement throughout the mission and preparations for the upcoming EarthCARE mission

Darmstadt/Leipzig. After completing a very successful mission, ESA’s Aeolus satellite is on its descent from 320 km altitude back to Earth’s atmosphere. While the satellite would usually fall down slowly due to the Earth’s gravity, ESA is attempting to return Aeolus in an controlled reentry (Read more via ESA:: https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Aeolus/Guiding_Aeolus_safe_reentry). The final manoeuvres for this reentry are happing right now and can be followed here: https://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2023/07/24/aeolus-reentry-live/ . On this occasion, a brief review of scientific experiments which happened shortly before the end of Aeolus’ mission life in which the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) was involved:

TROPOS involvement throughout the whole mission

Launched on 22 August 2018, the satellite was orbiting the Earth for almost five years while providing vertical profiles of the horizontal wind speed and backscatter information on clouds and aerosols. TROPOS strongly contributed to the great success of the mission while providing continuous reference measurements all over the world for validation of the wind and aerosol/cloud products from the beginning until the end of the mission. Also beyond the mission, TROPOS will be involved within the Aeolus Data, Innovation and Science Cluster (DISC) project to improve the data products and enhance the scientific impact of the mission. TROPOS took part in the Level-2A aerosol optical properties product development, monitoring the data quality and supporting external validation with science team from European partners.

End of life tests

Before the satellite is now coming back, the Aeolus team has successfully conducted a series of end of life experiments. The scientists hope that the results of these experiments help improving future lidar missions in space. The radiometric performance of the instrument and the impact on both aerosol and wind products were assessed in collaboration with the Aeolus DISC for each test.

Vertical winds

TROPOS was involved in one experiment where the laser was tilted from its nominal 35 degrees diagonal view to a nadir view (point on the Earth’s surface directly beneath the satellite) to measure vertical winds over deep convective cloud systems. While vertical air motions are negligible on average over large horizontal scales, this assumption is not valid in situations with strong convection (e.g., tropical storms). “While we are still analysing the promising data collected during this test, we hope that we can quantify the impact of vertical air motions on the assumptions that are using,” says Dr Sebastian Bley of TROPOS.

ATLID test

TROPOS was also involved in an ATLID test, where the Aeolus laser ALADIN was configured in a way to mimic the ATLID lidar, which will fly on EarthCARE. This test is intended to prepare for the upcoming EarthCARE satellite which will carry a lidar instrument very similar to that flying on Aeolus. „Lessons learned from Aeolus helped us a lot in preparing for the EarthCARE mission. With its four instruments on one platform for measuring aerosols, clouds, and radiation, it is even more challenging than Aeolus,” says Dr Ulla Wandinger of TROPOS. The launch window for the EarthCARE mission is currently scheduled for April-June 2024. While performing the ATLID test, Aeolus was flying over Leipzig and Mindelo at Cape Verde Islands, both stations with ground-based lidar instruments operated by TROPOS.

Final statement by TROPOS

We are following the Aeolus reentry with mixed feelings, on one hand we are sad about the fact that this wonderful satellite will burn in Earth’s atmosphere in the coming days, while on the other hand we are pleased and proud that we could contribute to the success of this exciting mission.

But there is also reason to look into a bright future. Our work will continue also after Aeolus illuminates the sky like a falling star for a last time. Our colleagues at TROPOS will continue working on the Aeolus data from the last five years within the Aeolus DISC project, notably validating the reprocessed aerosol products and highlighting novel applications for the atmospheric science community. Furthermore, we are heavily involved in the preparation for the upcoming EarthCARE mission, which will be launched in summer next year. TROPOS has a leading role in the developments of the processors for the ATLID lidar and the cloud products for the Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) within the frame of the ESA-CARDINAL project. Furthermore, TROPOS is preparing for the validation of the EarthCARE measurements with our ground-based measurements sites of the whole globe.

TOP IMAGE....Aeolus is the first space mission to acquire profiles of the wind on a global scale.  CREDIT ESA/ATG medialab

CENTRE IMAGE....Aeolus reentry key stages.  CREDIT ESA

LOWER IMAGE....Analysis of the results from the vertical wind tests with Aeolus. Left: the cloud top height (via GOES-R geostationary satellite) and the measurement track of Aeolus. Right: the signal levels of Aeolus during the measurement in nadir above the clouds. The yellow line shows the collocated cloud top heights from GOES-R.  CREDIT Sebastian Bley, TROPOS

#science #space #astronomy #physics #news #esa #astrophysics

[female-malice]

The concept of Anthropocene has been incorporated within a hegemonic narrative that represents 'Man' as the dominant geological force of our epoch, emphasizing the destruction and salvation power of industrial technologies. This Element develops a counter-hegemonic narrative based on the perspective of earthcare labour - or the 'forces of reproduction'. It brings to the fore the historical agency of reproductive and subsistence workers as those subjects that, through both daily practices and organized political action, take care of the biophysical conditions for human reproduction, thus keeping the world alive. Adopting a narrative justice approach, and placing feminist political ecology right at the core of its critique of the Anthropocene storyline, this Element offers a novel and timely contribution to the environmental humanities.

#cc

[carmelitesaet]

From September 1 – October 4 2023, the Christian family united worldwide in prayer and action for creation during the Season of Creation.

St Francis of Assisi may have changed the world, but he was just a man who lived the Gospel in a radical way. October 4 is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi (the patron saint of ecology) and the conclusion of the 2023 Season of Creation. We pray with St Francis for all of creation, the poor and peace in our world.

“Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day; and you give light through him. And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendour! Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness. Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens you have made them, precious and beautiful. Be praised, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air, and clouds and storms, and all the weather, through which you give your creatures sustenance. Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure. Be praised, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom you brighten the night. He is beautiful and cheerful, and powerful and strong. Be praised, my Lord, through our sister Mother Earth, who feeds us and rules us, and produces various fruits with coloured flowers and herbs. Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial. Happy those who endure in peace, for they will be crowned.”

St. Francis of Assisi

Download the Mesage from Pope Francis for World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation [1 September 2023] at https://carmelites.org.au/jpic

For Season of Creation resources visit: https://seasonofcreation.org/resources/

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