Love Tomorrow newsletter #1
Hydro-Powered Energy, Tree Planting Debates, and Sustainable Shopping Tips
Hi there 🫶
We’re so excited to welcome you to our brand-new monthly newsletter.🤩
At Love Tomorrow, we believe that together we can make an impact, and we are committed to providing you with the inspiration and tools to do so.
This newsletter offers you inspiring positive impact stories, the latest news, valuable resources and practical tips on trending topics like sustainability, mental health, Technology and AI, and much more.
In this month’s newsletter:
⚡ Belgian company Turbulent builds hydro-powered electric grid in Kenya
🌎 7 ways we’ve made the Earth better since last year’s Earth Day
🌊 How Southeast Asia is fighting back to save coral reefs
🌳 Why planting new trees won’t solve global warming
🛍️ Sustainable shopping tips you can implement right now
🗓️ 3 upcoming sustainable events you don’t want to miss
Love Tomorrow’s stories
Turbulent builds hydro-powered electricity grid in Kenya
🤯 500 households, 10 schools, 10 companies and 3 hospitals connected to sustainable electricity AND 840.000 tonnes of CO2 saved per year.
Yup, that’s the amazing result of the new hydro-powered electricity grid in Kiamahindu, Kenya. Together with local partners, the Belgian company Turbulent has built a hydropower plant, generating 210 kW day and night. The turbines are small enough so they don’t harm the rivers’ ecosystems, yet make a massive difference for local people, businesses and public services.
Like many rural communities in Africa, Kiamahindu used to rely fully on fossil fuels to generate electricity for everyday applications. Thanks to the new hydropower plant, they can now shift to clean energy and eliminate the use and negative consequences of electricity generated by fossil fuels. The mini-grid will provide a.o. lighting for businesses, cooling for agriculture, battery charging and e-bike leasing, energy for health services and an IT-connectivity service.
🙌 This fantastic project was funded by the Climate Action Programme of our partner G-STIC (the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Community).
👀 Learn more about Turbulent’s hydropower plant on the G-STIC website.
News we love
🌍 On this year’s Earth Day - April 22 - we had a cause for celebration! Thanks to people all over the world demanding sustainable action from decision-makers, we’ve made some big wins for the planet since the last Earth Day.
🤖 AI offers incredible opportunities to build climate resilience and adaption. Google is already introducing AI-generated extreme heat alerts to help people and cities stay safe during heat waves. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg!
☀️ Building solar parks on trash mountains and man-made lakes? No problem for the Netherlands! Our Dutch friends show that you don’t need a lot of space to create clean energy; just innovative solutions and progressive policy-makers.
🍀?Do you sometimes feel anxious, sad or angry about climate change? You’re not alone! But withdrawing from nature isn’t the answer. Instead, helping the environment can make us feel so much better, both mentally and physically.
🤿 Coral reefs are crucial to maintaining the ocean’s health, as well as providing half of the earth’s oxygen and absorbing CO2. That’s why scientists, NGOs and local communities in Southeast Asia are joining forces to protect these precious reefs from harmful human activities.
Tip for a sustainble tomorrow
All right, avoiding clothes altogether probably isn’t the most practical tip! 😉 Luckily, there are many ways in which can rock a show-stopping outfit and feel 100% good about it! From shopping recycled or second-hand clothing and choosing eco-friendly fibres to giving your clothes some tender loving care so they last longer.
💚 With The Cut’s exhaustive guide to sustainable shopping you will dress to impress - both people and the planet!
Today’s must watch
Jack Harries argues new trees won’t solve global warming 🤔
People, companies and governments across the globe are planting trees to offset carbon emissions. And that’s absolutely awesome! Or is it? According to climate storyteller and documentary filmmaker Jack Harries planting trees might not be as beneficial as we think. Find out why!
We’d argue not all tree-planting programmes are equal, though! The Belgian initiative Go Forest, for example, guarantees full transparency on its reforestation projects. Sounds interesting? It sure is! That’s why we were very excited to welcome co-founder Sarah Parent on the stage of the Love Tomorrow Campus last week. 👌
Events for creators of tomorrow
🗓️ Tomorrow Love Conference 2023 I 27 July 2023 I De Schorre, Boom
With amazing keynote speakers like Rutger Bregman, Khaliya, Louie Swatzberg, Jason Silva and Zach Bush in the line-up, Love Tomorrow Conference 2023 has generated some buzz lately. 🥰
🗞️ Check out the full article on Love Tomorrow 2023 in De Morgen (dutch article).
Of course, there is so much more to look forward to! A sustainable fashion show, a job fair, workshops, opportunities to connect with like-minded people and mesmerizing music by top DJs like Joris Voorn and Ida Engberg.
Let’s celebrate today and create a wonderful tomorrow, together 🫶
🗓️ Mobility Tomorrow Conference I 8 June 2023 I Gare Maritime, Brussels
The Mobility Tomorrow Conference is the place to be for the Belgian mobility industry. HR and fleet managers, CEOs and decision-makers, policymakers and local governments will meet to discuss mobility solutions to get people from A to B in the most sustainable and seamless way possible.
🗓️ AI for Good Global Summit I 6-7 July 2023 I Geneva, Switzerland
The AI for Good Global Summit is the leading action-oriented UN platform promoting AI to advance health, climate, gender, inclusive prosperity, sustainable infrastructure and other global development priorities.
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