Aarne Granlund

Aarne Granlund

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Sufficiency, climate action, and nature restoration in Northeast Finland. Board work in district heating. At home on free rivers. 🤠🏕️🎣🏔️🇫🇮

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In North Karelia the first thing I noticed was that my neighbours were interested in who I am rather than about how I was to other people through work or studies

Sufficiency is like that, learning how to not worry about external things and people. Or to be afraid of them, or your own feelings of social status. In the country side people look at you and want to help out if there are issues.

It truly is odd to hang out with people who are selected for the hardest security roles and they are so busy that extraction isn’t their thing. Sometimes I get this kind of attention with senior men who own land and want to free rivers.

The people I know from the Border Guard only recently got a little more attention now that Russia has been more active in hybrid influence. Most Finnish politicians lobby for tourism growth, biomass extraction from the managed forests and the growth of cities.

I would not suggest self-sufficiency for any young person who does not live in the Finnish Northeast, if they have climate anxiety. You have to be very tough if you want to make it in the local community. I was not so at first but learned it from the rescue and military people I met.

The river fishing is known in North Karelia, but when the water temperatures get high I fish the large lakes. Sometimes it is better than anything I’ve seen and it is closer by. I don’t use oil or even engines for this. Perch and pike are abundant here.

Samo is coming up Northeast next week. We will fish some of my home rivers if the water temperatures are alright.

This guy had a good trip. Another brown trout caught on my fly with light advice on the exact spot to cast. I should have a side gig as a fly fishing guide to be honest. #FlyFishing #HumbleBrag 🤠

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100% true for every search and rescue outfit here, too. They are all volunteer-staffed organizations and often have to risk their own lives. In BC, the busiest one of all is North Shore Rescue, who handle all SAR calls from North Vancouver to Squamish

Home - North Shore Rescuewww.northshorerescue.com A volunteer community- based search and rescue team providing an important life-saving service to the public, 24 hours a day, every day of the year

The Rescue Service is the most underfunded public operation in Finland. People don’t pay attention to it before it becomes necessary to have it

The EU has a system for solidarity like that and the people who go in have a lot of experience, often on the same flights with the tourists

The discussions one overhears in a large city on climate. In a bus two guys went full in from tipping points to how only Technology might save us. Now I’m out in a Kallio bar. A lady is talking very loud about joining a growing budget airline. Supposedly you have to be able to swim 50 meters.

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According to early estimates of the French election, the leftwing alliance (New Popular Front) is on course to win the most seats in parliament — beating Marine Le Pen's far-right party. Here’s how the results are projected to look 👇 Follow our live blog for updates: trib.al/Z2s6SfL

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Here’s a message: the next four years sets the landscape for the rest of the century for America. Democracy, a livable climate, & justice for all is a path we can choose. Because of the hard work and accomplishments of the 1st term, a better future for all is within sight. Let’s go get it, together.

Which is obviously not future-oriented! But it's a kind of alternate reality future. I do think whatever happens with this period and whether it's Biden or someone else, a vision of what's over the horizon is pretty important and has been a bit absent in this campaign.

Microblogging in English is important for me because I was in an international high-school as a kid in Finland and studied in four countries in my youth. I worked abroad too but haven’t been flying since 2018.

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🚨 BREAKING: The leftwing alliance is heading for a shock victory in the 2024 French election — according to first estimates. Read the developing story: trib.al/acXlY1V

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JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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The US (4% of the world's population) has caused about 20% of all historical greenhouse gas pollution to date. Because global temperature rise scales linearly with historical greenhouse gas pollution, the US bears outsized responsibility for causing climate change - and therefore for fixing it.

Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate change? - Carbon Briefwww.carbonbrief.org Carbon Brief looks at national responsibility for historical emissions of CO2 from 1850-2021, updating analysis published in 2019.

Make a band more vegetable Veg Loaf

Make a band more vegetable Bean Day

Helsinki Central Library Oodi is a passive solar building. I had to Google it myself, sounds interesting. Collection includes 100K books. #Oodi

I don’t know if I have specifically achieved anything else than finding international climate professionals for deep discussions about mitigation policies. We don’t have that IRL where I live so I’m very happy. Sorry about the random fishing content.

The very worst thing about social media, including this site and the Bad Site and every other site, is the illusion that by posting on it you’re accomplishing anything.

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Democrats need to stop talking about saving "democracy." They need to start talking about saving "freedom." That's what at stake here — Project 2025 *is* an anti-freedom agenda — and "freedom" is the political concept that most resonates with the majority of Americans.

”As part of The Tall Ships Races event, The Eco-Crisis, Our Future and Mental Health –project will organize an Ilmastokahvila (Climate Cafe) and a Huolituoli-reception, where you can discuss climate issues and share your thoughts with trained guides.” 🤔 tallshipsraceshelsinki2024.fi/en/programme...

Sunday 7.7. | Tall Ships Racestallshipsraceshelsinki2024.fi The Tall Ships Races Helsinki 2024 culminates on Sunday with the Parade of Sails! The participating ships will depart in a spectacular formation towards the next port. The ships will begin the…

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Nice article in The Conversation from Prof. Brian Tang on rapid intensification of hurricanes and how this connects to climate change. theconversation.com/...

Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification, Category 5 winds so early in a season were alarming: Here’s why more tropical storms are exploding in strengththeconversation.com Beryl’s strength and rapid intensification set records, raising alarms about what’s already expected to be a very active Atlantic hurricane season, as a meteorologist explains.

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Ahead of my book release, I wrote a piece for the newly launched Break/ Down, which focuses on capitalism and the climate crisis. In it, I preview one of my main arguments on what a just transition does- and doesn’t- entail

What is a Just Transition?www.break-down.org As the idea of the

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Thank you for these response. Now for your level two imagination challenge: you go to the town square, the public library, the civic center and there are posters for upcoming meetings, for skill share, decision making, learning, and problem solving. What do they say?

Project 2035. Us nurturing the solidarity and creativity to minimize harm and plant the seeds of a life sustaining, feminist, multi-racial, ecologically wise society. Not one giant blueprint from a dark money think tank...

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Today in low-carbon NYC leisure: riding bikes to visit an old wooden barge turned into an art gallery + concert/theater space, with bells and artifacts from NYC’s maritime history (and a large kinetic sculpture). Free!

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“Depending on green growth or green capitalism alone cannot guarantee a meaningful transition away from fossil fuels because fossil fuel extraction and use is, and will continue to be, extremely profitable.”

Ahead of my book release, I wrote a piece for the newly launched Break/ Down, which focuses on capitalism and the climate crisis. In it, I preview one of my main arguments on what a just transition does- and doesn’t- entail

What is a Just Transition?www.break-down.org As the idea of the

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Bottom line from the latest Beryl discussion from Bob Henson and I: It is likely that Beryl will make landfall in Texas on Monday as a rapidly intensifying hurricane, most likely as a Cat 1 or Cat 2, but landfall as a major Cat 3 is looking less likely. yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/trop...

Beryl slowly reorganizing over the Gulf or Mexico » Yale Climate Connectionsyaleclimateconnections.org Beryl is on course to reach Texas Monday as a rapidly intensifying Cat 1 or 2 storm, but most likely not a major hurricane.

If there is any advice I can pass on to younger man-generations is to be very humble with fly fishing. That translates to how they might fit in a decarbonizing society that also respects other humans

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A man in his 30s I did not know well recently said to me he was surprised I was 50, and that he’d date me if he were older. Lacking a filter I said “I wouldn’t date you either way.”

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Carbon footprints among different income deciles in Germany are pretty similar.... until you look at transport. Once again, a very strong argument for a frequent fliers tax. www.diw.de/documents/pu...

I can take the train and bus system to Helsinki from 400+ km away for these summer events from a single app on the phone and it’s a full-electric trip utilizing some of the lowest-carbon grid power in the world.

Walking and cycling prioritized in cities, clean transit and renewables projects in the region. Large-scale river and wetland restoration. All exist already in North Karelia.

This would have been good to acknowledge back in 2005

“…past predictions of global warming have proved largely correct. To persist with scepticism is immoral and stupid. Even a free-market fanatic cannot deny that environmental externalities are a form of market failure. Climate is the biggest externality of all.”

Market forces are not enough to halt climate changewww.ft.com Investor returns imply that the welfare of future human beings is close to irrelevant