At Home On Earth

Photographer Yasmin Namini recently visited Zimanga, a private game reserve in South Africa. “Settled in for an afternoon of birdwatching,” she writes in At Home on Earth, “we were graced by the presence of a massive bull elephant at this watering hole. Towering above the lush grasses, he dipped his trunk into the cool water, quenching his thirst in the late afternoon sun.”

“BREAKING: … Tim Walz spotted outside VP Kamala Harris’ residence ‘tweaking the lawn mower’s carburetor’ because he ‘didn’t like that darn knocking sound it was making’” – Rex Huppke, on X (formerly Twitter)

The announcement of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’s VP was celebrated online with what social media users called #BigDadEnergy, and a whole lot of jokes about how Tim Walz fixes stuff — such as the Threads user insisting that Walz was in the basement, right now, changing the furnace filter (and leaving a Sharpie so it can be properly marked with the next due date).

But Walz’s #BigDadEnergy clinched a win for his state when he signed into Minnesota law the country’s most extensive Right to Repair legislation. If you’ve ever been frustrated that you can’t get the part of the instructions you need to DIY something you own, you know just how important this legislation is. Bluedot’s Jim Miller addressed Right to Repair recently when he profiled the fixers behind iFixit, a site dedicated to putting information into the hands of wannabe DIYers and advocating for strong Right to Repair legislation everywhere.

• After Rehab, Seals Return to the Sea

• Back to School: Backpacks, Lunchboxes, Labels

• Summer Sweets: Blueberry Tart and Panna Cotta With Peaches

• Joe Villines’s Iowa Farm Companion

AROUND THE BLUEDOT UNIVERSE

Make your lawn “green,” including switching to electric yard tools. These battery-powered tools don’t pollute the air or disturb your neighbors’ eardrums with excessive noise.

THE BLUEDOT KITCHEN

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Dear Dot: I’m a Renter. How Can I Cut Carbon Emissions at Home?

Dear Dot,

I’m a renter, so I have little control over carbon emissions from my living situation. But are there things I can do?

–Libby

Dear Libby, 

I (filling in for OG Dot to answer your question), am a renter myself and share your curiosity and desire to cut my carbon homeprint. Here’s what I found: Luckily for you, me, and the other 44 million rental households in the U.S., there are plenty of things we can do, even if our landlords aren't particularly keen on green upgrades.

How we heat and cool our homes is the biggest energy drain, and that holds true also for rentals, so let’s start there. You have likely heard some buzz about heat pumps, which double as a heating and cooling system and replace carbon-intensive systems. Those of us in rentals can climb aboard the heat pump craze with micro heat pumps — easy-to-install portable systems that plug into 120V outlets and cost between $500 and $700. While a typical heat pump requires about 240V and may put too much strain on older wiring systems, a micro heat pump should be just fine to heat a small studio apartment. 

What else can you do? Plenty! Read on.

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