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☆ Meet the climate startup turning a 5,000-mile stretch of seaweed from a plague of coastal communities into a giant carbon store
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

London-based Seaweed Generation is one such startup dedicated to seaweed sequestration. She's part of a wave of new "blue economy" entrepreneurs taking advantage of seaweed for carbon removal. Seaweed GenerationThe seaweed RoombaEstridge's Seaweed Generation has developed a robot that she described as a "Roomba meets Pac-Man." Seaweed Generation will work in waters with around 4,000 meters of depth and no upwelling current, which could bring sargassum back to the surface. Seaweed Generation has a planned pilot with the government of Antigua, which is invested in protecting its tourism industry.

☆ Guy Fawkes Night: What those fireworks and bonfires are all about
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —Every year on November 5, skies across England, Scotland and Wales are illuminated by fireworks as Brits head out into the night to enjoy Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. Also called Fireworks Night or Bonfire Night, this autumn tradition has been a staple of the British calendar for the past 400 years. A photograph from 1955, depicting children at a school in Surrey, England, preparing the Guy Fawkes Night bonfire. What’s Guy Fawkes Night like today? Lewes Bonfire Night celebrationsEffigies of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson and fellow UK Conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg are paraded through the streets of Lewes during traditional Bonfire Night celebrations in 2019.

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☆ (video) „Remember, remember the 5th of November.” Lista filmelor unde lupta împotriva sistemului este ideea de bază
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-05 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

„Remember, remember the 5th of November”, cu aceste cuvinte începe unul dintre cele mai apreciate filme din istoria cinematografiei. Astfel, V îndeamnă concetățenii să i se alăture și să participe la complotul de pe 5 noiembrie împotriva guvernării, parlamentului, întregului sistem. Pe 5 noiembrie 1605, Guy Fawkes a fost descoperit într-un tunel de dedesubtul Parlamentului cu 36 de butoaie de praf de pușcă. Departamentul pompierilor dintr-un orășel de provincie dă o petrecere mare pentru a celebra a 86-a aniversare a fostului lider. Joker devine nu doar un sumbru caz social, ci și o poveste moralizatoare.

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