#qualityoflife — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.laviezine.com/1634852/park-life-urban-greening-in-paris-munich-and-beirut/ Park life: Urban greening in Paris, Munich and Beirut #beirut #Munich #Paris #QualityOfLife #UrbanPlanning #urbanism

Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity

https://humanprogress.org/ac-is-not-a-luxury-it-is-a-necessity/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49463367

#HackerNews #AirConditioning #Necessity #ClimateChange #HumanRights #QualityOfLife

Dad describes the moment he realized he couldn’t raise his daughter in the United States

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/dad-describes-the-moment-he-realized-he-couldnt-raise-his-daughter-in-the-united-states-ex1/

So I'm tracking energy consumption. I also tracked the AC here.

The machine runs the entire day on hot days, where hot >32 degrees C.

It reaches a 10-15 temperature differential to the outside.

It's consumption over the year is negligible and below what the coffee machine consumes.

#klimaanlage #airconditioning #qualityoflife

Half Of European Municipalities Have Fewer Inhabitants Than 60 Years Ago
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https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/2026/04/21/die-haelfte-der-europaeischen-gemeinden-hat-weniger-einwohner-als-vor-60-jahren/ <-- shared technical / spatiotemporal article
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https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/37fcacbf-12e2-4b31-b1af-83117a74b2c7 <-- shared European Joint Research Centre (JRC) ARDECO Local Population Time-Series – 1961-2024
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #emptyspain #demographics #population #agingpopulation #declining #birthrate #immigration #emigration #shrinking #interactive #webmap #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Europe #geostatistics #logistics #rural #urban #city #transportation #cost #economics #services #infrastructure #workers #qualityoflife #planning
@JointResearchCentre #JRC @europeancommission @correctiv_org

Part of #Hampshire College’s downfall may also relate to “public discussion in this country about the value of a #LiberalArts #education,” Chrisler said.

“Some of it is a persistent & ill informed, I think, belief at the #federal level that the only value of an education is what you #earn four years after your graduation,” she said.

#HigherEducation #academia #knowledge #colleges #universities #QualityOfLife #worth #value #economy #funding

Dad describes the moment he realized he couldn't raise his daughter in the United States

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/dad-describes-the-moment-he-realized-he-couldn-t-raise-his-daughter-in-the-united-states-ex1