#b1m

- Fred Mills, on the new Grimsel Dam in Switzerland, B1M

Context: The existing dam was built in the 1930s, and is responsible for a massive portion of the Swiss electrical grid, but has been developing a crack that cannot be safely fixed, and so a new dam needs to be built.

Torn between, “Wow what a waste of resources, just for rich assholes to not fully appreciate” and

I don’t remember the first time I heard the phrase, “Black Lives Matter”. I remember instead two memories seared into my consciousness that left me feeling like I had to act. The first was in the weeks following the killing of Mike Brown or “Big Mike” as he was affectionately known by his community. I was sitting at my kitchen table waiting for my husband to get home from work and scrolling on…