2024/07/11

Deb Chachra Reveals the Hidden Networks that Make Her Kitchen Work

● 11/07/2024
“The lights are powered by a hydro-electricity project a thousand miles away, the gas comes from national pipelines, the water drains to one of the largest treatment plants in the country. Alone in my kitchen, I am a continent-spanning colossus.”
– Material scientist and How Infrastructure Works (2023) author Deb Chachra, making tangible the basic invisible networks—plumbing, electricity, etc.—that are vital to human agency. In her infrastructure crash course at Bloomberg Green Festival, Chachra warns about and offers solutions for their long-term resilience and sustainability.
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