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Category Archives: Climate
‘The climate is always changing’: true, but not helpful
“When we already believe the world to be a certain way, then we interpret new experiences to fit with those beliefs, whether they actually do or not.” Thus spake Veritasium I had another post scheduled for today, but this one … Continue reading
From 1985: Warnings from Carl Sagan and Al Gore (Take Two)
Climate deniers will have a hard time explaining these to their grandchildren, the kids who are now woke to the disasters they’ve been served by blindness and greed. Astounding find by climatestate. Source: Climate Denial Crock of the Week I … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Reblogs, Science
Tagged AGW, Al Gore, Carl Sagan, climate change, cognitive dissonance
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One has to acknowledge that a box exists before being able to think outside it
Paul Handover of ‘Learning from Dogs’ pointed me to this important interview the other day. It stumbles and rambles a bit, but some interesting points are made, especially towards the end where the idea is raised that academia has been … Continue reading
Green Party 10-point climate plan
Blatantly stolen from the Green Party 10-point climate plan: This is what real climate ambition looks like The Green Party has been proposing radical and necessary action on climate change for the past three decades. We were talking about these … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Economics, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, News and politics, Strategy
Tagged climate, climate change, Green Party
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On Earth Day, please choose to NOT cremate yourself
Happy Earth Day 2021! World ‘leaders’ are meeting today and tomorrow for US President Biden’s ‘Leaders Summit on Climate‘. And there are several other ‘summits’ taking place to discuss this topic throughout the coming months, including the UK-hosted COP26 in … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Climate, Core thought, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, memetics, Phlyarology, Science, Strategy
Tagged burial, cremation, environmental impact, funeral
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UK government: please introduce charges on carbon emissions
tl;dr Air pollution kills 64,000 people in the UK every year, yet the Government provides annual fossil fuel subsidies of £10.5 billion, according to the European Commission. To meet UK climate targets, the Government must end this practice and introduce … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Communication, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, News and politics, Strategy
Tagged carbon emissions, petition, pollution
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Sign the petition to the UK government for more trees!
Petition closed with 10,507 signatures Thanks to all who signed. Altogether, though, a pretty non-committal response (both from the public and the Government). Government response 21May2021 The Government is exploring whether a statutory target for woodland creation in England would … Continue reading
We love the Earth
Posted in art, balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Music
Tagged Lil Dicky
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Our way of life is killing us
It’s all about externalities. The price we pay for things rarely, if ever, reflects its true cost. Forests are vital for our survival – but that’s not stopping greedy supermarkets and fast food companies burning them down for profit. We … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Phlyarology
Tagged Amazon Watch, Greenpeace
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Banks found complicit in rainforest destruction
Since 2009, 19 banks — despite having policies on advancing human rights, sustainability, and climate change — have financed US$10 billion for approximately 155 million barrels of dirty crude destined for refineries in the United States. But they aren’t only … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Culture, Drama, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, Strategy, Water
Tagged Amazon, rainforest
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