One of the things I find so amazing about how Earth's lifeforms evolved is that plants take in CO2 and release O2 as by-product. Whereas animals need O2 and CO2 is what they exhale.
There are many other cycles to a healthy biosphere, but this really basic one in respiration is frankly deserving of the original meaning of "awesome".
Messing these beautiful systems up for a few uppity primates to accrue power, status & $ is dysorderly.
The true cost and 'benefit' of the Maldives' artificial islands
The Maldivian government says controversial land reclamation projects are necessary to fight rising sea levels and land scarcity. Experts say tourism is trumping the environment.
California looks to seize profits from Big Oil in climate change lawsuit, accusing them of "deceiving the public for decades" on #ClimateChangehttps://buff.ly/4b0oAbB via FT
A student asked me “If I really wanted to do something about climate change & all this injustice do you think I should just try to become a billionaire so I’d have real power? Or should I be a judge so I can make the big decisions? or president? Who has the most power? who can fix it?”
me: Listen if I knew the answer to all that I would tell you. I think it matters what you are good at? What you think you can do well.
student: whatever it is I need to do well I will learn it.
I selected "something else", by which I meant "A Good Role Model", which could be one of the above, just as some of the above could be overlapping categories.
But what matters most is modeling good behavior with as many eyes on you as possible. Sticking to principles and showing that you can make a difference, even if small, which is scalable with enough others joining you.
Yes, theoretically, President, SC, or Billionaire allow foe that, but so does a journalist, a teacher, a Senator or Representative, a business leader, an activist.
It has the benefit of being more achievable, which is part of why it is the best answer (IMO), as more people can follow your example. The impact of any single individual, any, will never match collective action of those with good will.
I do find it utterly mind-blowing that the people who seem most concerned about #immigration generally don't seem to care at all about #ClimateChange.
If they think we have too many immigrants now, what do they think is going to happen when half of Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East is uninhabitable by humans?
A drone view shows smoke from the fire rising into the air as trees burn amongst vegetation in the #Pantanal, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, #Brazil, June 11. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
A drone view shows smoke rising from a fire in the #Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul state, #Brazil, June 10. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
“Record-breaking temperatures in the last few years shatter the myth that air conditioning alone will keep people safe.”
“Storm-battered homes … lack proper insulation. Power grids stumble & fail during periods of high demand. And many cooling systems are simply not powerful enough to contend with the worsening heat. Some experts have begun to warn of the looming threat of a 'Heat Katrina' – a mass-casualty heat event.“
In other words, it's time to be hunting for a #ClimateBlackSwan: an event that is extremely unlikely, and if it does occur, extremely devastating. Here is an opportunity for compulsive pessimists to potentially save lives.
#UK election 2024: What the manifestos say on energy and #ClimateChange
"With the exception of climate-sceptic Reform, all major political parties continue to back the UK’s net-zero climate goal. Heading into the election, however, they have talked about the target in very different ways, with the Conservatives focusing on costs and Labour on benefits."
This Is Your Brain on #ClimateChange: How the Heating Planet Causes Psychological Changes
"Living on our heating planet doesn’t just affect our lungs, hearts, and immune systems but also can harm our brains, affecting our moods and behavior."
I think you already know that it isn't. But this article goes into some depth in answering the question...
You can’t have infinite growth on a finite planet. That should be a commonplace idea. And it inevitably means facing up to the necessity of putting an end to capitalism in favor of an economic system of rationality, sustainability, and equity for all the world’s peoples.
Capitalism is dependent on consumerism. Household consumption (all the things people buy for personal use, from toothbrushes to automobiles) constitutes 60-70% of a typical advanced capitalist economy’s gross domestic product; it is because of this dependency that so much money and effort is put into advertising and marketing, creating ‘needs’ we didn’t know we had, and the pervasiveness of planned obsolescence.
Two statistics provide perspective on the high cost of ‘new and improved’ — about 40% of U.S. landfill waste is discarded packaging, and the cost of packaging constitutes 10% to 40% of a product’s retail price. No rational system would propagate such waste, but capitalism is not rational; the endless pursuit of profit and indifference to environmental costs are its natural consequences.
That's just a brief excerpt. I hope you'll read the rest.
DeSantis declares state of emergency for South #Florida as torrential rain brings heavy #flooding
"#FlashFlood warnings were issued for parts of Miami-Dade and Broward counties, where rainfall rates of several inches an hour submerged streets and snarled traffic.
The storms are part of a stalled system that's pummeled Florida, dumping a month's worth of rain in just 24 hours, with more rain forecast this week."
"When we hear about the threat of #flooding and #SeaLevelRise caused by #ClimateChange, that may appear like a distant future. It’s not — and this week’s torrential rainfall proves South #Florida is not fully ready for increased water levels despite local governments and the state having spent millions of dollars to keep streets dry."
"“Two years ago, we produced 500 tons of oil, and last year, 70,” he said. “The reduced production shattered my dreams.
Athanasios Molasiotis, a professor of agronomy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, said that higher-than-usual temperatures, which are attributed to #ClimateChange, are affecting the Greek #OliveOil sector in multiple ways."