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We have entered September in the year 2018, and as these warming stripes illustrate, the climate which has been a steady backdrop to life on our planet for thousands of years, is beginning to change. If you are among those who “didn’t see this coming”, you should probably start to
With all the knowledge that I have about global warming and with what I see happening around the world — extreme weather, downpours, droughts, heatwaves, superstorms — I now believe that the situation is so serious and urgent that I no longer can defend flying. Thus I will stop doing
Cheers: Climate policy procrastination can now celebrate its 30 year anniversary in Australia and the United States. Consequently is should be no surprise that we are now beginning to see statements such as these from the scientific community: “At this point, we are into damage control” “The clock has run
The fossil fools in the Australian government can wave their lumps of coal in the parliamentarian chambers as much as they like. It won’t change a thing. Clean energy is moving in and taking over, simply because it is cheaper and better for all. The clean energy revolution is happening.
“The committee notes the consensus from the evidence that climate change is exacerbating threats and risks to Australia’s national security. These include sea level rise, bushfires, droughts, extreme rainfall events, and higher-intensity cyclones.” ~ Quote from Chapter 6, ‘Conclusions and recommendations’, on page 99 in the Senate inquiry report ‘Implications
“Time for plain speaking. Let’s call a spade a spade and a climate criminal a climate criminal.” ~ David Harris It's rising and accelerating pic.twitter.com/K0wwq7bMfr — Kevin Pluck (@kevpluck) May 4, 2018 The last five years, I’ve been talking and thinking quite a bit about climate change and about how
As an individual with a conscience, today’s planetary and political reality leaves you with few choices. Some sign out completely. Others join the new community-lead carbon rebellion. Here’s why I advocate for the latter. A clean conscience. A lifestyle that doesn’t pollute and destroy. Producing zero carbon and zero waste.
“My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves.” ~ David Buckel, in an e-mail sent shortly before he self-immolated As a metaphor for the destruction of the planet, David Buckel doused himself in fossil fuel before starting a fire. He hoped his macabre death
“At the end of the day, I look after my own interests.” ~ Mario Mancusso, butcher, Newmarket Quality Meats, Flemington, Melbourne, on 29 March 2018 Down under, maybe not surprisingly, things are often turned upside-down. In particular the truth. During the last few days, however, Australian media has suddenly been
“If we change the story, we can change the world.” ~ Brady Piñero Walkinshaw, CEO, Grist Magazine “When we get the story right, we move quickly.” ~ Jeremy Rifkin, economist “The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a