planet RE:think
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@planetREthink
Groundbreaking #documentary focusing on our excess #consumption of natural resources. The only way out of the global crisis is a #sustainable #economy
Today we already have 15-17% total deforestation in the Amazon If we exceed 20-25% deforestation, then we reach the tipping point and 50-60% of the Amazon forest would become a savanna. At the current rates of deforestation, we are only 20-30 years away. e360.yale.edu/features/will-…
US hammering final nail in coffin of life on Earth - over next 5 years planning massive increase in gas and oil drilling equal to 50 new coal powered plants releasing 227 million tons of greenhouse gases that will supercharge global warming devastating #climatechange #climate
To thrive, we must move to a #circularfashion system, where clothes - made from safe & renewable materials - are used more, get rented, resold, repaired, shared & swapped, & are easily recovered at the end of their use, never ending up as waste bit.ly/2sdim8s
🌍 The World Economic Forum puts five Environmental risks in the top-5 risks. But why not address the real structural problems, like the neo-liberal economy, fossil fuel subsidies, corporate influence on politics, or inequality? Why? #ClimateEmergency twitter.com/JosephPrigith/…
“Our goal is to be the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. If we want to achieve that goal, we have to act now, we have to implement our policies now.” Watch President Ursula @vonderleyen on the #EUGreenDeal pscp.tv/w/1eaKbAaMLXZxX
@CFigueres @AndrewWinston Okay!! How about creating the communities we need like this Living Community Challenge solar powered development in Ann Arbor meeting the UN SDGs VeridianAtCountyFarm.com
Hear, hear!!! Time to move beyond coal.
Just in case you're wondering why Bill Gates is opposed to fossil fuel divestment gizmodo.com/just-days-ahea…
