Article reposted from Uneven Earth, published online on Aug 3, 2020 Extractivism: one of the most expansionist global enterprises—squashing any other ways of living with the land One could simply define extractivism as a productive process where natural resources are…
David Suzuki is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. David Suzuki. Credit: Stephen Barnett from Darwin, Australia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Repost from the David Suzuki Foundation. Published on January 5, 2021. The following is…
As a signatory of the Scientists’ Warning since 2017, I am sharing this article to raise awareness on the interconnected issues of population, consumption, and growth economy that impact our planet today – in some cases (e.g. species extinction) irreversibly….
But there are lessons from the current crisis that should guide our response to the next one. An article by Bill Gates. Reposted from gatesnotes.com. Published: August 4, 2020. A global crisis has shocked the world. It is causing a…
Repost from Resilience.org. By Matt Mellen, originally published by Local Futures. March 24, 2020 The human tragedy of the coronavirus is immense. Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected globally, and millions more have been affected. Whilst infectious…
Guardian environment correspondent Fiona Harvey recalls being heckled at the House of Commons and explains how attitudes to climate have shifted in 10 years From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/17/climate-science-deniers-environment-warning Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Published on Thu 17 Oct 2019 12.02 BST A crack…
From Ensia (find the original story here). Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank of the Ivindo River, deep in the great Minkebe forest in northern Gabon,…
