Prediction: By mid 2020, all major Silicon Valley CEOs will highlight "Climate Change" as part of their keynotes. It will be framed as "a problem that can be solved with technological progress" (A.I etc.). And it will be predominately very expensive PR bullshit with no impact.
tag > ClimateChange
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The USA is 4.27% of global population, yet it consumes about 40% of all resources. The US military alone is a bigger polluter than more than 100 countries combined. And its been like this for 80+ years. The US is the single biggest driver of climate change and simply put INSANE.
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The Netherlands’ national airline is encouraging people not to fly: https://qz.com/1658880/klm-airline-is-encouraging-people-not-to-fly/ #ClimateChange
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Tree Planting 'Has Mind-Blowing Potential' To Tackle Climate Crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/04/planting-billions-trees-best-tackle-climate-crisis-scientists-canopy-emissions #Garden #Regenerative #ClimateChange
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"There are some 80-year-old farmers who told me this is by far, with no question, the worst year they've ever seen," Arters said.: https://www.crainscleveland.com/elizabeth-mcintyre-blog/ohios-farming-washout #ClimateChange
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Big Auto LOVES your stop flying rhetoric. It conveniently removes focus from the elephant in the room that nobody is talking about. (via) #ClimateChange #Infrastructure
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Why Iraq's great rivers are dying. #ClimateChange
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Dreaming the Future - Kenny Ausubel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Ausubel
"We did not come into this world, we came out of it. Like buds out of branches and butterflies out of cocoons. We are a natural product of this earth. and if we turn out to be intelligent beings, that it can only because we're fruits of an intelligent earth which is nourished in turn by an intelligent system of energy" - Lyle Watson
Kenny Ausubel: Imagining Our Way Out of the Unimaginable | Bioneers 2016:
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The world can learn from China: https://www.seekersthoughts.com/2019/07/the-world-can-learn-from-china.html #ClimateChange #Garden #Regenerative #China
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"Whenever a car drives a Kilometer, society pays 89 cents. In comparison, the bike has the best cost-benefit factor of all means of transport: Due to its positive health effect, society gains 26 cents per km"
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"Embodied Scientist Training: Suit Up, Join the Emergent Plantocene Clean Up": http://www.environmentalperformanceagency.com/embodied-scientist-training-suit-up-join-the-emergent-plantocene-clean-up/
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"21 Indian cites are expected to run out of groundwater by 2020": https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/27/india/india-water-crisis-intl-hnk/index.html
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"In just 30 years, India has lost large forests to 23,716 industrial projects - India’s forests now cover only 21.34% of the country": https://scroll.in/article/809286/in-just-30-years-india-has-lost-large-forests-to-23716-industrial-projects #Garden #ClimateChange
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This is how Copenhagen plans to go carbon-neutral by 2025: https://medium.com/everything-thats-next/this-is-how-copenhagen-plans-to-go-carbon-neutral-by-2025-70849d2d67dc #ClimateChange #Regenerative
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"Here are 10 ways AI could help fight climate change": https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613838/ai-climate-change-machine-learning/
This article says "could" a whooping 13x. While speculative futures can be fun, this is mostly feel-good techno-fetishism and eco-modernism. There is no techno-quick-fix & low/no-tech is often better.
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All decked out: Russia’s shipbuilding major unveils its plans for Arctic cruise liners: https://www.rt.com/business/461982-russia-arctic-liners-tourism/ #ClimateChange
"Valued at up to $300 million each, such liners could potentially be equipped with a helipad or its own on-board casino".
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A Water-Stressed World Turns to Desalination: https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/06/desalination-plants-water-supply-drought-technology/592330/
