#Denial is a powerful coping mechanism… already eight years since it was shown that key sectors of the west Antarctic ice sheet have begun an irreversible collapse. youtu.be/71l9lzLsBRc via Eric Rignot Peter Sinclair

We are so fucked... we won't be able to reverse these consumption patterns (or wake people up to the climate emergency) in time to stop this behavior. Mostly we won't be able to stop the predatory big business interests that are driving it.

Al Jazeera produced an excellent video about degrowth, consumerism, and unequal ecological exchange, featuring Jason Hickel, @julietschor.bsky.social, and Ndongo Samba Sylla/nssylla.bsky.social. Check it out! Our obsession with economic growth is deadly | All Hail The Planet youtu.be/KLiXmteCvUI

#Adam looks like #KeithRichards. And Keith Richards evidently even outlived Adam.

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Someone once wrote about leaving Facebook: I left Facebook the way a drunk leaves a bar - abruptly, quickly, and way too late. I did the same. Giving Twitter a time out too. It's going to be weird but it must happen.

Putting my account on ice indefinitely, while I reconfigure my relationship with social media... find me on leoniejoubert.co.za or [email protected]

A Perfect Storm: How the deadly 2022 Durban floods hold crucial lessons for the future of the city and others like it theoutlier.co.za #climatechange # coastalresilience via @The Outlier excellent science writing by Leonie Joubert

Our project "A Perfect Storm" was just shortlisted for the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards👏Laura Grant You can call me Al 📈 Leonie Joubert In Transit Gemma Ritchie Gemma Gatticchi Paul Botes. Congrats to all our journalism colleagues who made it onto the shortlist. Some super stiff competition!

Thrilled to have been part of this important, exciting, and tough reporting project. Covering issues as complex as this can only happen with a skilled team and the kind of funding provided by the Earth Journalism Network. Well done everyone.

Breaking news on #WorldAlbatrossDay: 1st fatal mouse attacks on adult birds spark red alert at world's biggest #wanderingalbatross breeding colony. Damian Carrington BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Christine Dell'Amore @RSPBNews #wanderingalbatross #MouseFreeMarion dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…

Thank you David. This is such an important story, from a part of the world that is so remote its issues are largely invisible in the noisy news-scape. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…

“I belong to a higher cult of mortals for I have seen the albatross.” Robert Murphy (1912) I joined this group as a rookie writer in 2003. Heartbreaking to pen this 2 decades later. BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 @RSPBNews Damian Carrington #worldalbatrossday dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…

Back in the icy Atlantic waters, genuflecting in the cathedral of the African #kelpforest. A whimsical gas-flame nudibranch. #marineprotectedarea #freediving #TableMountainNationalPark #WorldOceanDay

Breaking news on #WorldAlbatrossDay: 1st fatal mouse attacks on adult birds spark red alert at world's biggest #wanderingalbatross breeding colony. Damian Carrington BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Christine Dell'Amore @RSPBNews #wanderingalbatross #MouseFreeMarion nature.com/articles/d4414…

Breaking news: first adult bird deaths after mouse attacks on world's biggest #wanderingalbatross breeding colony. #NatureAfrica #seabirds BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 BirdLife International Minister of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries 🇿🇦 Damian Carrington #MouseFreeMarion #MarineProtectedArea Helen Lockhart nature.com/articles/d4414…

Very sadly, the House Mice on Marion Island are now killing adult Wandering Albatrosses. The island supports 1/4 of the world's population of this iconic albatross. You can help; see mousefreemarion.org. Albatross Task Force BirdLife Seabirds BirdLife International BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Leonie Joubert

(Features) In this category, we have joint winners. Congratulations to the Media Hack team for “A perfect storm” and the News24 team for “When the rains came” Media Hack News24 🇿🇦 SANEF Standard Bank ZA #SBSJA23

We have to stop the killing of Wandering Albatrosses and other birds. Visit mousefreemarion.org to support this globally-important project. Leonie Joubert Daily Maverick BirdLife Seabirds Albatross Task Force Environmentza Minister of Environment, Forestry & Fisheries 🇿🇦 WWF South Africa BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Interim BirdLife CEO; please see @martinBirdLife

Heartbreaking to see this... as my second feature article is about to make it into September issue of the magazine.