RebeccaW
@rwclimate
Maladjusted to injustice.
Nature lover.
I see life through #climatestripes glasses.
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Phil 🆓🌍🧩🎲 Alexander Dunlap "The level of material & energy-use [in modern society] is irresponsible & #ecocidal—this is not controversial—& people do not need this to be happy or fulfilled." = A profound truth, yet consumerism seems to be a drug most don't want to quit or even think about quitting.
“Working-class climate politics ... would say ‘how do we build a better world for everyone?’ not ‘how do we reproduce this world just minus the emissions?’" Ep 8 is LIVE! Chris Shaw unpacks liberalism & the ways it constrains our political imagination. youtu.be/1xPwgvLX8FE?si…
Martin Tye The escalating existential threat of the #climatecrisis/ #overshoot is inconceivable to many who can't imagine a world where planetary limits can/will trump economic aims. Plus, it is hard to get someone to understand something, if their $ depends on them not understanding it.
The driving ideological force in our age of destruction: human supremacism. Good piece taking down 'cornucopianism', ie the idea that there are no real physical limits to human growth, that we can keep expanding our economies, numbers, impacts, forever. counterpunch.org/2024/07/26/the…
This is an excellent commentary. "While Western governments haven’t set targets to reduce materials use that could curb minerals demand, they support projects in new, high-risk territories that will likely have devastating environmental impact." fpif.org/broken-promise… via Foreign Policy In Focus (fpif.org)
.Greta Thunberg "started her climate protest alone [in 2018], as a matter of conscience, not caring about popularity or power. Looks like she hasn't changed." – Sonia Sikka
“For years we’ve fought to end the era of fossil fuels to save millions of lives & our planet. It’s clearer than ever this will be impossible until we, too, end the era of extreme wealth.” – Oxfam International The carbon emissions of the world's richest 1% = those of 2/3 of the global pop.