“The impact of playing the games, the life of the hardware, the energy and the materials used to make the computers themselves – that’s something everybody needs to take some responsibility of.”

When a company tries to cut its carbon footprint, how far should it cast the net? Is it responsible for the choices of its customers? What if it sells something that doesn’t have a carbon footprint at all – until the second it’s used?

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The world can still hope to stave off the worst ravages of climate breakdown but only through a “now or never” dash to a low-carbon economy and society, scientists have said in what is in effect a final warning for governments on the climate.

Jim Skea, a professor at Imperial College London and co-chair of the working group behind the report, said: “It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5C. Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible.”

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“We Are the Weather” by Jonathan Safran Foer [Book Review]

The reason I read this book was that I wanted to know more about sustainable agriculture. So, I search on the internet and found a list of 100 books on this topic. There were a lot of textbooks and literature for farmers and professionals in that area. So, in the end, I picked this one by Jonathan Safran Foer as it seemed to be more for newbies to the area. I got it as an audiobook and started listening. After a few minutes, I checked if I had accidentally bought another book as as Foer went on an on about suicide notes and breathing the same molecules as Hitler and Julius Ceasar - it was very confusing and not clear at all, what all that got to do with climate change and agriculture.

But I kept going - much easier with an audiobook than with a printed book, I suppose - and it slowly became clear.

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Climate Change: The tourist destinations that could disappear | ecogreenlove

→ http://ecogreenlove.com/?p=13967

Sea level rise will affect the entire global population in one way or another. Whether it’s the livelihoods of communities in low-lying floodplains, the food procurement process, or global transport networks, sea-level rise will continue to threaten millions of people worldwide.

Specifically, the world of tourism is at risk of rising sea levels. Scientists, experts, and government officials have outlined the extreme risk of flooding in some of these places and that even some of these destinations could simply disappear. The increased threat of sea-level rise also will severely impact the communities that facilitate tourism in these holidaying hotspots.

Here are some visuals showing how some of the world’s most popular holiday destinations could look by 2100, if sea levels continue to rise dramatically.

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“In 2022 you have got tens of thousands of peer-reviewed papers spelling out the climate science,”

said Larch Maxey, a veteran eco-campaigner. Authorities such as David Attenborough and David King, the former government chief science officer, were in agreement.

“When your house is on fire, you stop pouring petrol on the flames,” he said. “That’s basically the demand – no new licences. We are in a crisis. Let’s stop digging out new oil and gas.”

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wanderlustjapan:

清浄暫しとどむ by Yuri Yorozuna

Among the forerunners of Transcendentalism, a movement according to which the divine pervades all of humanity and nature alike, 19th century philosopher-poet and woodsman-ecologist Henry David Thoreau left behind a vital contemplative legacy resembling the intensive retreats undertaken by Buddhist meditators. 

Continued→https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/01/walden-pond.html

lsleofskye:

Tawny owl living in a tree by the side of a heavily trafficked road in the Netherlands |soosseli


“Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great ferns and wild flowers delighted the traveler’s eye through much of the year…Then a strange blight crept over the area and everything began to change…Everywhere was a shadow of death." 

Continued→https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/01/silent-spring.html

“No witchcraft, no enemy action had silenced the rebirth of new life in this stricken world. The people had done it themselves.” Such words from Silent Spring speak volumes. Anthropogenic climate change has befallen us. How do we rise from the ashes? 

See→https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/01/silent-spring.html

wanderlustjapan:

Daishoin Trail on Mt. Misen by banzainetsurfer

Speaking to the impermanent nature of phenomena, Silent Spring tells the tale of an ecosystem set off kilter. While the condition of the climate may seem dismal, there remains much that can be done or abstained from in order to shift the scales and restore symbiotic balance.

What contemplative approaches to ecology can serve us in these times? More @ https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/01/silent-spring.html

magictransistor:

Temptation of Mara. Mogao Cave Mural, Dunhuang. 950.

The Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra charts the bodhisattva’s path of practice—an embodied way of life—not merely one of well-wishing from afar. Through compassion, one is moved to action, drawing near to the flames in order to extinguish them for good.

See→https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/01/extinguishing-fire.html

matialonsorphoto:

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Invoking fire through simile, Śāntideva seers us with the burning reality that plagues our world, both literally and figuratively. While raging fire spreads across the planet, the heat of violence and conflict seethes and ferments in its midst. What can be done to douse the flames?

Continued→https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/01/extinguishing-fire.html

Painting a portrait eerily reminiscent of the current state of our world, the Aggañña Sutta records an early Buddhist origin story, replete with Garden of Eden-like themes and imagery. The Buddha’s message enters the realm of social justice and engaged Buddhism, with implications for the climate crisis, civil rights, and civilization’s collapse.

In light of current events, what would the Buddha do?

Continued ↔ https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/06/ground-sprouts-vanished.html

A poet-painter of Edo period Japan, Buson was aesthetically-inclined in ways that bridged the ecological and the contemplative. His life and creations mirror the mix of challenges and privileges faced by many of us during the current pandemic.

Continued: https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/04/filling-ruts.html

A core text of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the Lotus Sūtra introduces the single vehicle upon which all beings ride to awakening. No one is excluded or left behind.

Its parable of the herbs depicts a majestic range of plants receiving the same medicinal rain, according to their diverse needs. 

Such a story offers insights into how to craft an inclusive path of regenerative remedies for social and ecological ills. May all receive the reprieve offered by rain.  

https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/04/regenerative-remedies.html

lsleofskye:

Veins of life

On meditation and ecology, the Kasibhāradvāja Sutta from the Pāli Canon depicts a particularly vivid instance of cross-fertilization between horticulture, permaculture, and contemplative practice via poetry spoken by the Buddha. 

See→https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/02/sifting-soil.html

“At the dawn of time, it was the Ancestral Beings – part human, part beast – who brought what was previously barren land to life. At the end of the Dreaming journeys, the Ancestral Being left aspects of themselves behind, transformed into part of the landscape.”  — The Gunditjmara People and G. Wettenhall

What can Australia’s Budj Bim volcano, which inspired the world’s oldest story and earliest form of aquaculture, teach us about contemplative science, environmental sustainability, and spirituality? 

Continued➤https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/02/aquaculture-complex.html

As the planet erupts in flames, most turn away from reality, distracted by shiny objects offering the illusion of comfort. Our house is on fire, much like a scene from the Lotus Sūtra, a transitional Buddhist text full of ecological parables. 

See↝https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/02/burning-house.html