#climate justice
I went to the G7 summit (to protest)
Hello to all activists and acti-curious peeps, as well as everyone else who cares about the planet. Last weekend I went to Cornwall as part of XR (Extinction Rebellion), where the G7 summit was taking plact, to protest world leaders’ complacent inaction on the climate crisis. Sadly, G7 leaders are failing us on climate change, and we are #DrowningInPromises.
This video is a collection of highlights from those two days. There are bits of talks by activists including Marvina Newton, as well as mini-interviews with rebels that I filmed myself. If you are curious what an XR protest is really like and/or want to learn more, check it out!
WE NEED TO DO MORE
I can sit here all day and post little infographics on how best to reduce your waste, but I’m not practicing what I’m preaching if I’m not making serious changes to my diet.
Calling all veggies and vegans!
I need your help, gimme your tips and tricks, reblog this and get your friends to give me tips and tricks, educate more people!
Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth
the biggest problem is that we only devote one day a year to Earth… celebrating earth day feels so cynical to me…
~Land of hope and glory documentary
~Viva, a fab UK charity which has loads of info
~ @acti-veg has an amazing new book out herewhich is free to download which I would highly recommend to everyone.
~ Dear leftists critiques of veganism
~A great article here in intersectionality and veganism
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Today’s theme for Black Futures Month is Climate Justice. Edward Rhea Hemphill created this powerful poster titled, To This Earth. Find him at https://twitter.com/iameddierhea
Read the accompanying article written by Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwat on Huffington Post, Black Voices here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naa-oyo-a-kwate/black-lives-matter-in-environmental-justice_b_9138448.html?utm_hp_ref=black-voices
#BlackFutureMonth #BlackLivesMatter #VisionsOfABlackFuture
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People are starting to care about the environment, and that’s wonderful… but there’s a catch. Always is, isn’t there? It’s a mix of aestheticism, marketing, and research suppression. More often than not, most entrepreneurs and companies are out to make a quick buck off of people who think that reducing waste or using renewable materials is active environmentalism. It’s not their fault for having the wool pulled over their eyes, that’s how so called “green capitalism” is designed, blaming others for being fooled is just victim blaming. Another tool of separation by the ruling class is greenwashing.
An example of greenwashing is this:
You do see the problem here, right? I mean you’d have to be metaphorically blind to miss it. What good is reducing carbon emissions when you’re using a plastic bottle? Creating plastic causes hella emissions, From an article by NPR (I know, they sold out, but hear them out) “By one estimate, emissions from producing and incinerating plastics could amount to 56 gigatons of carbon — almost 50 times the annual emissions of all of the coal power plants in the U.S. — between now and 2050. … And that’s what makes replacing plastic a problem without a clear solution.” For the whole article, click the quote.
But where’s the point in what I’m saying? It’s not gonna stop anytime soon. The point is to potentially educate those who fall for these these things, as I’ve stated before, they’re victims of marketeering and (probably) propaganda propelled forward by the ruling class. In the end, putting green in front of whatever is being sold doesn’t make it true. Don’t be a victim, be what they fear most, educated.
That’s all for tonight (currently 7:22 American Central time zone as I’m typing)
I’d love for you to share this, with how many (ugh) liberals are on Tumblr, I wouldn’t be surprised if I got backlash for blaming capitalism, but anyway, this has been @punkofsunshine, have a good one and stay safe.
Focusing on too many things at once is a problem I face personally, couple that with the need to take everything upon myself and low stress tolerance and you have a disaster waiting to happen. If you face the same problem as me, I’d highly suggest making a group of specialized people and solve small problems locally, whether that be growing food, hooking up satellites for free WiFi, setting up a Food Not Bombs chapter in your area, or even cooperation in local to state government. We all have our talents, honing yours can change a life, but it takes all of us to change the world in a significant way. To rebuild a structure, parts must be torn down, the more you tear down periodically, the better the structure is going to be, however it must be reinforced. You cannot expect a house to stand without a plan for a structure, we are the supports that make the wall, the roof, and the floor. The foundation is what we believe in, and what the foundation is, is hope. Hope for a future that can be, with action, collaboration, and resistance against the hierarchical, overbearing, and exploitative power structures that currently exist.
This has been my first post in a while, so I’ll see ya’ll again in probably a month to commemorate my first post on this site “A Beginner’s Guide to Solarpunk” which absolutely blew up my account, to be truthful I’m proud of how far we’ve all come with our small internet based movement reaching new heights and our voices getting louder in the ears of politicians and capitalists alike. We’re here to stay, don’t forget about it.
This has been @punkofsunshine, have a good one and stay safe.
This is what I told a very well-meaning Facebook friend who posted this image and told everyone to stop using plastic bags.
Thank you for sharing this and speaking out. We are in a desperate situation.
Even if every single person decided to cut disposable plastics out of their lives, the Earth would still be doomed. The fact is, 63% of the industrial carbon pollution released into the atmosphere since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution can be traced to just under 100 companies.
If we do not hold these major companies (Chevron, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, British Petroleum, Gazprom, Shell, the National Iranian Oil Company, etc.) accountable, future generations will be left with a barely habitable planet.
Also, major meat and dairy companies have become some of the world’s biggest polluters.
We need a complete overhaul of our current society. Yes, please avoid plastic bags and disposable cutlery when possible, but also support organizations that work to end climate change. Share the work of researchers who study climate change. Vote for politicians who take climate change seriously (our sitting president believes climate change is a hoax). Consider consuming less meat (especially since Americans already eat too much meat and dairy than is normal or healthy). Attend a climate march.
We all need to take action—we only have one planet and it is being destroyed.
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The Greenhouse Effect is a Hoax
It tells us that the absorption of infrared by the GHGs (0.04% of the atmosphere)originate the heat in the atmosphere.
it is overlooked that oxygen (21% atmosphere) absorbs ultraviolet light.
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The Greenhouse Effect is a Hoax
The solar constant is the same if it take the area of a sphere (4πr²) than that of a circle (πr²). So, the incoming energy from the sun to the earth should not be divided by 4.
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Greenhouse Effect is a Hoax
Have you ever wondered how heat retained by GHGs is measured? answer; there is no way to prove it.
because thermometers measure only the kinetic energy (movements) of the molecules, we call it temperature.
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Greenhouse Effect is a Hoax
Temperature and heat on the planet are caused by the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules.
When the atmosphere increases its temperature 1°C, the average kinetic energy of its molecules increases by 12.46 J.
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Resisting Corporate Colonialism, Why we must stop EACOP now!
