(Repost from earlier this year):
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What you can do
* Turn out the lights *Don't waste water *avoid creating nighttime light pollution * avoid burning wood (or other things), as wood fires are both pollutant and carcinogenic *Don't use harmful pesticides *limit your use of cars and planes (if possible) *Don't use gas powered vehicles *take out grass and put in a garden or pond (or xeriscape ) *Mow, blow, and whack with electric .* plant for the animals (bees, birds etc) *plant a tree *don't micro manage yards, go wilder *try to use solar* take a trolley or train *Use energy efficient products or products that work on clean fuels *Reduce dependence on non-biodegradable items* walk or carpoole* Turn down the heat or AC* reuse items- give to goodwill or Craig's list rather than dumping* ride bikes instead of using cars* cut down or cease eating meat* use carry bags for groceries not their plastic* compost *save the bees* be an insect friend *be informed* write your representative *electe pro-environment candidates and demand action*Support the Green New Deal*sign petitions*get involved *march *blog *tell a friend *
Bésame:
(Angmar invited me to add to this story. I’ve pondered what I’d say and endorse all that is listed above — which are primarily physical activities. What I have to suggest is internal — psychological, emotional, and mental.
- Stay present to what is happening but don’t drag it around with you like an anchor. Find your balance with acknowledging what is happening to earth, taking actions, and having some peace in your daily life.
- Love fiercely what remains. Don’t take it for granted. But don’t hug it so tightly you squeeze the joy out of it.
- Discover your special skills/interests and focus your activism on the milieu and types of actions that suit your talents. As in all good partnerships, trust that others are doing the same thing in their milieus. It’s not up to you/me to Save The Whole World.
- Be an example. Most people don’t change their behaviors and opinions because someone shames them. They change because they are inspired. So if you wish to motivate people to change, be inspirational.)
.ASk yourself — What are the things that climate change can’t destroy?
What are those parts of ourselves that are so deep that no storm can take them away?
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From Pandala: (See Link)
(Info on the effect of light on nocturnal moth pollination…
"Apparently switching to a partial lighting schedule is as beneficial as going totally dark. This was not obvious. It’s not that hard to accomplish, as it also aids in energy conservation and cost."
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"electing pro-environment candidates and reminding them often of our concerns. It troubles me that hardly any politicians or journalists are oriented toward science. ")
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We have the knowledge, skills and technologies to stop climate change. All over the world people have woken up to the threat, and are working to reduce the use of fossil fuels, stop rainforest...
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Healing the planet starts in your garage, in your kitchen, and at your dining-room table.
".How to stop the climate crisis: six lessons from the campaign that saved the ozone"
Thirty years ago, all 197 countries got together to ban the gases damaging the Earth’s ozone layer. Now we need to unite to combat an even greater threat. What can we learn from 1989?
According to the latest UN study, the “ozone holes” (there are actually two: one above each pole) are healing at the rate of 1% to 3% a decade and will have completely vanished in the northern hemisphere by the 2030s and the southern hemisphere by the 2060s. This is cause for back-slapping, but also frustration that the world has not been able to unite as effectively over the climate and biodiversity crises. Here are half a dozen lessons.
Imagery and language matter
The satellite animation of the changing atmosphere over the Antarctic first shown in 1985 appeared to show a growing “ozone hole”. This was a scientifically imprecise description of the thinning that was concentrated at both poles, but the metaphor – of the roof over our home planet being punctured – captured the public imagination and, most importantly, conveyed a sense of urgency. By contrast, many people feel distant from climate problems, which are usually illustrated with images of polar bears, filled with caveats and headlined with vague labels, such as “global warming”, which sounds benign (or even desirable for those living in cold countries), and “climate change”, which comes across as a statement of the obvious.
Safety first
When scientists raised the alarm about chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases, there was initially uncertainty about their impact on the atmosphere and the process, but the risks from sunlight weakly filtered by the ozone layer (cancer, crop failure, ocean ecosystem collapse) were so great that world leaders decided not to wait. Instead, they applied the “precautionary principle”: “If in doubt, cut it out.” Even before the science was settled, they started to act. This was also supposed to be the case with the climate, but lobbying to deny the validity of the science, particularly in the US, has stymied action.
Speed counts
Governments temporarily put aside cold-war hostilities and united rapidly around a solution to the ozone problem. From the first research in 1973, it took just 16 years for the world to discuss, agree and put in place a solution that reversed the trend. By comparison, scientific warnings that carbon dioxide emissions could disrupt the climate date back to at least 1962 (and the risks were speculated on much earlier). Yet despite numerous international agreements on the subject since then (Rio 1992, Kyoto 1998, Copenhagen 2009, Paris 2015), emissions are still climbing.
Leaders should lead
In the 80s, the environment was not yet the polarising issue it has become, but the dominant figures – including the US president, George HW Bush, the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher – still had to overcome business interests, treasury doubts and political short-termism to protect the future health of the planet. They refused to accept the delaying tactics of chemical companies, some of which argued action should wait until the science was clearer. Today, Trump, Bolsonaro and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, represent fossil fuel interests, deny science and undermine international cooperation.
Read More: theguardian.com/...
"Scientists say it may still technically be possible to limit warming to 1.5C if drastic action is taken now"
"Climate change could be kept in check if a phaseout of all fossil fuel infrastructure were to begin immediately, according to research.
It shows that meeting the internationally agreed aspiration of keeping global warming to less than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels is still possible. The scientists say it is therefore the choices being made by global society, not physics, which is the obstacle to meeting the goal.www.theguardian.com/...
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Americans weaned themselves off oil in the 1970s crisis. We can do it again
Michael L Ross
The response to the 1970s oil shocks gave the planet a life-saving head start in the struggle to avoid catastrophic climate change
www.theguardian.com/...
What can we do, right now, about climate change?
Podcast
www.theguardian.com/...
Top 10 things you can do about climate change
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Could flexitarianism save the planet?
Scientists say a drastic cut in meat consumption is needed, but this requires political will
www.theguardian.com/…
Oct 10, 2018 · Here's What Humanity Must Do Immediately to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change, According to the New U.N. Report. ... Scientists consider that temperature to be a tipping point at which many severe effects of global warming will be realized. ... By 2030, global carbon dioxide emissions
time.com/...
"More trees are the answer to cool down our cities"
Leaving trees in the ground and planting new ones could help future proof new development sites against extreme heatwww.theguardian.com/...
From Mark Sumner:
ENVIRONMENT
PNAS: Taking a serious look at spraying away climate change.
Douglas MacMartin and Ben Kravitz
The last decade has seen broad exploratory research into stratospheric aerosol (SA) geoengineering, motivated by concern that reducing greenhouse gas emissions may be insufficient to avoid significant impacts from climate change. Based on this research, it is plausible that a limited deployment of SA geoengineering, provided it is used in addition to cutting emissions, could reduce many climate risks for most people. However, “plausible” is an insufficient basis on which to support future decisions.
That. Right there. See above. Just because it is “plausible” that polluting the atmosphere with some additional aerosol agent might help mitigate the effects of the pollution we’re already pouring out, does not mean that “add more”is the right solution. However, we are at a point where it makes sense to better understand what this please-don’t-let-it-be-an-option would entail.
Developing the necessary knowledge requires a transition toward mission-driven research that has the explicit goal of supporting informed decisions. We highlight two important observations that follow from considering such a comprehensive, prioritized natural-science research effort.
Those two observations? We are not anywhere close to the point where anyone should be trying this in the field. And when we do, there has to be a way to create isolated, small scale experiments.www.dailykos.com/...
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Climate Change Articles and Links:
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The Green New Deal Is Our Best Hope for Saving the Planet—
and Ending Poverty
www.thenation.com/…
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Extinction Rebellion activists occupy Scottish parliament
Climate campaigners stage one-hour peaceful sit-in protest in debating chamber
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Children suing the government over Global Warming
60 minutes video
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