This Great Acceleration has only been possible because of Nature. Without healthy natural systems we are like a car driving at an insane speed towards a brick wall.
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Sea Shepherd – Meet Nature’s Delta Force
Sea Shepherd, Nature’s Delta Force. “Mission – To defend, conserve and protect our oceans.” Sea Shepherd is an international, non-profit marine conservation organization that engages in direct action campaigns to defend wildlife, and conserve and protect the world’s oceans.
War with Nature – Man Vs Earth – Prince Ea
War with nature: Not only do we not have the right to destroy other species, we have the responsibility to ensure that this does not happen.
Your World – Dear Future Generations, Sorry – Prince Ea
I can speak of a man who knows that the world is not given by his parents but borrowed from his children, who has undertaken to cherish it and do it no …
From Capitalism to a Sustainable World – The Transition
Capitalism is built on economic growth. French economist Thomas Piketty said “Capitalism automatically generates arbitrary and unsustainable inequalities that radically undermine the meritocratic values on which democratic societies should be based”.
Tigers are Endangered and in Crisis – The Fading Roar
Tiger populations down from one hundred thousand to under four thousand in the last one hundred years.
Earth – Time for Humanity to Know its Place
Humanity’s, relationship with Earth is dysfunctional as confused as we are about the reason and the purpose of our presence on this Planet.
Our Oceans – Blue Planet II – Predictions for the Future
“For years, we thought that the oceans were so vast and the inhabitants so infinitely numerous that nothing we could do could have an effect on the future of our oceans. Now we know we were wrong.”
Plastic Waste: We are the Problem
Worldwide 80% of plastic waste ends up in landfills and the environment. There it multiplies by breaking down into smaller pieces, up to sizes that are measured in microns (1000 microns = 1 mm). All the plastic ever manufactured still exists somewhere on Earth, most of it too small to see. It enters the food chain via packaging, water, agricultural produce and other species we consume, and ends up in us.
Plastic Pandemic is now a Global Crisis
We are forced to deal with plastic pandemic with urgency as it has now reached global proportions. It is estimated that there was the equivalent of 200 million garbage-truck-loads of plastic in the oceans and landfills at end 2015 and that this will become the equivalent of 500 million garbage-truck-loads by 2050.