Anyone have recommendations for relatively eco-friendly dog food? (Sorry if this is not the right thread for this question.)
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Climate Change Fight |OT|
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Americans' plastic recycling is dumped in landfills, investigation shows
Consumers’ efforts to be eco-friendly go to waste as many communities find themselves with nowhere to send their refuse
www.theguardian.com
I don't have children, don't have a car and don't fly. I bike and walk a lot, use green energy and eat less (red) meat. I also vote for the green party over here (The Netherlands) and eat lots of local stuff. My bank invest in lots of green projects and I buy my games digitally, which means no transport, no disc printing and no plastic casings.
Next step is probably going fully vegetarian.
Next step is probably going fully vegetarian.
I care a lot about the environment but also have to drive 80 miles per day to get to work. The train would take 3 times as long and I can't afford an electric car yet.
What can I do really? I can't move house either because my job is at risk and I dont want to move job because there is nothing in my city that pays close to the same wage :/
I do use energy saving bulbs, freeze food to avoid waste and avoid using standby modes.
What can I do really? I can't move house either because my job is at risk and I dont want to move job because there is nothing in my city that pays close to the same wage :/
I do use energy saving bulbs, freeze food to avoid waste and avoid using standby modes.
What we really should be doing is to convince everyone to take this matter seriously enough -- as in, ban GHG emitting power plants and so on. It needs to happen now, it needs to have happened ages ago actually. Changing our individual consumption, while it helps a bit, doesn't do anything to treat the real cause.
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You know, I enter this thread hoping for some hopeful news, only to get doom and gloom every time. Well, mostly from what signal posts.
I mean, you may as well tell people to lie down, give up and die, and that would be the very thing this thread advises against.
I mean, you may as well tell people to lie down, give up and die, and that would be the very thing this thread advises against.
Well that sucks but the intent is the opposite. People seeing (and ideally sharing) stories (good and bad) should hopefully encourage others to do what they can to change things. Some will react in a defeatist way but I guess emphasizing the urgency is the point.
People on here tend to more reactionary towards this type of news than anything else. While the urgency might be the point, people tend to take it to the defeatist side because that is what a lot of people talk about here than solutions and being active.
It usually makes me feel jaded and miserable enough to hide most of the threads. Good news tho from the off topic at least.
Love it! This is the sort of action that gives me a little bit of hope.
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European Investment Bank proposes end to fossil fuel lending
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Some easy tricks to rewild your lawn in the article :
Some easy tricks to rewild your lawn in the article :
If you have land plant empress trees, a single acre of these trees can absorb up to 100 tons of CO2 annually. They are carbon sucking machines.
"The Empress Splendor tree sequesters 11 times more carbon than any other tree. In fact, it is so efficient that the average North American would only need to plant 1 acre of trees to offset their carbon footprint for fifty years."
Fuck carbon neutral, go carbon negative my ERA brothers and sisters.
"The Empress Splendor tree sequesters 11 times more carbon than any other tree. In fact, it is so efficient that the average North American would only need to plant 1 acre of trees to offset their carbon footprint for fifty years."
Fuck carbon neutral, go carbon negative my ERA brothers and sisters.
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Holy shit!!! Maximum height 20 feet in a YEAR!?
Too bad I get some -25C where I live in the winter.
Great article! I already always mow the lawn on the highest setting (4 cm) and wait too long with mowing (me being lazy), both are apparently positive. We do also have a tiny water pool for birds to drink from, but we've seen a frog in there now and then as well, which is great.
Soon, two roofs (garden sun roof and garage) will be made into green roofs at our place as well, really looking forward to that. The local government (city in the Netherlands) offers subsidies for that, although almost nobody seems to use them unfortunately.
IMO, way more flat roofs around here should become green roofs, especially for people who already have solar panels (on slanted roofs) as well.
That's the power of capturing carbon as efficiently as they do.
I've been researching trees to plant on my family's land to help fight climate change and this is what I've settled on. Over time I hope to plant over 100 acres of these trees.
That is cool to hear. I live in Boise, so I don't know if I can plant these.
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I live in the tri-state area of NYC. I can't believe that there isn't some sort of initiative or push to equip all of these skyscrapers with solar panels. The entire city should be riddled with them.
Wait why isn't that a thing already I walk downtown in Austin and wonder if putting them everywhere aside from the Riverwalk (since it already has pannels) would save the city millions within years of their investment.
I recently discussed why I am going to try vegatable burger alternatives and was met with scepticism and pure disbelief that meat consumption is connected to climate change.
I love to read stuff like this about my country, if only it would not feel so disconnected from perceived reality
I created a thread on the upcoming Global Climate Strike, hopefully it helps raise awareness.
Personally I have every intention to step up my environmental activism.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/global-climate-strike-→-sep-20-27-time-to-put-up-or-shut-up.133702/
Personally I have every intention to step up my environmental activism.
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Oh that's rad!
The new seaport is beyond fucked if the sea levels keep rising.
I just learnt there is a Greenpeace volunteer slack. They have channels for all states (e.g. #greenpeace_ca). Potentially a great way to find out about local events and activities.
gpvolunteers.slack.com
gpvolunteers.slack.com
Greenpeace is pretty bad, however. Their stance on Nuclear and GMOs, especially, betrays the fact that they're not serious about climate change at all.
Thanks for sharing, signed up to XR as a result. :)
Perfection is as usually the enemy of progress.
On avarage I am pretty confident that the majority of people who support GP are more likely to be on the right side of history on this overall subject.
I'm going to look into this, we have a good sized lot.
Edit: It looks like its banned in certain areas and my state has listed it as a potential noxious weed 'monitor' list as an invasive species. HUM.
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I had thought they were doing their best to take rising sea levels into account with all the construction. That said...good. I'm trying to convince my family to flip solar, it's just that the cost is prohibitive until a few things get paid for.
My local paper which is a conservative pos in a red state main article today was about how bad all this weird weather is for all the farmers this season. Fails to mention why aside from "better luck next season!"
Got an official XR thread here if anyone is interested :)
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Local papers are something quite easy to contact. Also, by contacting them, you have much more impact since they have a smaller crowd. You could write to them and challenge them. Just a suggestion.
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