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Soil and Trouble
I had left my office job a couple of months earlier, and that's another story. There were a few bar shifts a week in a nearby town to begin with, and the first news reports from China of a new virus. Another thing to worry about. To save money, we moved in with my parents, a 3-acre plot of clay and tall grass near the County Antrim coast.
Andy WarmingtonPublished 3 years ago in FuturismCalifornia Burning
Even by Bond villain standards, evil industrialist and archetypical bad guy Max Zorin’s plan in the 1985 James Bond movie A View to a Kill was whack.
Hamish AlexanderPublished 3 years ago in FuturismHow plastic-eating bacteria works to solve the pollution problem
Plastic-eating bacteria! Might it solve the pollution problem? Micro-plastics have shown that they are really becoming a massive problem for the environment and even invading our food chain. To put it simply, all types of plastic waste are impacting our ecosystem from the highest mountain to the depths of the ocean.
Wayne PorteousPublished 3 years ago in FuturismThe Case Against Disposable
“We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be’’ — Patrick Rothfuss 2020 brought an unexpected fashion trend with it. Masks. No one could have imagined that face masks would be a thing on this scale.
Kunal VermaPublished 3 years ago in FuturismMy headcanon (for life)
My headcanon (for life): I was dog-sitting one time in Southern Oregon for this derpy dog, Howard. Many walks we took - with INFP me deeply interested in understanding the mind of Howard, to understand why he felt so compelled to pull me to certain places, utterly uninterested in others. And this headcanon formed.
@choosethesmilesPublished 3 years ago in FuturismWhich Questions Come to Mind before Going Solar
With several factors like global warming and the depletion of fossil fuel driving the need for more sustainable forms of energy, many individuals and countries even choose to go solar.
TechsSocialPublished 3 years ago in FuturismCovid-19 is a Walk In The Park Compared To What’s Coming Next
The planet is in a much worse state than you thought it was. Ignorance and political inaction are threatening the very survival of life on earth. We are heading for mass extinction much earlier than anyone predicted.
Mark CampbellPublished 3 years ago in FuturismThe Grey
We’re in an age where the ‘facts’ our parents were so insistent we popped off to university to gather (from learned folk), are the very topics of discussion that see Uncle Brian storm away from Christmas dinner into the welcoming arms of a Benson & Hedges, or cause the Construction Manager at work to dive into a 'not-so-subtle-right-wing-rant' about ‘snowflakes’, ‘socialism’, and some on brand form of faux political righteousness.
Caitlin McCannPublished 3 years ago in FuturismThe Dark Continent
In all probability Global population will exceed 10 billion by the year 2050. The impact of such an influx growth of the world's population on existing food supplies without first increasing the resources to avail more harvestable edible food crops the world will come face to face with a Global Famine that would trigger a catastrophe of Biblical proportions. The question every government must now be asking; how will we be able to thwart a pending disaster and still be able to feed the hungry multitudes on a Global scale?
Dr. WilliamsPublished 3 years ago in FuturismNature Avoidant
Nature expands the heart and connects us deeply, but it is also an intense uncertainty and death anxiety. Long ago we began to shape nature to feel more safe and certain. More shape and structure moved us further and further away from the place that expands our heart. Wild and free plant life is banned in major cities. Allowing nature to be free is literally not allowed. We can only tolerate seeing nature through our symbolic conquering of its death and uncertainty. We mechanized behavior with money. We ran so far from nature we forgot that we are part of nature. If we had nature as our self concept, we would see that we restrict nature we restrict humanity along with it.
Vade MecumPublished 3 years ago in FuturismOur Individual Socioecological Responsibility to End Coronavirus
Coronavirus is a zoonotic condition driven by terrestrial transmission. As such, it is incumbent on the government to raise awareness of the anthrogenic origin of zoonotics with their links to deforestation, wildlife trafficking and climate change. However, with, according to the United Nations, a decade left to make climate change reversible, lifestyle changes must also be taken to minimise the chance of zoonotic disease emergence. These include reducing our carbon footprint, conserving and purifying water, ethically sourcing products, for instance ensuring they are Rainforest Alliance approved, dietary transition towards vegetarianism at best or at least avoidance of factory farming products and the boycott of the fur trade.
Selina WhiteleyPublished 3 years ago in FuturismCoronaviruses: a call for climate justice?
The interdependence of climate justice and the inalienable right to life are increasingly recognized in both legal and moral terms. Air pollution is a contributory factor in between 7-9 million deaths each year according to the World Health Organization. Legal justice has helped to promote recognition of lethal pollution. Last week, litigants managed to list air pollution as a determinant of the death of a 9 year old girl Ella Kissi-Debrah in a landmark coroner's ruling. This bodes well for NGO’s such as ClientEarth being able to litigate against air pollution.
Selina WhiteleyPublished 3 years ago in Futurism