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Just received the free wild flowers seed pack from @Natuurmonument. A lovely initiative to help #pollinating #insects while making cities prettier and more colourful. Other countries should follow suit to avoid the #insectageddon
#fashion can be #addictive. In its current form it spells disaster for the #environment. Can the fashion industry turn good?
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Incredible!! Over one million students on school strike for the climate. #FridayForFuture #schoolstrike4climate
UPDATE: Already over ONE MILLION people went on #climatestrike worldwide.
Here's the latest #FossilFree News: bit.ly/2HojkFp
5yrs ago Naomi Klein was ending #thischangeseverything with hope that a future bottom-up movement will be "the catalyst to build the world that will keep us safe"
Now: "up to 70,000 schoolchildren each week hold protests in 270 towns and cities worldwide." theguardian.com/environment/…
It finally got too hot for some. Can we hope this will become the norm everywhere ASAP?
Landmark Australian ruling rejects coal mine over global warming nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
These are a few of our favourite things! Carbon storing technology - also knows as books - the only type of consumerism we agree with. Santa approved. Happy holidays everyone!
No matter what happens at COP24 this will be a year to remember: as the year that put an end to the climate crisis or the year that the climate crisis put an end to, well.. everything.
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Out of the mouth of babes:
”So we have not come here to beg the world leaders to care for our future. They have ignored us in the past and they will ignore us again.
We have come here to let them know that change is coming whether they like it or not.”
From my speech yesterday at #COP24
Plastic Whale is now fishing closer to the source. Plastic bottles collection bins on Utrecht Central Station. The collected bottles will be turned into boats #plasticwhale.
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People from all over the 🌎 have taken part in creating this address, answering polls, creating videos & voicing their opinions about #climatechange in advance of #COP24> bit.ly/2U9iXSf The People’s Seat enables people to take personal #climateaction. #TakeYourSeat
You don't need overpriced plastic toys to make your children happy. #MakeSmthng yourself this Christmas. Here's an idea from a GreenTechCurrent friend: handmade dolls from scrap textile. The little ones will❤️them+you get stress therapy using your hands instead of your wallet.
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The documentary Economics of Happiness has been made free for online viewing during #BlackFridayWeek. A nice little counterpoint to consumerism. bit.ly/2QVTEBd
What's the most important event of December this year? No, it's not Christmas. It's #COP24 and the @UN has reserved us a seat. Let's make it heavy with the weight of #7.7billion humans.
What would you say if you had a seat at the @UN #ClimateChange Conference #COP24 in Poland in December? Share your comments, videos and photos with #TakeYourSeat to have your say > bit.ly/2zl1hKt #ClimateAction
To reach our SDG targets, we need to make them measurable. Data is crucial.Kees van Leeuwen from KWR during the #AIWW summit.
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Wow this is big. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, the Vice-Chair of #IPCC Working Group 3, has revealed that the next IPCC report will include a challenge to the growth paradigm and a call for #degrowth. Watch here from minute 58: videosquare.ceu.edu/hu/recor… … #postgrowth
Bystander feeling, freeriding and difficulty of processing abstract notions are some mind mechanisms that explain the gap between acknowledging #climatechange and acting on it. Anjo Travaille at the #Deltacongres
Mitigate now to buy time for adaptation later. Jaap Kwadijk from Deltares at the Dutch National #Deltacongres
