‘We are at a decisive moment in time when we can seize the solutions to steer our food, energy, and finance systems in a more sustainable direction.’ Global populations of wild animals could be down by two-thirds by 2020 without reform to food and energy systems, according to a devastating new report out Thursday. The Read More…
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The Sixth Extinction: The Human Asteroid
https://media.blubrry.com/last_american_vagabond/content.blubrry.com/last_american_vagabond/The_Sixth_Extinction-_The_Human_Asteroid.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS“When we try to pick out anything by itself we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible chords that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe.” John Muir Throughout the history of the planet, there have been Read More…
The Anthropocene Is Here: Humanity Has Pushed Earth Into a New Epoch
The epoch is thought to have begun in the 1950s, when human activity set global systems on a different trajectory. The Anthropocene Epoch has begun, according to a group of experts assembled at the International Geological Congress in Cape Town, South Africa this week. After seven years of deliberation, members of an international working group Read More…