Every day is Earth Day. Let's talk about ways to make it better.

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Because of budget cutbacks our county stopped recycling...  
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Apparently lock everything down and keep people home... 
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,656
    Meltdown99 said:
    Apparently lock everything down and keep people home... 

    Well, not everything- hospitals, police, fire, some government, farms, grocery stores, gas stations- lots of people still working.   But, yeah, a lot has shut down and the earth is better off for it.  We will come out of this with much loss- that is sad and tragic- but the planet that sustains us and makes life possible will be healthier.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    For real...those people are still working who knew...

    the point being the world is over populated...take a good hunk of the people off the street...the environment improves.




    Give Peas A Chance…
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,656
    Meltdown99 said:
    For real...those people are still working who knew...

    the point being the world is over populated...take a good hunk of the people off the street...the environment improves.





    I think you could make an argument that over-population might have caused the pandemic assuming, that is, that it was caused by wet markets in a country too over-populated and forced to eat bats.  But that could be bunk- I really don't know.  IN any case, yes, the human population is out of control.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • lindamarie73
    lindamarie73 Posts: 491
     
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,656
    Well, that kind of trashed my morning...
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Kat
    Kat There's a lot to be said for nowhere. Posts: 4,955
    Isn't it gloriously fortunate that the movement isn't part of his horrifying crime? May she Rest in Peace. Now what can we do to take better care of our world?
    Stay safe all. 
    Falling down,...not staying down
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,062
    edited April 2020
    lindamarie73 said:
     
    This guy was not a co-founder of Earth Day. He was involved in hosting one of the events for the first Earth Day. I wrote a research paper in grad school on the history of the environmental movement. The actual founders of Earth Day were Senator Gaylord Nelson, and Denis Hayes. A lot of people were involved in bringing the celebrations around the country to the public - this guy was one of them. But he was not a co-founder.

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,656
    MF117973 said:
    lindamarie73 said:
     
    This guy was not a co-founder of Earth Day. He was involved in hosting one of the events for the first Earth Day. I wrote a research paper in grad school on the history of the environmental movement. The actual founders of Earth Day were Senator Gaylord Nelso, and Denis Hayes. A lot of people were involved in bringing the celebrations around the country to the public - this guy was one of them. But he was not a co-founder.


    Thank you for setting the record straight! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2geVzwYLIAw
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jkCHrO0hiw
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9xaDlY2hPE
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,656
    Good news!

    The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year


    I like this part a lot:
    "In time, Avantium plans to use plant sugars from sustainable sourced biowaste so that the rise of plant plastic does not affect the global food supply chain."



    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,889
    It's crazy how much the air has cleared up during all of this.

    I'm in Victoria which is pretty close to Washington State.  We can see the Olympic Mountains, Mt. Baker., San Juan Islands, etc... no problem because of how close they are.   
    Lately we've been able to see Mt. Rainier which is something like 250km away.   Something you can't usually see from here.    I guess the pollution in Washington State (Seattle) must be way down for us to be able to see it.  I've only ever seen it while I've been closer to it.  Amazing times.


  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    edited June 2020

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    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,893
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yd-6SWwgxk
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / New Orleans 2025
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,656
    Pap said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yd-6SWwgxk

    Ziggy, keeping hope alive.  Well done!
    And let's make every day earth day.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,306
    seems like a no brainer to me and so fucking obvious. curious as to why it wasnt thought of or allowed before? corruption is the easy answer.

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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,306
    mickeyrat said:
    seems like a no brainer to me and so fucking obvious. curious as to why it wasnt thought of or allowed before? corruption is the easy answer.


    also feel foreign owned companies should be barred from leases. the exploitation of our natural resources needs curbed in a big way.
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