Tag: extinction
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An Open Letter to Climate Activists in the Northwoods…and Beyond
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… averting climate change is not going stop the global collapse of the planet as we know it. Don’t get me wrong. Climate change is a global emergency and will cause tremendous damage, and, in fact, already has for many. But the thing is, massive, global-scale destruction has been going on for a long time…
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We Need Biodiversity-Based Agriculture to Solve the Climate Crisis
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We can repair the Earth's ruptured carbon cycle by recarbonizing it with the living carbon of biodiversity. The Earth is living, and also creates life. Over 4 billion years the Earth has evolved a rich biodiversity — an abundance of different living organisms and ecosystems — that can meet all our needs and sustain life.
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Indigenous Knowledge Has Been Warning Us About Climate Change for Centuries
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Nishnaabeg scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson explains why "green growth" isn't enough to save the planet. The most common introductory example we use when we teach kids about interdependent ecosystems is insects. They may seem gross and small compared to the charismatic megafauna, we say, but insects play all sorts of important roles: pollinating plants, breaking…