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by ciconia 7y ago
> Solving climate change can be as simple as getting a carbon price adopted. Such a solution cannot work, as long as we have a growth-based economy. The fact is that economists have long regarded natural resources as infinite, and their
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Boeing Sales and Profits Plummet as 737 Max Crisis Continues(nytimes.com)
195 points by ciconia 7y ago|188 comments
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The US lawyers rolling back wildlife protection one species at a time(theguardian.com)
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Show HN: Modulation – explicit dependency management for Ruby(github.com)
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Nir Eyal on how to beat tech addiction: ‘We need a new skill set’(theguardian.com)
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'Once they're gone, they're gone': the fight to save the giant sequoia(theguardian.com)
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by ciconia 7y ago
> For anyone smaller, it's hard to justify the constant need to rewrite code just to stay in the same place. This sort of says it all about modern progress, or indeed modern capitalism - you need to run all the time just to stay in
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How to Make Sourdough(cooking.nytimes.com)
1 points by ciconia 7y ago|0 comments
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by ciconia 7y ago
Why buy new clothes at all? Good, clean, used clothes can be found anywhere if you care to look around a bit. They're also much cheaper, and if you don't need them anymore you can either sell them, pass them to your family or ne
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Global recession a serious danger in 2020, says UN(theguardian.com)
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by ciconia 7y ago
One should also mention that tea is an imported good in most developed countries. It's externalities and environmental impact go far beyond microplastics.
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Rewilding will make Britain a rainforest nation again(theguardian.com)
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Across the globe, millions join biggest climate protest ever(theguardian.com)
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The Toxic Trash That Is Poisoning the West Bank(nytimes.com)
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USask-led study shows insecticides threaten survival of wild birds(news.usask.ca)
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A journey through Bolsonaro's Amazon inferno(theguardian.com)
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by ciconia 7y ago
> This is the way of arts under capitalism, in a culture where the abandonment of government funding results in a void filled only by wealthy donors and bloodsucking companies—it’s not altogether different from when composers and musicia
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Phosphate fertiliser 'crisis' threatens world food supply(theguardian.com)
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by ciconia 7y ago
> The United States was the world’s most egalitarian society. Is this a joke? And slavery is mentioned indirectly, in passing, only once? You cannot discuss equality in America without discussing slavery. Not to mention the dispossession
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by ciconia 7y ago
I try practicing what I wrote about. Somedays it goes really well, some days not so much. Being truly aware and present requires not so much learning new habits as discarding with old ones. I'm glad to have sparked something positive i
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by ciconia 7y ago
We have neighbours with twins aged 7 who raise their kids at home on a raw food diet. They eat lots of nuts, fresh fruit, fermented beans and garden vegetables. They conserve vegetables and fruit using lacto-fermentation. The kids are much
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by ciconia 7y ago
I think the main reasons why so much food is wasted are the same reasons why so much water, petrol and electricity are wasted: all of those have become commodities in endless supply, literally streaming out of a pipe (well, a distribution
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by ciconia 7y ago
These are not the only two options. There's a third activity most of us seem to have forgotten - to simply be. For me, the very act of everyday living has become very enjoyable and fulfilling in recent years. Doing the dishes, cooking,
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by ciconia 7y ago
Just stop buying things in plastic . There are alternatives - stores that sell products in bulk, growing your own food, reusing containers. The solutions are there.
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by ciconia 7y ago
I think the article hits the nail on the head. The problem with climate change and the threat to humankind is not about technology, nor politics. It's about values. It's about consciousness. It's about understanding that we h
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Greta Thunberg became the new front in the Brexit culture war(theguardian.com)
4 points by ciconia 7y ago|3 comments
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by ciconia 7y ago
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." - Krishnamurti
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by ciconia 7y ago
No, the only way to rein in global warming is to drastically reduce consumption, and vicariously, production - of everything. The chances of this happening are nil. A new UN report claims water and land resources are being exploited at &quo
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Will the Future Be Rural?(therevelator.org)
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by ciconia 7y ago
Information is always created by someone. Creation does not necessarily mean ownership.

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