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...did we leave it a better place?
a flickr friend, raised the issue:
"At the eve of the climate change conference in Paris, it is time to reflect and take action. What will we do with what we know?" -photo_tintin
This is the sun rising through the smoke haze from the massive fires in NSW. There looks to be no end in sight as they are so massive that they cannot be controlled. A State of Emergency has been declared in NSW this week.
An image from last year but one that is relevant again as these wonderful old trees lie on the edge of Bratley Wood in the New Forest and along with other veteran trees have been on the front line of the wildfire in the New Forest. I dread to think what may be left of them. Although this fire was accidental, the way that it spread was entirely down to the tinder dry drought conditions we have here at the moment. I've seen comments in the press and on-line that "rewilding" has made the wildfire risk worse but the New Forest is not rewilded, it has been managed in pretty much the same way for a thousand years. This is down to climate change sadly and the hotter summers we subsequently see. It has been burning for 5 days now and over 100 firefighters are still on scene, working in mid 30 degree temperatures so a massive thanks to them and partner organisations for their efforts. There were acres of rare low-lying heathland behind the camera supporting a whole ecosystem that may recover in time but the ancient woods take centuries to develop and may never be the same again as trees like these beeches are already struggling to survive the drier summers and wetter winters.
Monday : The Hawk was gone ( Killed by the Game keeper ) and the little Bunnies danced.
Tuesday : the Fox was gone ( Killed by the Hunter ) and the little Bunnies danced.
Wednesday the Fish was gone ( Killed by the Plastic man ) and the little Bunnies danced.
Thursday the tree was gone ( Killed by the Palm oil man ) and the little Bunnies danced.
Friday the Man was gone ( Killed by the Warmonger ) and the little Bunnies danced.
Tomorrow the Earth is gone ( Killed by the Politician ) NO BUNNIES
I first posted this on NGYS on a day I was feeling despondent with humanity I am reposting it now because I hope at the end of this current crises we will be more enlightened
A reflection of a closed window in an open window.
It's all about attitude and being neighbourly!
Happy Fence Friday!
Un reflet d'une fenêtre fermée dans une fenêtre ouverte.
Tout est une question d'attitude!
Sea Forest / Land De-Forest - the Madness of Mankind.
Rain forests - that reduce tons of CO2 - destroyed by the thousands of acres each day.
Wind turbines - that reduce? CO2 - built by the thousands at great cost to the electricity consumer.
Links to the original 2017 LD web page;
londondada.art/2017/01/13/london-dada-work-no-900-sea-for...
big storm in the forecast - again. Yesterday there was a violent storm and Tornado at UBC.
bc.ctvnews.ca/tornado-officially-recorded-at-b-c-universi...
part of Of course of 'Climate Change"
Avanti West Coast Class 390 Pendolino 390121 "Opportunity"
awaits to depart Lancaster Castle Station on 1s42 0730 Euston - Glasgow Central on 19/07/2022
Sedotto dalla cappa di caldo, l’avventore della piazza trova ristoro nella parvenza d’ombra di un albero stordito dagli umori del suo sudore.
I digitalized analogue photos, taken during a congress in Luzern. showing swiss posters against the climate change. these photos are 25 years old, and the posters were made 25 years after the warnings of the ClubOfRome. Result: mankind seems to be stupid. and maybe the stupidness is increasing.
Record number of lightning strikes caused countless wildfires, plus high temperatures and low humidity, throughout Northern California.
21 Aug 2020: Over 2,000 wildfires resulted from Sunday's freak storm.
Autumn doesn't officially start until 1 September, but, as of 12 August. several younger trees in Greenwich Park - a short distance by bus from where I live - had lost virtually all their leaves. London and much of Europe have seen many weeks of extreme heat and drought.
The mainstream media reprimands individuals for wasting water, justifiably exhorting us to limit our showers, but all the while ignoring the highly profitable water companies which fail to invest in infrastructure, reservoirs or leakage prevention. The media also overlooks the devastating impact of large scale agribusiness, particularly livestock farming, which places an increasingly unsustainable demand on the planet's scarce water resources, as well as further inflating emissions and driving deforestation.
Meanwhile, corporate greed is accelerating the consumption of fossil fuels and water and turbocharging climate change. We need rain. We need more regulation. More action. We need to get to net zero asap and water management should not be in private hands. Water companies are siphoning off enormous profits from a vital public utility and failing to invest anything like what is needed.
The head of Thames Water (the same company which dumped raw sewage into rivers over 5000 times in 2021) is set to pocket £3 million as a 'golden hello' for signing on as CEO ,while in total the UK's water companies have handed an average of around £2 billion every year to their shareholders in dividends since they were privatised. If they were nationalised, those profits could instead have been invested to upgrade the infrastructure and mitigate the impact of climate change and have even provided extra funds to promote sustainable alternative energy sources.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/20/thames-water-...
www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/01/england-priva...
As Caroline Lucas writes in the Guardian (12.08.22) - ' (Drought) is a consequence of years of inaction on the climate emergency. This is producing a perfect storm of energy insecurity, food supply chaos and extreme weather that is wreaking havoc on society.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/12/drought-uk-...
A girl looks out over submerged houses in Panyagor in Twic East, Jonglei State in South Sudan. Flooding has devastated much of the area and it is estimated that more than 800,000 people in South Sudan have been affected by the current flooding. Contrary to previous years, water levels in many locations are not receding despite the onset of the dry season. This year, a higher number of children are now exposed for longer periods of time to the risks and vulnerabilities associated with the impact of floods. Many have had to flee their destroyed homes and are unable to find food as fields have been flooded. More than 390,000 children are now without access to basic services including social services, clean water, proper healthcare and schooling. Local authorities estimate that as much as 85% of Twic East is affected by flooding with as many as 80,000 people having fled the area for safer drier ground.
Climate change is impacting children in South Sudan as never before.
© UNICEF/UN0594302/Naftalin
Photo essay here: Prolonged flooding increases challenges children face in Panyagor
Flying back from Melbourne to Brisbane yesterday, it was devastating to see continuous fires and smoke from the Hunter Valley to Brisbane. Here you can see the town of Armidale and the fires on the nearby Great Dividing Range in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. Three people have lost their lives and 100s of houses destroyed as well as wildlife.
King tides- Tarawa Kiribati
The seawalls are meant to protect us, but due to "Climate Change" we no
longer feel safe within the walls for the King Tides are getting Higher and
Stronger.
Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taymyr peninsula in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for a partnership agreement between the Taymyrsky Zapovednik (nature reserve) and the Schleswig-Holstein Waddensea National Park and later the establishment (1993) of the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik). The Taymyr peninsula is covered by the most extensive and northernmost tundra habitats in Siberia. These enormous wetlands are used during the short Arctic summer by millions of waterbirds, which winter in Southern Europe, Southern Asia and Africa. The biodiversity of the Taymyr peninsula is with 20% well covered with different kinds of protected areas. However, there may be need to connect them by South-North corridors to secure adaptation of biodiversity moving North with climate change. With increased warming and thawing of tundra massive release of methane stored in the ground could trigger further climate change.
For any form of publication, please include the link to this page: www.grida.no/resources/2819
This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Peter Prokosch
A view of the Middelgruden offshore wind farm. The wind farm was developed off the Danish coast in 2000 and consists of 20 turbines.
NICA ID: 397418
Country: Denmark
Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
Photo Date: 25/05/2009
This is the "URG Coral"; first recorded and measured by the Underwater Research Group in the 1960s. Based on growth rates it is thought to be over a century, maybe 300 years, old. Today I found it totally bleached, following months of extreme conditions with heavy rains, storms and warm waters.
Members of the D.C. Youth Climate Strike and others gathered at the U.S. Capitol to protest as part of the Global Climate Strike September 20 2019. West front the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC.
Water scarcity can lead to both drought and desertification as well as instigate conflict in communities and between countries. 22 March is World Water Day, a day to focus attention on the importance of fresh water and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
Dryland near Manatuto, Timor-Leste.
NICA ID: 361724
City: Manatuto
Country: Timor-Leste
Credit: UN Photo/Martine Perret
Photo Date: 20/03/2009
Within the former German-Soviet Environmental Agreement in the years 1989-1991 3 biological expeditions to the Taymyr peninsula in northernmost Siberia were performed. They laid the ground for the establishment (1993) of the Great Arctic Reserve (Zapovednik). The Taymyr peninsula is covered by the most extensive and northernmost tundra habitats in Siberia. These enormous wetlands are used during the short Arctic summer by millions of waterbirds, which winter in Southern Europe, Southern Asia and Africa. The biodiversity of the Taymyr peninsula is with 20% well covered with different kinds of protected areas. However, there may be need to connect them by South-North corridors to secure adaptation of biodiversity moving North with climate change. With increased warming and thawing of tundra massive release of methane stored in the ground could trigger further climate change.
For any form of publication, please include the link to this page: www.grida.no/resources/2778
This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Peter Prokosch
Dawn over Whitlee wind farm on Eaglesham Moor just south of Glasgow in Scotland, UK, is Europes largest onshore wind farm with 140 turbines and an installed capacity of 322 MW, enough energy to power 180,000 homes.
© Global Warming Images / WWF-Canom
GPN Ref. 303020
In Camera double exposure no
My series of photographs focuses on environmental degradation affecting everyday life. Since last one hundred years, the equation between natural resources and human population has seriously gone wrong resulting in chaotic imbalance of ecosystems and human societies. The world faces dearth of food and space for human population; as a result the burden results in rapid deforestation, invasion of wild spaces, global warming, and land erosion. Excessive consumption of fossil fuel causes environmental warming. This phenomenon is outrageously rampant in Pakistan because of lacking awareness. Our glaciers are receding, valleys becoming polluted and agricultural lands being colonized to accommodate ever bulging population. My photographs (multiple exposure technique) provoke the viewer to concentrate on invasive role of increasing local tourism in polluting glacial landscapes, rivers, lakes and mountain valleys. Heaps of non biodegradable plastic bags and bottles not only litter surroundings but also mark irreversible effects on environmental preservation.
Red meat is a part of a healthy diet.
A recent JACC state-of-the-art review concluded that saturated fat consumed in unprocessed meat is not associated with CVD or diabetes, the end.
Myth: Meat is an environmental disaster
Reality: Diabetes and heart disease are enivornmental armaggedons
To combat climate change, we need to reduce or eliminate fossil fuel use and source our food ethically and sustainably. Healthy people and healthy planet, not one or the other.