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The Accelerating Destruction Of Earth’s Biodiversity: When Will We Act?
By Robert J. Burrowes As those individuals aware of it will have observed, presumably with deep regret, the latest ‘International Day for Biological Diversity’passed on 22 May with the bulk of the human population continuing to act in ways that destroy … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Environment, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy
Tagged 5G, Biodiversity, Biosphere, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, electrosmog, environment, Extinction, Fracking, poaching, pollution, Resource depletion, Technocracy, trophy hunting
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Our Vanishing World: Oceans
By Robert J. Burrowes As the human onslaught against life on Earth accelerates, no part of the biosphere is left pristine. The simple act of consuming more than we actually need drives the world’s governments and corporations to endlessly destroy … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Energy, Environment, Neoliberalism, Psychology, Science, society, State Crime
Tagged aquarium industry, Bilge water, Biosphere, Bottom trawling, Climate Change, Dead Zones, deep sea mining, Ecosystem, environment, Fukushima, Global Warming, Government, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Invasive Species, nitrogen, noise pollution, Nonviolence, nuclear radiation, ocean acidity, Ocean deoxygenation, offshore oil drilling, oil spills, Overfishing, plastic pollution, sand dredging
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Our Vanishing World: Wildlife
By Robert J. Burrowes Throughout its history, Earth has experienced five mass extinction events. See, for example, ‘Timeline Of Mass Extinction Events On Earth’. It is now experiencing the sixth. The Ordovician-Silurian Extinction, which occurred about 439 million years ago, … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th Extinction, Biodiversity, Biosphere, civilization, co-extinction, Cognitive Revolution, Ecology, environment, Extinction, extinction cascades, habitat destruction, localized extinctions, Mass Extinction, Philosophy, pollution, psychology, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Sociology, Violence, Yuval Noah Harari
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Our Vanishing World: Insects
By Robert J. Burrowes About 12,000 years ago, late stone age humans precipitated the neolithic (agricultural) revolution that marked the start of the steady rise to civilization. Coincidentally, this occurred at the same time as the beginning of what is … Continue reading
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Tagged 5G, Agribusiness, arthropods, Biosphere, bird population, Caspar A. Hallmann, Climate Change, corporatocracy, culture, environment, Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, insect population, Insects, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, psychology, Rachel Carson, Rainforests, society, Sociology, Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers
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The Global Climate Movement is Failing: Why?
By Robert J. Burrowes It has been satisfying to note the significant response to two recent climate campaigns: the actions, including the recent Global Climate Strike, initiated by school students inspired by Greta Thunberg and the climate actions organized by … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, education, elites, Environment, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Biosphere, climate catastrophe, Climate Change, Climate Movement, Consumerism, Consumption, Economics, Education, elites, environment, Environmental Disaster, Global Climate Strike, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Nonviolence, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocracy, psychology, Socialization, Sociology, Violence
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Our Vanishing World: Glaciers
By Robert J. Burrowes Something is causing the world’s glaciers and mountain ice fields to melt. And, despite your first thought, it is not the ongoing climate catastrophe. It does not matter where on Earth the glaciers and mountain ice … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, culture, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology
Tagged Antarctica, Arctic, Biosphere, Climate Change, culture, Ecosystem, environment, glacier melt, glacier retreat, Glaciers, Global Warming, Greenland, Himalaya, ice fields, Mt. Kilimanjaro, oceanography, Patagonia, Philosophy, psychology, society, Sociology
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Our Vanishing World: Rainforests
By Robert J. Burrowes Rainforests are a crucial feature of Earth’s biosphere. Apart from being critical to Earth’s climate and vital carbon sinks, the major player in Earth’s hydrological (water) cycle, a massive producer of oxygen and home to most … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Energy, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Agriculture, Biodiversity, biofuels, Biosphere, Cattle, Consumerism, culture, ecosystems, environment, Global Elites, Jair Bolsonaro, junk foods, Logging, mining, Philosophy, rainforest destruction, Rainforests, society, Sociology, vegetable oils
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Why Activists Fail
By Robert J. Burrowes Despite enormous ongoing effort over more than a thousand years, during and since the formation and shaping of the modern world, and as the number of issues being contested has steadily increased, activists of many types … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Biosphere, Consumerism, Ecology, Gandhi, geopolitics, Giants: The Global Power Elite, Global Elite, Nonviolent Action, peter phillips, Philosophy, psychology, Sociology, Strategy, Violence, war
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