Change is the Only Constant
adaptivism, climate, science, society
Change is the Only Constant
It’s important to say what hope is not: it is not the belief that everything was, is, or will be fine. The evidence is all around us of tremendous suffering and tremendous destruction. The hope I’m interested in is about broad perspectives with specific possibilities, ones that invite or demand that we act.
Rebecca Solnit • Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
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Biodiversity loss is a climate change multiplier. Every species we lose, every ecosystem we destroy weakens the planet’s resilience capacity.
Diverse forests store more carbon than monocultures. They're also more resilient to extreme weather events. Even soil biodiversity determines how much carbon remains locked underground rather than in our atmos... See more
Diverse forests store more carbon than monocultures. They're also more resilient to extreme weather events. Even soil biodiversity determines how much carbon remains locked underground rather than in our atmos... See more
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Existential pain on max
I wish, sometimes, briefly, I wasn’t so aware, informed, sensitive, self important, arrogant, compassionate, and (obviously) emotional. It is very painful to be a highly sensitive person. I’ve spent many years actually trying to dumb/numb/slow myself down.
I call this the high price of awareness.
I wonder what the experience of life is like for all t
... See moreAs a former California resident, I watched Santa Anna winds (aka Sundowner winds) sweep down from the desert and blow out to sea. 100 km per hour winds, 5% humidity, 35 degree C temperatures (the temperature goes UP after sundown via compression), and all it takes is a spark on the mountain ridge road. In Santa Barbara, I watched electrical transfo... See more
Sabine looses it, this commenter’s wisdoms is spot on.
“There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all.“ -P Drucker
The world around you is built by your thoughts. If you want the world around you to change, change the way you think about the world around you.
Yowza.
Kids - the end of our way of life as we know it is fast approaching - in our lifetimes. Adapt now for long term survival.
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