#earth activist

[nomadicflowers]

Environmental impact documents conclude that if the oil produced by Willow is burned, it would create 260 million metric tons (260,000,000,000 kg ) of carbon dioxide.

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is transparent to visible light but absorbs infrared radiation, acting as a greenhouse gas. The noise, traffic, and pollution the project brings will disrupt ecosystems that Indigenous Alaskans have relied on for millennia. And the project threatens the already vulnerable caribou population — a vital resource many native communities rely on.

What happens when you drill in Alaska? Seismic vibrations can disrupt plants' growth patterns. In addition, the infrastructure from oil drilling can cause drainage issues for plants. Infrastructure, particularly road-building, can also lead to alkaline dust spreading across and settling on topsoil. Expansion of oil and gas drilling in their habitat could be extremely damaging. Direct contact with spilled oil would kill polar bears but an invisible threat could persist for years, as toxic substances lingering in ice or water may impact the entire food web of the Arctic ecosystem for years to come.

Offshore oil and gas drilling threatens our beaches, rivers, creeks, salt marshes and Sea Islands. It threatens wildlife like brown pelicans, bottlenose dolphins, sea turtles and endangered North Atlantic right whales. Offshore oil and gas drilling threatens our coastal way of life.

The production and use of oil and gas are inextricably linked to water. The extraction and processing of oil and gas consume large volumes of water, produce wastewater and may accidentally pollute water supplies. These effects have an impact on water supplies, human health and natural resources.

Is oil drilling help cause global warming?Not only that, the oil and gas industry releases massive amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. All told, the industry is responsible for 38% of all methane emissions in the United States, or 3.8% of all greenhouse gases.

Methane (CH4) is a hydrocarbon that is a primary component of natural gas. Methane is also a greenhouse gas (GHG), so its presence in the atmosphere affects the earth's temperature and climate system. Methane is emitted from a variety of anthropogenic (human-influenced) and natural sources.

Why is the Willow Project bad?

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* The proposed project is a climate disaster in waiting.

* The analysis for the project covers only a sliver of ConocoPhillips’ plans for the area.

* New information on the risk of gas leaks has not been properly assessed.

* ConocoPhillips has played an influential role in the environmental review.

Oil destroys the insulating ability of fur-bearing mammals, such as sea otters, and the water repellency of a bird's feathers, thus exposing these creatures to the harsh elements. Without the ability to repel water and insulate from the cold water, birds and mammals will die from hypothermia.

The impact of an oil spill.

* harms animals and insects.

* prevents photosynthesis in plants.

* disrupts the food chain.

* takes a long time to recover.

[nando161mando]

[local-redhead-bookworm]

If you somehow managed to watch any of Mobile Suit Gundam and think it was apolitical, I am going to tape your eyes open and force you to rewatch it

[electronic-chocolate]

...and Phil was amazing, because he had this very sensitive side of his personality that's almost feminine, and then in a second he would turn into the most incredible male showbusiness angry person, and then he'll go right back to being so sensitive and shy you wanted just embrace him like a little child.

- Jerry Rubin. I don't know when and where, but he said that

[littlequeenies]

Rest in Peace Queen Shannen...

You're free at last, free from all suffering, free from all cruelty...

From a very young age you had to be strong as the press besieged you day and night because you were a young actress with a lot of personality. In those days they called you a rebel, troubled, lost ...

but over time you taught them that you were right, you showed them that they were wrong, and you did it with love, and through your pure and luminous soul.

You had, you have and you will always have a big heart to defend the voiceless, the animals, the injustices they suffered, now they have become orphans without you, just like the thousands of friends you made on and off sets...

The fact your friendships lasted so long and were by your side in good and bad times speaks a lot about you, and you will always be remembered with much love, because you are love and light Shannen...

You have left us a bit orphaned, all of us, who grew up watching you on TV and supporting your causes in favor of animals, but you are now free, you have already freed yourself from pain and from people who did not understand you.

Yours has been a brave fight, you have shown us that it is worth fighting for life despite the circumstances, you have shown us that love heals everything and that the truth eventually comes out. You have been a true Phoenix.

Fly High Shannen, thank you for your visit to Earth, it has been too short, but we will see each other again. A hug wherever you are!! We love you!!

[howlfromthecore]

Earth Activist Training

EAT is a permaculture design course run by Starhawk (and a rotating cast of accomplished permaculturists). It's immersive, comprehensive, and beautiful.

Not very many PDCs talk about how permaculture principles can be applied to social movements. And so few retreats have truly nourishing and excellent food. Here's the website; there are a number of educational offerings beyond the main in-person PDC. I encourage you to give it a look if you want to learn more about this amazing field we call permaculture.

https://earthactivisttraining.org/

[introspectivememories]

one thing about me is that if im writing an avatar (2009) fic, the earth is not dying. im so sorry it's my least favorite plot point in the movies. why did cameron write that in????

[ziavisuals]

🌏 SAVE THE PLANET 🌎

ITS THE ONLY PLACE WE ALL CALL HOME

[actiwitch]

🌱 pagans, witches, and other spiritualists,

Interest poll for a later interest poll. if you'd at all be interested in a vegan/vegetarian spiritual zine lmk👀

[e-von-dahl]

Tiktokers are pissed at Tommy for dressing like a homeless person at a fashion show because apparently they have no idea who he is or what he’s about 💀

It’s pretty obvious he’s mocking rich people who act like they have it tough, he’s literally holding a sign that says “it’s expensive to have money”, apparently no one knows what satire is anymore

He literally grew up in poverty, in Kopli, in post soviet Estonia. He’s not “cosplaying as a poor person” as so many have put it, he grew up poorer than most of the people complaining have probably ever been.

[timeisacephalopod]

The pushback to the term "cultural Christianity" from atheists is real odd to me because, as someone who has been an atheist since 13, only ever went to church a handful of times never with my own family (made a note never to sleep over at that friends house on a Saturday again bc I HATED church it smelled like shit, was boring, pews are uncomfortable as fuck, and the religious people I knew were all wildly misogynistic and I've never been here for being told I was less of a person for being Born Like This), and generally had no actual connection to Christianity in a meaningful way but still only knows Christian mythology, has been steeped in Christian values I had to untangle, and my religious understandings are still deeply Christian.

Like Ive never paid attention to the bible, church, Jesus, Christian teachings, or whatever but if you asked me about any religion the one I'll reliably know the most about is Christianity. I don't know why atheists are offended by being called culturally Christian because they have bad blood with the religion because like sorry bruh that doesn't mean you're less indoctrinated by Christian values if the culture you grew up in is predominantly Christian. In fact I'd say that religion being this ubiquitous in the culture regardless of anyone's consent to exactly ONE religion being shoved down our throats is reason to team up with other religious folks who ALSO don't like being constantly evangelized to by the culture at large, not a reason to throw a fit because you don't like being tied to a religion that is so ingrained into the culture that shit like "oh my god" and "Jesus Christ" are common expressions of surprise regardless of how atheist you are. Like surely I'm not the only atheist to notice the shocking amount of cultural religious shit that works it's way into my life and speech despite having not set foot in a church since I was like 10, and I can't remember the last time I was in one before that.

Idk man cultural Christianity seems like a pretty damn useful term to describe my relationship with a religion I never fully bought into and then actively rejected as a child yet still hold weird connections to and knowledge of just because Christianity is so baked into the culture I grew up in like it or not. If you want to be mad, be mad at the Christians who stole your freedom from religion from you, not usually religious minorities who discuss cultural Christianity and how it damages them too.

[nando161mando]

Don't you hate it when climate activists block highways

[sag-dab-sar]

If saving nature via a conservation park makes refugees/IDPs out of indigenous people, it isn't real conservation: it some sort of unrealistic fantasy ideal of nature free of human touch. Humans are an important keystone species regardless of how much we like to demonize ourselves as some sort of plague killing the planet.

[callmeanxietygirl]

De todos los idiomas con los que pudo haber hablado decidió hablar con la verdad.🌟

[Paris Jackson vía Instagram]

[rose-lalondde]

naruto but it's my modern fantasy world au

[bumblebeeappletree]

‘Our land is sick … We need to care for it’ — 14 youth plaintiffs are suing Hawaii’s Department of Transportation. Here’s why.

Originally posted on YouTube on November 1st, 2023.