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In 2030, You’ll Own Nothing And Be Happy About It
In 2030, You’ll Own Nothing And Be Happy About It We have to cut personal consumption of stuff because burning fossil fuel has caused the current climate change emergency. The World Economic Forum leaders expect us to reduce personal ownership to zero. Have these private jet flying billionaires got our best interests at heart? How…
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Why is direct air capture of CO2 a dangerous distraction?
BackgroundCurrent plans to reduce CO2 back to safe levels demand that we capture billions of tons of CO2 per year as soon as possible. Many of these plans need technology that doesn’t exist yet and we hope will be invented. Hope is not a strategy. Cost The range of costs for DAC vary between $250 and…
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What can we learn from indigenous peoples?
How do native populations survive 10 times longer than most civilisations? The age of oil will span about 100 years. Australian, North and South American peoples have lived in harmony with nature for more than 10000 years. How did they do it? Indigenous forest gardens in the tropics and subtropics have been increasingly appreciated as…
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What do you know about the new world order?
In 2030, You’ll Own Nothing And Be Happy About It We have to cut personal consumption of stuff because burning fossil fuel has caused the current climate change emergency. The World Economic Forum leaders expect us to reduce personal ownership to zero. Have these private jet flying billionaires got our best interests at heart? How…
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Rewilding
Have you ever tried touching the grass after it’s been left for a week or two?You might see one or two weed sticking their heads up from the lawn which is maybe 4 or 5 inches high. If you’re lucky you might see a couple of pretty flowers.Leave the garden alone for 3 months and…
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What are carbon offset schemes?
A carbon offset scheme is a way to compensate for emissions caused by travel or lifestyle choices. Carbon offsets take place when one company or individual pays to have another company reduce or capture emissions elsewhere in the world. How does carbon offset work? When you purchase a carbon offset, you are essentially paying to…