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Caitlin Johnstone – Consumerism is unsustainable. Competition is unsustainable. Imperialism is unsustainable.
TAG: extinction
That Coconut Oil You Love? Species Have Gone Extinct Over It, Study Says
Elizabeth C. Alberts – Globally, coconut farms occupy 12.3 million hectares (30.4 million acres) of land, about two-thirds the area of oil palm plantations, with most farms located in Indonesia and the Philippines.
Brazilian Amazon Drained of Millions of Wild Animals by Criminal Networks
Sharon Guynup – A new 140-page report is shining a bright light on illegal wildlife trafficking in the Brazilian Amazon. It is heart-breaking.
Brazil’s Amazon River Dolphin Faces Extinction After Fishing Moratorium Ends
Peter Yeung – The Amazon river dolphin (also known as the pink river dolphin, or boto) is the largest of the world’s freshwater dolphins. It lives in the Amazon and Orinoco river systems.
Sixth Mass Extinction Accelerating, Study of Land Animals Finds
Olivia Rosane – The sixth mass extinction is here, and it’s speeding up.
Entire Species Wiped Out by Australia Fires Over the Last Few Days, Including 25,000 Koalas
Elias Marat – Dunnarts and glossy black cockatoos are among the animals feared to have been entirely wiped out.
Study Estimates That 40% Of Tropical Plants In Africa On Verge Of Extinction
John Vibes – According to new research published in the journal Science Advances, a third of tropical African plants are at risk of extinction.
Study Suggests That People Aren’t As Bothered By Human Extinction As You Would Think
John Vibes – The people taking the survey seemed to be more afraid of living in a world where 80% of the species were wiped out than they were of the idea of humanity becoming extinct altogether.
Three Species Declared Extinct In India Due To Deforestation and Desertification
John Vibes – Experts cite deforestation and desertification as the primary reasons that these animals became extinct.
China Seizes Over 2,700 Elephant Tusks in Massive Bust
Mongabay – It was one of the largest ivory busts of all time.
It’s Official: Giraffes Added to Endangered Species List Under Threat of Extinction
Amanda Froelich – Not one, but two subspecies of giraffes have been added to a list of endangered animals.
Despite International Ban, Iceland Plans to Kill Over 2,000 Whales
Emma Fiala – The world’s whale population are under extreme duress. Can we please stop killing them?
Sobering Footage Shows Orangutan Fighting Off Excavator to Protect His Home
Amanda Froehlich – This is literally too upsetting to watch.
‘Below 1%’ – the Monarch Butterfly is Approaching Total and Irreversible Extinction
Elias Marat – The monarch butterfly is facing a sharp population decline that could spell its irreversible doom.
The World’s Food Seeds are Going Extinct, but You Can Help
Alex Pietrowski – In a very real sense, seeds are life itself, yet we are rapidly losing them.
The Beloved Orangutan is Being Wiped Out by Corporate Greed
Vic Bishop – Within 10 years orangutans will be completely extinct, warns international organization.
Oceans’ Changing Electromagnetic Environment a Killing Field for Mammals
Christopher Fontenot – We’re already seeing serious consequences for our misuse of electromagnetic vibrations.
Objectivity, Subjectivity and the Nature of Matter
Julian Rose – Some pretty aware people make a point of withholding themselves from taking up any of the myriad challenges that would prevent this planet driving itself to extinction.
Earth Has Lost Half of its Wildlife in the Past 40 Years, Says WWF
Damian Carrington, The Guardian Waking Times Species across land, rivers and seas decimated as humans kill for food in unsustainable numbers and destroy habitats. The number of wild animals on Earth has halved in the past 40 years, according to a new analysis. Creatures across land, rivers and the seas are being decimated as humans …
Why Humanity Must Come Through
Julian Rose, Contributor Waking Times Need I say it, we are living in – and through – an apocalyptic time. Disintegration and destruction manifest at an accelerating pace as our World is buffeted by a jumbled combination of opposing energies: the distorted man made toxic ones as well as the universal vibratory waves that are …