Overpopulation, ecosystem loss, climate change, and Ebola itself are all growing exponentially. The human family must come together now to stop Ebola in West Africa or risk a global pandemic that could potentially kill billions – even as we commit post-Ebola to solving the disease’s root causes of rainforest loss, poverty, war and inequitable overpopulation.…… Continue reading Love in the Time of Ebola
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Ebola Is Ecosystem Collapse
The global environment is collapsing and dying under the weight of inequitable over-population and ecosystem loss. “We learn the meaning of enough and how to share or it is the end of being.” ― Dr. Glen Barry Deep ecology essay by Dr. Glen Barry, EcoInternet | MORE: Read about Love in the Time of Ebola…… Continue reading Ebola Is Ecosystem Collapse
VICTORY: Welcome Baby Steps by Greenpeace and FSC on Ending Old-Growth Forest Logging
Reflections upon having taken on Greenpeace and other lesser FSC old-growth logging apologists over their greenwash of old-growth forest logging and winning, and why 66% is the next 350. “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” ― Mahatma Gandhi “All we ever wanted was for the…… Continue reading VICTORY: Welcome Baby Steps by Greenpeace and FSC on Ending Old-Growth Forest Logging
CONGRATULATE Forest Stewardship Council for 1st Baby Steps Ending Greenwash of Old-Growth Forest Logging
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) claims to certify the sustainability of forest management. Yet for two decades FSC with the support of major NGOs like WWF and Greenpeace have greenwashed industrial scale old-growth forest logging – across an area two times the size of Texas for throw away consumer items such as toilet paper and…… Continue reading CONGRATULATE Forest Stewardship Council for 1st Baby Steps Ending Greenwash of Old-Growth Forest Logging
Global Ecosystem Collapse
The global environment is collapsing as human industrial growth overruns ecosystem habitats that make life possible. Either we choose now to embrace personal and societal changes necessary for global ecological sustainability, first and foremost stopping the destruction of ecosystems, or we face collapse and the end of being. The meaning of life is radical freedom,…… Continue reading Global Ecosystem Collapse
EcoInternet Hails Victory Protecting Virunga National Park and Gorillas from SOCO Oil
Vital precedents set that rainforests and oil don’t mix, global people power can protect local ecosystems, and all remaining old-growth forests must be protected from industrial development By EcoInternet – http://EcoInternet.org/ British oil company SOCO International has cancelled plans to explore for oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park [1]. EcoInternet (then…… Continue reading EcoInternet Hails Victory Protecting Virunga National Park and Gorillas from SOCO Oil
I Too Have a Dream: That Life on Earth Shall Not Perish, But Rather Thrive Forever
As a species we can do better if we believe in the human family, ourselves and Earth. There are alternatives to passively sitting by as climate abruptly changes, ecosystems collapse, and authoritarianism rises, destroying naturally evolved ecosystems and their life. A pathway exists to global ecological sustainability, yet it requires shared sacrifice and courage, and…… Continue reading I Too Have a Dream: That Life on Earth Shall Not Perish, But Rather Thrive Forever
This US Memorial Day Remember War Is Murder
We must stop glorifying war murders and their perpetrators. Instead we must demobilize globally in order to address the far greater threat of abrupt climate change and ecosystem collapse. Murder has not, nor will it ever, make us free. Someday soon we need a day to memorialize senseless acts of love, peace, sharing, and kindness.…… Continue reading This US Memorial Day Remember War Is Murder
On Overpopulation and Ecosystem Collapse
Earth’s biosphere is collapsing and dying as human industrial growth overwhelms ecosystems and abruptly changes climate. Equity, education, condoms, and lower taxes and other incentives to stabilize and then reduce human population are a huge part of the solution. THE FALL Earth in overshoot; human growth is killing her; the end of being. The global…… Continue reading On Overpopulation and Ecosystem Collapse
Ecology Is the Meaning of Life
Naturally evolved ecosystems are marvels that make Earth habitable, yet sadly they and all life are threatened Miraculous Nature Ultimately, all humanity and all life have is the biosphere, the thin layer of life just above and below Earth’s surface, composed of ancient, miraculously evolved natural ecosystems. The natural Earth is a marvel – a…… Continue reading Ecology Is the Meaning of Life