Garry Rogers's Blog, page 20
July 13, 2017
Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Event Under Way
Most of Earth's beautiful forests, natural grasslands, and countless wild animals and plants will not survive. Continue reading →
July 12, 2017
Join the Battle for Net Neutrality
GR: Today is the day to help save internet freedom. Please send your letter now. Comcast, Verizon and AT&T want to end net neutrality so they can charge extra fees to control what we see & do online. Today, we take … Continue reading →
July 11, 2017
When Will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot For Humans?
But no matter how well-informed you are, you are surely not alarmed enough. Over the past decades, our culture has gone apocalyptic with zombie movies and Mad Max dystopias, perhaps the collective result of displaced climate anxiety, and yet when it comes to contemplating real-world warming dangers, we suffer from an incredible failure of imagination. Continue reading →
July 8, 2017
250,000+ Oppose USDA Proposal to Approve First-Ever Genetically Engineered Forest Tree
"Forests are interwoven with human evolution," stated Dr. Rachel Smolker, Co-Director of Biofuelwatch and Steering Committee member of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees. "They regulate and stabilize water flow and climate, enrich soils and prevent erosion. They provide food, medicine, shelter, fuel, livelihoods, recreation and sanctuary for peoples around the world. They literally make life on Earth possible. Trees have evolved over the eons in adaptation to their native environments. Tweaking their genetics and planting them in foreign environments demonstrates an alarming lack of understanding of ecology and genetics." Continue reading →
If We Stopped Emitting Greenhouse Gases Right Now, Would We Stop Climate Change?
"If we stop emitting today, it's not the end of the story for global warming. There's a delay in air-temperature increase as the atmosphere catches up with all the heat that the earth has accumulated. After maybe 40 more years, scientists hypothesize the climate will stabilize at a temperature higher than what was normal for previous generations." --Richard B. Rood Continue reading →
July 6, 2017
July 4, 2017
Why ecocentrism is the key pathway to sustainability
The authors conclude that ecocentrism is essential for solving our unprecedented environmental crisis, arguing its importance from four perspectives: ethical, evolutionary, spiritual and ecological. They contend that a social transformation towards ecocentrism is not only an ethical but a practical imperative, and they urge support for ecocentric understanding and practices. Continue reading →
July 3, 2017
Human Mistakes: Deforestation
Humans have cut and burned forests for thousands of years. The delightfully moderate environments created by forests, the opposite of urban heat islands or the monotony of farms, are disappearing. In our own special way, we are fouling our nest, but unlike the birds, we are not cleaning up after ourselves. Continue reading →
July 1, 2017
How This Tanzanian Musician Made Ivory a National Campaign Issue
Tanzania lost 60 percent of its elephants to the ivory trade between 2009 and 2014. Continue reading →
