Peter Jocis reposted on facebook
Marianne Williamson Event: Waking Up to the Potential of Conscious Politics. It is time to step forward to engage with and transform the very systems that stand in the way of a thriving, just, and sustainable world. http://www.pachamama.org/marianne-williamson Marianne Williamson asserts, "We can't be 'selectively conscious', conscious about our food, our health, our relationships, everything but politics… and still call ourselves conscious."Extraordinary Honesty from the Heart EVOLUTION vs INTELLIGENT DESIGN A single science of Evolution, Intelligent
Design, Creationism and Survival defined by E=MC2
HEADS OR TAILS - ONE COIN - SAME SCIENCE
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Climate change: It's even worse than we thought
(repost from Soundoff)
More than the great Freudian escape exodus; more than abject reality denial; more than daily maximizing EBITDA for shareholders; more than the Mafia's motto, business is business, family (earth/life) is family (earth/life) - do not mix the two.
What is it?
What is it that makes Humanity obey the "Adapt" command to global warming, monstrous obscene income inequality, poverty, and "stuck in oil" energy science? Especially as the scientific solutions have been available since the 1940s.
What is it?
New Scientist
Climate change: It's even worse than we thought
(Image: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty)
Five years ago, the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change painted a gloomy picture of our planet’s future. As climate scientists gather evidence for the next report, due in 2014, Michael Le Page gives seven reasons why things are looking even grimmer
ARCTIC WARMING
The thick sea ice in the Arctic Ocean was not expected to melt until the end of the century. If current trends continue, summer ice could be gone in a decade or two
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EXTREME WEATHER
We knew global warming was going to make the weather more extreme. But it's becoming even more extreme than anyone predicted
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FOOD PRODUCTION
Global warming was expected to boost food production. Instead, food prices are soaring as the effects of extreme weather kick in
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SEA LEVEL
Greenland's rapid loss of ice mean we're in for a rise of at least 1 metre by 2100, and possibly much more
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PLANETARY FEEDBACKS
The planet currently absorbs half our CO2emissions. All the signs are it won't for much longer
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HUMAN EMISSIONS
If we stopped emitting CO2 tomorrow, we might be able to avoid climate disaster. In fact we are still increasing emissions
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HEAT STRESS
If the worst climate predictions are realised, vast swathes of the globe could become too hot for humans to survive
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