So much doom & gloom. Truth is, we really don’t know how this will turn out. 10,000 years is relatively insignificant with respect to how long human beings have been around, and barely a drop in the bucket since mammals appeared on this planet. I do agree that we need to respect our planet, but give up the cynicism & resignation in favour of aligning with the possibility that we will see our way through the challenges of the present and the future together. Spread love, not fear.Climate warming faster than any time in human history.
Temperatures are rising faster today than they have at any point since at least the end of the last ice age, about 11,000 years ago, according to a new study.
The finding is based on a global reconstruction of temperature records inferred from ice cores, fossils in ocean sediments and other sources. While previous studies reached similar conclusions, they covered only about 2,000 years. The new reconstruction extends the global record through the Holocene, the most recent geologic epoch.
“Another way to think of it is the period where human civilization was born, created, and developed and then progressed to where we are now,” Shuan Marcott, a climate scientist at Oregon State University who led the study, told NBC News.
If you’re one of those who still think global warming is hooey, let me ask you a question: do you really believe we can literally spend a century pumping tons of chemicals into the atmosphere and have nothing happen? Poof! It all just disappears like crap down a toilet because… Well, because why, exactly? Does that really make any sense at all to you? As always, conservative positions seem reasonable — until you fucking think about them for a fraction of a second.
This is it, people. We’re standing at the edge of the cliff without a lot of room left between us and the open air. We can turn back or we can jump.
Think we’re spending money now? Wait until you see how much we have to spend to hold the seas back, to irrigate deserts, to fight wars over water. That’s spending money. In comparison, stopping the warming trend would be chump change.
Humanity has only two choices: either to start, once again, in every field an endeavor, to learn from the whole of nature, from the relationships within the whole cosmos, or to allow both nature and human life to degenerate and die off. There is no other choice. Today, no less than in ancient times, we are in need of knowledge, that can really enter into the inner-workings of nature.” Rudolf Steiner Spiritual Foundations for the Renewal of Agriculture
(You can listen to the whole lecture series here:
http://www.rudolfsteineraudio.com/agriculture/agriculture.html )
the good news is…
Queen bees and alpha chimps aren’t voted into office, but that doesn’t mean they’re despots. Scientists have begun to view many animal species as de facto democracies, where majority rule ensures survival more than tyranny can.
7 examples of animal democracy
Did humanity originate in the woods?
Teeth from the skull of a human ancestors reveals that they may have survived on a woodland diet of leaves and tree bark.
21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity
Notice that it is humans showing compassion to other humans… no system involved or required (in fact, some of the systems represented in these photos would promote precisely the opposite). #love
