As is my custom every Earth Day here is Walt Kelly's iconic Earth Day 1970 poster. After all these years the message is still the same!
#earthday
#ClimateChange
#gardening
#Allotment
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#EarthDay was largely inspired by Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring." Here is the bittersweet story behind how and why she wrote it: https://t.co/DRwh8xuzi8
Happy #EarthDay, please enjoy this weird 17th century illustration titled "his nurse is the Earth".
From Atalanta Fugiens by Michael Maier, circa 1617-1618.
Happy #EarthDay!
Books about Earth (Planet) -- Core -- Fiction at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/6593
Books about Earth (Planet) -- Fiction at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/35120
Books about Earth (Planet) -- Miscellanea at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/28395
It’s #EarthDay & I’m giving a talk all about the global food system & its impact on the environment.
The agricultural sector is one of the most significant + immediately scalable places to have impact.
Since my talk isn’t public, here’s a great piece from @globalecoguy & the good folks at Project Drawdown. https://drawdown.org/news/insights/how-food-and-farming-will-determine-the-fate-of-planet-earth
#climatechange #science #food
President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by launching a website for applications for his Climate Corps jobs and training program, a plan that has attracted a lot of interest from young Americans.
NPR reports: "Eventually, the corps will employ more than 20,000 young people."
In honor of Earth Day, Vox launched a special Home Planet package. Here's the entire collection, which includes fascinating stories on giving up meat, fostering pigeons and the "Squirrel Census."
An #EarthDay reminder that despite what governments, militaries, and oil, plastic and chemical companies would have you believe, you didn't break the world. The treat you bought yourself, your drive to work, the flight to see your aging parents. They didn't break it, and eliminating them will not save it.
Individual reduction is great. It feels good, and I would never discourage it for its own sake. But individual responsibility for environmental degradation is an intentional and damaging lie.
Oooops, I missed my annual #EarthDay post...
Here's an updated graph of how much carbon dioxide (CO₂) has changed since the first Earth Day, which is driving recent climate change.