More equitable and sustainable ways of living have been illustrated during protests in recent years, but for them to matter, they need to be maintained after these short-term gatherings and adopted as "normal."
The cultural values that indigenous communities hold embody a critical route toward sustainability and justice. Our greater societal embrace of their values may be our last best hope to save our species."
~ K. Mattis
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..Earth-systems are enormous.. taking decades or longer reacting to change..
..and the world-wide 'capitalistic-system' we have vigorously engaged and let run-amok would be no different..
..in a world that were to attempt 'altering' its ways.. this might very well be possible... but it would as well require decades or more to turn the 'beast' around..
and even under 'prime-conditions', can our world really sustain a population of 10+ billion people.. even if it were possible we'd all revert to a lifestyle much more 'naturally-sustainable'..
..the ultimate question would still remain.. does the climate we are now to enter allow for these enormous numbers of humans to exist in such a stressful environment.?
..personally, just don't see us reaching a 'safer-zone' in time.. there is absolutely no evidence of mass awareness or willingness to modify behavior..
..realizing extremely large numbers of the world's inhabitants are going to be dying-off.. the 'hot-house' climate hell we'll be forced to survive in will allow for 'pockets' of a new type of adaptive-civilization to hold on for awhile, until temperatures rise to the point, where even restrictive-existence will likely no longer be possible..
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.."How did it get so late so soon.. night before its afternoon... December here before its June... ...my goodness how time has flewn... ... how did it get so late so soon?"
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..we are hurtling toward Armageddon..
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