#global change

[ladyorlandodream]

by @climatemessages (Twitter - X)

[mimok]

In the Center of the Silence~

There is a space in the center of the noise. A pause. A stillness. A moment that invites us to listen more deeply. This image brought that to mind for me tonight— standing alone in the middle of an empty amphitheater, surrounded by layers of silence, facing the sky, the land, the echo of your own heartbeat. In this world full of clamor and conflict, how do we remain attuned to what is…

[obsidianquill]

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." – Mahatma Gandhi

[odinsblog]

Move along, nothing to see here. Just blizzards in Florida + record snowfall in Mississippi and Louisiana + climate change.

[theupfish]

The ozone layer is not only healing, but will likely be back to its 1980-state within a Millennial's lifetime

[lucubratemagazine]

Migration and Development

What about migration? How is the picture when it comes to development in a country and for the individual?

Lucubrate Magazine, January 22nd, 2025 Migration has become a pivotal topic in contemporary discussions surrounding global dynamics, particularly regarding sovereign states and their net migration rates. Net migration, defined as the difference between the number of people entering a country and those leaving it, serves as an essential indicator of a nation’s appeal and the socio-economic…

[thesacredunknown]

Pluto In Aquarius: Creating a Conscious Collective

My thoughts on the evolution of human consciousness and the nature of reality in relation to Pluto ingressing into Aquarius and acknowledging the power we each have to create a collective centered around loving awareness. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

On November 19, 2024, Pluto finally makes its way into Aquarius, ushering in a new 20-year period of collective and personal transformation. Having been in Capricorn since 2008, Pluto gave us an opportunity to transform the structures that we participate in and how we relate to them. It revealed the flaws and hidden truths within these structures, challenging us to question authority and redefine…

[hylianengineer]

Hey, happy Earth Day! Who wants to talk about climate change?

Yeah, okay, fair, I kinda figured the answer to that would be "ugh do we have to?" What if I told you I have good news though? Good news with caveats, but still good news.

What if I told you that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, we've avoided a whole degree celsius of global warming by 2100, or maybe more?

Current projections are 2.7C, which is way better than the 3-5C (with a median of 3.7C) we were expecting in 2015. It's not where we want to be - 1.5C - but it is big, noticeable progress!

And it's not like we either hit 1.5C and avoid all the big scary consequences or fail to hit 1.5C and get all of them - every tenth of a degree of warming we avoid is going to prevent more severe problems like extreme weather, sea level rise, etc.

This means that climate change mitigation efforts are having a noticeable impact! This means a dramatically better, safer future - and if we keep pushing, we could lower the amount of global warming we end up with even further. This is huge progress, and we need to celebrate it, even though the fight isn't over.

It's working. Keep going.

[hope-for-the-planet]

Former New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg is joining with other US climate organizations to fund the United States entire 21% contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This will allow the organization to remain fully functional in the wake of Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. This contribution will continue at least until the United States is able to rejoin the Paris Agreement.

I dislike the existence of billionaires as much as the next person, but it is refreshing to see one of them actually using their money to do a net good for the planet.

[charlesoberonn]

The fact that this joke is from the very first episode (which aired in January 1997) is messing with me.

[logorrhea5mip]

Sorry for the bad photo quality, Tumblr doesn't like posts this long.

[obsidianquill]

"It always seems impossible until it’s done." – Nelson Mandela

[slowtumbling]

Alien-Nation

I had a poster once. It showed all of the world leaders playing soccer which might seem kumbayish at first. Except the ball they were kicking around was the earth. That was over 30 years ago. I'm not sure things have changed all that much. Today's global leaders, still mostly male, continue to keep kicking the world all over the place. It's a wonder the rest of us don't get jarred off. Thank God…

[its-funnytwittertweets]

[reasonsforhope]

If you're feeling anxious or depressed about the climate and want to do something to help right now, from your bed, for free...

Start helping with citizen science projects

What's a citizen science project? Basically, it's crowdsourced science. In this case, crowdsourced climate science, that you can help with!

You don't need qualifications or any training besides the slideshow at the start of a project. There are a lot of things that humans can do way better than machines can, even with only minimal training, that are vital to science - especially digitizing records and building searchable databases

Like labeling trees in aerial photos so that scientists have better datasets to use for restoration.

Or counting cells in fossilized plants to track the impacts of climate change.

Or digitizing old atmospheric data to help scientists track the warming effects of El Niño.

Or counting penguins to help scientists better protect them.

Those are all on one of the most prominent citizen science platforms, called Zooniverse, but there are a ton of others, too.

Oh, and btw, you don't have to worry about messing up, because several people see each image. Studies show that if you pool the opinions of however many regular people (different by field), it matches the accuracy rate of a trained scientist in the field.

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I spent a lot of time doing this when I was really badly injured and housebound, and it was so good for me to be able to HELP and DO SOMETHING, even when I was in too much pain to leave my bed. So if you are chronically ill/disabled/for whatever reason can't participate or volunteer for things in person, I highly highly recommend.

Next time you wish you could do something - anything - to help

Remember that actually, you can. And help with some science.

[odinsblog]

Nothing to see here, just fire + floods + climate change