#standwithnature

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"This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate" by Naomi Klein.

Extract:

"Over the course of the 1970s, there were 660 reported disasters around the world, including droughts, floods, extreme temperature events, wildfires, and storms. In the 2000s, there were 3,322—a fivefold boost."

Imagine by 2020?

[honeyygroupposts]

Behave responsibly. we do not want the environment to shed tears. Let us make it greener on this #WorldEnvironmentDay. #Planttrees — make the earth greener #standwithnature #environment #Biodiversity #worldenvironmentday2020 #Climatechages #timefornature #timefornature🌳🌿🍃 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCd2CnHTyP/?igshid=do4wx9ksprmz

[tomasrayes]

We have only one life before we become something else on the only planet we got 🌎 • #standwithnature #standwithscience #standwithlife #regenerate #natgeo #lion #protectlife #health #humanity #planet http://ift.tt/2h1xAYi

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If Paris did it, why not Mumbai

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Short bursts of a screeching sound filled the air. It wasn’t a bird, it was a man with a whistle. And as he blew into it, everyone in the park slowly began to make his or her way out. It was 10 am, and in Bengaluru – the capital of Karnataka – that’s when many neighbourhood parks close, re-opening only after 5 pm, even on a Saturday

We all have lived this scene in Mumbai, though BMC promised to open parks betweek 6am and 9 pm with only 3 hours off from 12pm to 3pm... Same goes with keep off the grass rules in many park such as Bajaj. This is what we are fighting for : a real public open space

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Is this a proper way to dispose waste??

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"Forests, wildlife, water bodies, rivers, clean air and coastal zones are precious natural resources that belong to the people and we need to protect them"

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Greater London, home to nine million inhabitants, has 9,300 double-decker city buses, the equivalent of around 15,000 standard-sized buses. Shenzhen, a megacity of 12 million residents, has 16,000 standard-sized buses.

Bengaluru, a city of similar size, has a mere 6,600. And Bengaluru is the only one that meets the government’s benchmark of 600 buses per million inhabitants. Chennai is next but falls well short with less than 400 buses per million. The figure drops precipitously for Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune—the only cities with public fleets of more than a thousand.

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A major portion of the reclaimed open spaces have been marked as “amenity” spaces, they said, claiming that out of 91 hectares to be reclaimed, only 10.04 hectares will be purely green spaces.

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If the mangroves die, we re looking at flooding areas. Protecting the environment and its biodiversity, it is also protecting us.

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The essence of the problem can be captured just four words used in the judgement, that the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) of the project is “parsimonious with the truth” meaning it retains informations on the environmental impact of the project.

Hopefully This will set a precedent and warn developpers, urban planners and city officials to think about their impact first.

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“In the absence of proper waste management by the municipal corporations, ponds and johads become convenient garbage dumps. After tubewells began being used for irrigation, dependency on waterbodies ended and, hence their neglect,”

If this could work it would be great news for Delhi.

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Private vehicules are a major contributor to every city pollution

Why #wewantparksnotcars