What have you done today to lower your impact?

We are washing away the foundations of our existence on every front. It is high time we move from crashing about on the planet like a bull in china shop and find a way to go forward with intent. We must find systems of living based on sustainability. The systems and tools exist, it is up to each of us to adopt them.

Showing posts with label extinction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label extinction. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Video - Climate Denial Crock of the Week - Extinction

"
An accelerating rate of species extinction isn't just all part of mother natures plan.
It's an expected result of climate change.
With changes in the arctic happening faster than any other place on earth,
polar species are among those most at risk.
Case in point: The Pacific Walrus.

http://www.wwfblogs.org/climate/conte...
http://www.adn.com/2010/09/25/1471943...
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/c...

Woods Hole Research
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=12763...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
http://www.physorg.com/news64375550.html"


Monday, 2 June 2008

A thought or two from Bill Mollison

Quoted from the introduction to the book "Permaculture: A Designers Manual" by Bill Mollison

"The sad reality is that we are in danger of perishing from our own stupidity and lack of personal responsibility to life. If we become extinct because of factors beyond our control, then we can at least die with pride in ourselves, but to create a mess in which we perish by our own inaction makes nonsense of our claims to consciousness and morality."

"A person of courage today is a person of peace. The courage we need is to refuse authority and to accept only personally responsible decisions. Like war, growth at any cost is an outmoded and discredited concept. It is our lives which are being laid to waste. What is worse, it is our children's world which is being destroyed. It is therefore our only possible decision to withhold all support for destructive systems, and to cease to invest our lives in own annihilation."


" The Prime Directive of Permaculture - The only ethical decision is to take responsibility for our own existence and that of our children. Make It Now!"