Climate Memo Mondays

35.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 9, 2021(War: August 9 Nagasaki Remembrance Day) https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-august-9-2021.html EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY, JULY 29, 2021 (Google search) Earth Overshoot Day marks date planet has used up resources for the year August 22, 2020 In 2020, Earth Overshoot Day fell on August 22. Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. For the rest of the year, we are maintaining our ecological deficit by drawing down local resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In 2021 Earth Overshoot Day moves forward by nearly a month July 29, 2021 Earth […]

34.  Climate Memo Mondays, August 2, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/08/omni-climate-memo-mondays-august-2-2021.html I hope this excellent film receives widespread viewing!   And I hope my registration will lead you to the link for you.  A main path to stopping temperature from rising further is stopping population growth.   D Registration Confirmation POPULATION CONNECTION PRESENTS 8 BILLION ANGELS View Recording Hi there, You have successfully registered for POPULATION CONNECTION PRESENTS 8 BILLION ANGELS by Terry Spahr. Webinar details: Linkhttps://www.bigmarker.com/8-Billion-Angels/POPULATION-CONNECTION-PRESENTS-8-BILLION-ANGELS-169c3840ccd5e9f15c16c4fb?bmid=d4b6901517e4 Webinar ID2e523ffdad63 AboutPOPULATION CONNECTION Presents:8 BILLION ANGELS (54 Minutes) Exclusive On-Demand Access for this documentary is available from:JULY 29 through AUGUST 3. When your viewing period begins, the […]

 Climate Memo Mondays #33, July 26, 2021 https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/07/climate-memo-mondays-3-july-262021.html WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE REPORTER OF THE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE?  Here’s one of mine:  ASHLEY DAWSON 2016 Extinction: A Radical History 2017 Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change.  2021 People’s Power: Reclaiming the Energy Commons ASHLEY DAWSON.  EXTINCTION: A RADICAL HISTORY.  2016. Publisher’s description: Some thousands of years ago, the world was home to an immense variety of large mammals. From wooly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers to giant ground sloths and armadillos the size of automobiles, these spectacular creatures roamed freely. Then human beings arrived. […]

31.  Climate Memo Mondays, July 12, 2021July 11, UN World Population Day https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/07/climate-memo-mondays-july-12-2021.html The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth by John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark and Richard York.  Monthly Rev. P, 2011. $15.26 – $26.00 Winner of the 2010 Gerald L. Young Book Award, bestowed by the Society for Human Ecology Humanity in the twenty-first century is facing what might be described as its ultimate environmental catastrophe: the destruction of the climate that has nurtured human civilization and with it the basis of life on earth as we know it. All ecosystems on the planet are now in decline. Enormous rifts have been driven through […]

CLIMATE JUSTICE 350.org Sticker: Cynthia Kaufman, The Sea Is Rising And So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook .orgThis fight for a livable climate is hard, Dick. We are up against some incredibly powerful interests, with a LOT of money at their disposal in order to maintain the status quo. And yet, with this vote, just like so many other times, this amazing movement of ours has shown that no matter how difficult it may seem at times, we are fully committed to our one true goal. We are not going to give up or let anyone shift the narrative, and […]

https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/06/climate-memo-mondays-29-june-28-2021.html The Great Adaptation:  Climate, Capitalism and Catastrophe by Romain Felli.  Translated by David Broder.  Verso, 2021. Publisher’s description: How capitalism wants us to adapt to climate change rather than stop it.The Great Adaptation tells the story of how scientists, governments and corporations have tried to deal with the challenge that climate change poses to capitalism by promoting adaptation to its consequences, rather than combating its causes. Since the 1970s, neoliberal economists and ideologues have used climate change as an argument for creating more “flexibility” in society, for promoting more market-based solutions to environmental and social questions. This book unveils the political economy […]