Philippine Eco-warriors

YOUTH FOR ECO-CAPITALISM IN THE PHILIPPINES

[livekindlyco-blog]

Remember that there is no planet B  🌎  🌱

[femmanist]

[minimaliststudy]

the 7 r’s of sustainability

1. refuse - if you don’t need it, refuse it. say no to flyers, plastic bags, straws, plastic cutlery etc. invest in a reusable water bottle, slow down and eat in to avoid takeaway containers, make your daily tea or coffee at home and take bags with you when you go shopping

2. reduce - can you cut down on how much you are using? buy food in bulk, eat less meat, don’t buy clothes just because they’re on sale. finding lots of little ways to reduce what you are consuming can have a big impact

3. reuse - can you reuse the product or parts of the product for another purpose? reuse empty glass jars to store food or turn old clothes into cleaning rags

4. repair - if it’s broken try and fix it before you throw it away and buy a new one

5. rot - if you can’t reuse or repair something made of natural materials, compost it. don’t send it to landfill because it can’t decompose buried under other rubbish, the greenhouse gases will just collect

6. recycle - send materials like cardboard and glass off to be chemically repurposed into new products. this process is resource intensive so it is best to reduce your recycling as much as possible, but recycling is always better than sending things to landfill.

7. rethink - if you can’t do any of the above then it’s time to rethink whether you actually need the product. find sustainable alternatives 

[euge--rome]

Happy Earth Day!! Tick off your progress of your zero-waste journey! How many do you do already and how many will you be able to do by the end of the year?

Going zero waste is something that everyone adapts to differently according to what they have available, so do what you can, be aware and spread the word!

I wanted to add a link to every product, and I also need to add some other things but if you want to help me out that’d be great!

[myurbanhomestead]

[afp-photo]

PHILIPPINES, Manila : Children play beside a garbage filled river in Manila on January 23, 2016. Plastic rubbish will outweigh fish in the oceans by 2050 unless the world takes drastic action to recycle the material, a report warned January 19, on the opening day of the annual gathering of the rich and powerful in the snow-clad Swiss ski resort of Davos. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS / AFP / NOEL CELIS                        

[nbcnightlynews]

This is Greta Thunberg’s full opening statement at today’s congressional climate change hearing: 

“My name is Greta Thunberg … I don’t want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to the scientists … And then I want you to take real action.”

For more: See our reporting on climate issues around the world, as part of our series Climate in Crisis.

[finalgirldigital]

[chrishemswortth]

[acourtoffeels]

20.09.19 Berlin, Germany

Climate Change Protest at its finest

[rickmctumbleface]

She has more spine and spirit than all American politicians put together.

[npr]

Young People Lead Millions To Protest Global Inaction On Climate Change

"We know it's happening. We need change. We demand better," an 11-year-old girl said at a march in Thailand. Protesters are calling for net-zero carbon emissions and other changes.

[ceevee5]

Today with the climate strikes is the biggest ever global day in climate activism.

[bokchois]

Running out of time.

[rodrickheffeley]

climate strike 2019

[hellyeahanarchistposters]

Poison Ivy is a comrade

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

Far from being the only viable political-economic system, capitalism is in fact primed to destroy the entire human environment. The relationship between capitalism and eco-disaster is neither coincidental nor accidental: capital’s need of a ‘constantly expanding market’ its 'growth fetish’ means that capitalism by its very nature is opposed to any notion of sustainability.

Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism (via millennial-review)