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The Future of The Planet

Alright guys, I usually just post pictures but I feel like today I need to make a different type of post.

The future of our species seems to be quite bleak. Climate change, peak oil, diminishing aquifers, ocean acidification, and overpopulation are all going to be colossal problems in the future (more so than today). I’m not going to go into to detail because frankly it’s too depressing. If you doubt me, research these topics yourself. The writing is on the wall.

Barring multiple miracles, the future is going to be a violent and unstable place for BILLIONS of humans.

Want to have a positive impact?

DON’T HAVE CHILDREN and do environmentally friendly things. But most importantly DON’T HAVE CHILDREN. Having one child basically doubles your environmental impact. It is HIGHLY LIKELY the future will not be a pleasant place to live.

Try to enjoy the present as much as possible. Love as much as possible. Realize that nothing lasts forever and be at peace with impermanence. Namaste.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/goodbye-world-weve-passed-the-carbon-tipping-point-for-good

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/only-60-years-of-farming-left-if-soil-degradation-continues/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/31/planet-will-warm-4c-2100-climate https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/08/carbon-dioxide-levels-are-at-their-highest-point-in-at-least-800000-years/?utm_term=.1f59fd15274a http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/26/world/wild-animals-disappear-report-wwf/ http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/oceans/ http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/the-dead-sea-global-warming-blamed-for-40-per-cent-decline-in-the-oceans-phytoplankton-2038074.html http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2015/december/global-warming-disaster-could-suffocate-life-on-planet-earth-research-shows http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/ http://www.postconsumers.com/education/10-facts-overpopulation

#climate change #overpopulation

https://eco-sense.ca

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Homes in the Shire by Shaun Jeffers Photography

We need more natural buildings, environments, relationships, and food in our lives.

Auroville is possibly one of the biggest ecovillages on the earth

http://earthmonsterworld.ning.com/groups/the-beauty-around-us/travel-dreams/auroville

“What is Auroville?Auroville is a universal township in the making for a population of up to 50,000 people from around the world.How did Auroville begin?The concept of Auroville - an ideal township devoted to an experiment in human unity - came to the Mother as early as the 1930s. In the mid 1960s the Sri Aurobindo Society in Pondicherry proposed to Her that such a township should be started. She gave her blessings. The concept was then put before the Govt. of India, who gave their backing and took it to the General Assembly of UNESCO. In 1966 UNESCOpassed a unanimous resolution commending it as a project of importance to the future of humanity, thereby giving their full encouragement.Why Auroville?The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity – in diversity. Today Auroville is recognised as the first and only internationally endorsed ongoing experiment in human unity and transformation of consciousness, also concerned with - and practically researching into - sustainable living and the futurecultural, environmental, social and spiritual needs of mankind.When did Auroville start?On 28th February 1968 some 5,000 people assembled near the banyan tree at the centre of the future township for an inauguration ceremony attended by representatives of 124 nations, including all the States of India. The representatives brought with them some soil from their homeland, to be mixed in a white marble- clad, lotus-shaped urn, now sited at the focal point of the Amphitheatre. At the same time the Mother gave Auroville its 4-point Charter.Where is Auroville?Auroville is located in south India, mostly in the State of Tamil Nadu (some parts are in the State of Puducherry), a few kilometres inland from the Coromandel Coast, approx 150 kms south of Chennai (previously Madras) and 10 kms north of the town of Puducherry.Who are the Aurovilians?They come from some 49 nations, from all age groups (from infancy to over eighty, averaging around 30), from all social classes, backgrounds and cultures, representing humanity as a whole. The population of the township is constantly growing, but currently stands at around 2,400 people, of whom approx one-third are Indian.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxstZFC8Vms