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[thoughtportal]

Climate Bill

[ecocriticism-daily]

"In her wonderful study of waste, Gay Hawkins describes how, in the narrative of modernity, ‘dumping waste is an expression of contempt for nature [...]. Humans establish their sense of mastery over and separation from a passive desacralized nature by fouling it.’ Hawkins continues:

Waste makes us feel bad, its presence disgusts and horrifies us, it wrecks everything — in these familiar sentiments badness is located in the object that disrupts purity rather than in the relation between the person having the affect and the object. In the quest to purify, [...] waste has no generative capacities, only destructive ones. (pp. 9–10)

In contrast to this characterization of waste, for Carpenter, waste is generative: it contributes to life in changing and diverse forms, it creates relationships and networks, it transmits feelings. Coat as compost is understood in terms of intimacy and fidelity by Carpenter, not disgust. Waste, we might say, makes Carpenter feel good" (11).

Wendy Perkins: "Edward Carpenter's Queer Ecology of the Everyday" (2018)

[moodboardmix]

Celebrating the most important day in the world: Earth Day 2021!

On Thursday, April 22, the world will celebrate Earth Day, the largest non-religious holiday on the globe.

This Earth Day falls at a critical turning point. It is the second Earth Day since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and follows a year of devastating climate disasters, such as the wildfires that scorched California and the hurricanes that battered Central America.

International Earth Day is celebrated to remind each of us that the Earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance.

It also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for in the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth to achieve a just balance among the economic, social and environmental needs of present and future generations of humanity.

Image Credit: duncan1890

Garbage in Lake Uru Uru, in Oruro, Bolivia, March 30, 2021. (EPA Photo),

An official of the Municipal Government Health Unit walks among the pollution of Lake Uru Uru, in Oruro, Bolivia, March 30, 2021. (EPA Photo)

Garbage piles cover fields and streets after heavy rainfall in Lagos, Nigeria on June 7, 2020. (Adeyinka Yusuf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

[gettothedancing]

Dems Turn Major China Bill Into Green Slush Fund

Meeks introduced the EAGLE Act—the House version of the bipartisan Strategic Competition Act—in May and included measures to boost a global climate change plan while eviscerating sections related to affirming support for Taiwan. Meeks also rejected several suggestions from House Republicans on national security challenges related to the Chinese Communist Party.

Measures intended to take a stand on climate change may end up lining China's pockets rather than checking Beijing. The Green Climate Fund, an international organization backed by the United Nations, would receive $4 billion in both 2022 and 2023 through the Meeks bill. The fund has already sent some $100 million to China in the hopes of reducing global emissions. China, however, uses forced labor in its climate change efforts and no mechanisms are present in the bill to keep American tax dollars apart from the forced labor supply chain.

[politijohn]

[berniesrevolution]

Bernie Sanders | #NoMiddleGround On Fracking

[disney0whatnot]

Okay but Josh and Luke’s repression for kids has been so powerful. Like Josh came out and made organizations recognized when coming out. And then Both then being a part of the rise against Climate Change. Like they influence more then they realize and for kids who watched Andi Mack it’s a good representation of what we need to do for us to live another 2 or 3 decades. I just love how they make their Disney Fame and turn it for good.

[solarpunkwitchcraft]

Why Defending Indigenous Rights Is Integral to Fighting Climate Change

Historic conference asserts Indigenous peoples' rights as a climate change solution.