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optimism as a political act

— excepts from a text by Alex Steffen (source)

#thegardenlesbian #ref #poliref #i reformated it a bit bc yes #also i love this idea so much like it literally changed my life #and i put a read more bc it's a bit long #also i don't know about the magazine nor the author tbh i just took it as it is #yeah idk just wanted it here #edit: rereformated bc it looked kinda 'bad' on mobile #readref #optimism as a political act

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animal eaters don't like killing animals. they don't like being reminded of the screams and blood of violence. They want it sanitized in a package, divorced of the fur or feathers the animal wore, something so foreign from an alive creature you can forget it didn't used to be dead. they don't like eating dead things. they like textures and flavors they're used to eating, but those textures and flavors can be replicated almost exactly without killing. i'm coming to the conclusion that people who buy dead animals, like any other group of shitfuckers, aren't uniquely evil. They're just selfish and too unmotivated to make a change when it's easier to keep contributing to the evil everyone around them does. It's too much work to change what you purchase, it's easier to say silent when you see animal mistreatment, it's easier to just keep buying dead bodies, it's easier to eat the same thing as the people around you. Privilege of being on the other side of the cage makes it easy to ignore who you're eating even if you have to believe in anti-science like animals don't feel pain and don't like being exposed to footage of what happens at those corporations you're financially supporting

Source: daffodilhorizon

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oediex

Today is Earth Overshoot Day.

"Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year."

This means that from today on, we are living in an ecological deficit, or on "credit". We are using natural resources the earth cannot replenish, as well as accumulating waste the earth cannot deal with, "primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere". We are using 1.7 earths every year.

The date of Earth Overshoot Days is slowly climbing forward more and more:

While what we should be doing is pushing that date back the other way. If we want to reach the IPCC goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by 2030, which is required if we are to limit global warming to 1,5°C, we need to push Earth Overshoot Day back by 19 days for the next 7 years.

World Overshoot Day is calculated by Global Footprint Network (where the above graph is from), an international non-profit research organisation that provides data, insights, and tools for decision-makers to understand the ecological limitations of our world so that they can make informed decisions for a better future.

One of the best things you can do as an individual is going vegan, because meat and dairy products tend to emit more greenhouse gasses than plant-based foods. It is truly one of the most effective ways for you as an individual to have an impact on the environment.

A friendly reminder here at the end that veganism is a doing what is “possible and practicable” for you - this includes access to foods, allergies, health issues, mental health issues, etc.

Source: oediex

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