Shortly after I arrived here on Mastodon in late 2022, I posted this message as part of an introduction...
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I care about a lot of issues, but I care about nothing more than what human commerce and industry have done to our climate and environment.
Spurred on by greedy capitalists, our modern society is trashing the ecosystem, poisoning the oceans, filling our bodies with plastic, killing entire species, slashing biodiversity to shreds and ramping up global temperatures, bringing more fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, famines, and war.
What I hope is that Mastodon can serve as an effective forum to educate people — those who are willing to be educated — about what is coming in our future and our children's future, and what we might do together to prepare for that.
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Alas, in the two years I have been on this platform, things have got worse, *much* worse.
There has been ZERO progress in slowing climate change. In fact, fossil fuels — oil, gas, and coal — are being produced and burned faster now than ever before. Rainforests are still being destroyed. Whole species are dying out, thousands going extinct every year. Earth is becoming a wasteland.
And on the political front... well, shit, I don't have to tell you how bad it is now. We are living in dystopia.
Is there any light in the darkness? It's difficult to see, but I'll keep looking. And if you find me, please take my hand.
#Politics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
__________________________
I care about a lot of issues, but I care about nothing more than what human commerce and industry have done to our climate and environment.
Spurred on by greedy capitalists, our modern society is trashing the ecosystem, poisoning the oceans, filling our bodies with plastic, killing entire species, slashing biodiversity to shreds and ramping up global temperatures, bringing more fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, famines, and war.
What I hope is that Mastodon can serve as an effective forum to educate people — those who are willing to be educated — about what is coming in our future and our children's future, and what we might do together to prepare for that.
__________________________
Alas, in the two years I have been on this platform, things have got worse, *much* worse.
There has been ZERO progress in slowing climate change. In fact, fossil fuels — oil, gas, and coal — are being produced and burned faster now than ever before. Rainforests are still being destroyed. Whole species are dying out, thousands going extinct every year. Earth is becoming a wasteland.
And on the political front... well, shit, I don't have to tell you how bad it is now. We are living in dystopia.
Is there any light in the darkness? It's difficult to see, but I'll keep looking. And if you find me, please take my hand.
#Politics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
マーティン・ステンツェル。 ケルン在住。 •