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Former UN Inspector Scott Ritter on What The Hell Is Happening in the Ukraine
UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter provides a concise summary of the geopolitics leading to the current Russia-Ukraine war.
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Russell Brand Offers Food for Thought on the Ukraine Crisis
Russia has invaded Ukraine – according to the much of the MSM and certain politicians it’s as simple as Putin being the new Hitler. But is it that simple? What role did our own governments play? And are we headed towards WW3?
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The Tipping Point (by Infinite Waters)
As the powers that be exert more and more effort to impose fear, social division, and soul-crushing narratives, Ralph Smart invites us to consider the ways our spirits can resist this oppression and turn to love instead. By keeping love steadfastly in the driver’s seat, we find a tipping point into a much more sustainable world drawing steadily nearer.
Read More The COVID Fear Response and Wider Psychology With Dr Paris Williams: The Plant a Seed Podcast EP 16
In this conversation, Dan and Jono have a conversation with Dr Paris Williams and dive deep into his thoughts about the Covid 19 response in New Zealand and how fear shapes our behavior and the way we think and perceive the world. It’s an authentic look at the government’s response and its effects on the people in NZ.
Read More A Gathering of the Tribe (a short film by Charles Eisenstein)
It is time for us to come together. To gather, to rise, to love, to LIVE! You are not alone. I promise you, you are not alone.
Read More Dr Jessica Rose – On Covid Injections for Children
Immunoligist Dr Jessica Rose discussed the recent move to inject increasingly younger children with the Covid vaccines, and the adverse effects to children and to the population in general.
Read More Paul Kingsnorth: Why I Changed Sides in the Vaccine Wars
Esteemed activist and ecologist Paul Kingsforth says that the crystallising moment arrived when he woke up to the news that the Austrian government had ‘interned an entire third of the population’. This move, he writes, sent a ‘chill down my spine’.
Read More Mass Psychosis: Understanding the Descent into Collective Madness
A mass psychosis is an epidemic of madness and it occurs when a large portion of a society loses touch with reality and descends into delusions. Such a phenomenon is not a thing of fiction. Two examples of mass psychoses are the American and European witch hunts 16th and 17th centuries and the rise of totalitarianism in the 20th century.
Read More Why Jeff Bezos’ Space Dream is Humanity’s Nightmare
“We’re told that this is for us, this is for planet earth, this is for everyone. No it’s not. This is a billionaires’ game.” – George Monbiot
Read More The Journey of Soul Initiation: An Interview with Bill Plotkin
Bill Plotkin, author of Soulcraft and The Journey of Soul Initiation, provides guidance for the descent to soul – the dissolution of current identity; the encounter with the mythopoetic mysteries of soul; and the metamorphosis of the ego into a cocreator of life-enhancing culture.
Read More Irish MP Names the “Elephant in the Room” about Israel
We somehow find ourselves in this extraordinary situation in which it takes enormous courage to call out the last remaining openly apartheid, openly racist state on the Planet (Israel). This Irish MP demonstrates such courage, speaking truth to power and standing up for the equal rights of Palestinians and all people. Please watch and share!
Read More Help Taika Waititi ‘Save Ralph’
Taika Waititi has lent his voice to the ‘spokes-bunny’ of a new campaign to ban animal testing for cosmetics.
Read More Foundational Attachment – The Key to Humanity’s Survival?
In this brief presentation, Dr Paris Williams discusses the concept of “Foundational Attachment” – a deep sense of belonging to and connection with the Earth and Cosmos – and how this concept can help us understand how we’ve arrived at this precipice of our own extinction; and how it may guide us back into harmony with the Gaian system.
Read More Can Madness Save the World? (Excerpt from “The ReKindling”)
Dr Paris Williams attempts to answer the question, “Can Madness Save the World?” in this excerpt from the longer “ReKindling” webinar.
Read More Can You Trust the Media? | Manufacturing Consent Explained
“Second Thought” takes a look at whose interests the corporate media serves, and evaluate whether we should trust mainstream news.
Read More From Breaking Down to Breaking Through (in just 8 minutes)
What do all living beings and living systems share? They have the capacity to turn “breaking down” into “breaking through.”
Read More How Big Pharma & Psychiatry Gaslight Us: Interview with Bruce Levine
Clinical psychologist Dr Bruce Levine covers a wide range of topics related to deceit and corruption within the psychiatric-pharmaceutical industry.
Read More Meet The Wrong Type of Jew, The Media Doesn’t Want You To Know Exists
Jewish Socialist Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi has been suspended from the UK Labour Party, likely due to her status as a prominent Jew willing to challenge the human rights abuses perpetrated against Palestinians and others by Israel.
Read More Joanna Macy: Post-doom with Michael Dowd and Barbara Cecil
Joanna Macy, Deep Ecologist and founder of “The Work that Reconnects,” shares her wisdom for how to live a fulfilling life in these uncertain times.
Read More ‘Ground-Breaking’ Documentary Links Amazon Fires And Deforestation To Animal Agriculture
Moby, who executively produced the film, says it’s a ‘must-watch for anyone who is passionate about combating corruption’
Read More The End of Kings
The end of kings is near. It is time to scale decentralized trust networks to empower humanity to work, trade, and govern directly with each other without the need for rulers to rule us.
Read More EarthBeat Podcast w/ Paris Williams: Transforming Uncertainty into Action
Issac Oron and Sina Saffari from the Earth Beat Community in New Zealand engage in dialogue with Dr Paris Williams, psychologist and integral thinker, exploring a number of themes related to personal, collective and global wellbeing,
Read More Navigating Global Crisis: Developing Personal and Collective Resilience [A Recorded Webinar]
The current COVID-19 crisis has given us a strong taste of a globally shared crisis, and yet this is likely to be just the first of a series of global crises that we personally and collectively must imminently face. Join Dr Paris Williams in this free experiential/multi-media workshop aimed at fostering personal and collective awareness and resilience.
Read More How to Stop the Next Pandemic: U.N. Report Links Outbreaks to Climate Crisis & Industrial Farming
A new UN report says COVID-19 has a zoonotic origin, meaning it jumped from animals to humans, and the U.N. report finds that such diseases are spreading with greater frequency due to human activity, including industrial farming and the climate crisis.
Read More The Human Metamorphosis: Paris Williams
This week we have a discussion with Dr Paris Williams. We discuss the transition that took Paris from world champion hang gliding athlete, to the depths of an intense personal inner transformation and awakening that led him on a journey of exploration of the human condition.
Read More Making Sense of the Downward Spiral: Daniel Schmachtenberger
America’s cities are ablaze with rioting after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This comes in the heightened tensions of the coronavirus crisis. How can we make sense of this spiral of polarisation, and are bad actors taking advantage of the situation? This is a conversation with evolutionary philosopher Daniel Schmachtenberger hosted by Rebel Wisdoom.
Read More Contact with the Sacred
Published by KarmaTube With spectacular visual images, this film reminds us of the necessity of...
Read More Pandemic as Practice: With Joanna Macy & Jonathan Gustin
Working together, we can awaken the human soul to meet this pandemic. Working together, we can use our “dark-adjusted eyes” to see the coronavirus crisis as a spiritual call from Soul.
Read More 1 Year Since Julian Assange’s Arrest: A Panel Discussion
A panel discussion marking one year since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was expelled from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and arrested by British police. Assange is fighting extradition to the United States where he faces 175 years in prison on the first-ever charges of espionage for publishing truthful information in the public interest.
Read More Erosion and Evolution: Our Undoing is Our Becoming
Erosion and evolution. Shadow and light. Death and rebirth. These are some of the strands that the acclaimed author, naturalist and activist Terry Tempest Williams weaves together in the face of today’s broken world.
Read More CORONAVIRUS: How Did it Really Start & How Do We Stop it From Happening Again?
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Read More What Determines Coronavirus Survival?
What determines COVID-19 survival if you are infected? Do we have any control over it? Using periodic animations, this video covers the virus’s mechanism for reproduction, how the virus claims its victims, and how to lower major risk factors for fatality.
Read More An In-Depth Summary of The COVID-19 Situation: Daniel Schmachtenberger
In this fast changing and overwhelming pandemic crisis, what is really going on, and what should individuals and governments do? In this situational assessment, Daniel outlines some of the misconceptions about the virus, some likely trajectories for the US and the rest of the world, and lays out some concrete proposals for avoiding disaster.
Read More Who Hears the Fishes When They Cry? The Filthy Business of Fish Farming
On October 7th, 2019, animal protection organization Compassion Over Killing released footage from their new undercover investigation of a salmon factory farm.
Read More Humanity’s Phase Shift: Interview with Daniel Schmachtenberger
This conversation with David Fuller of Rebel Wisdom looks at the growing civilisation-level crisis that we are beginning to see around us, and looks at what a genuine ‘phase shift’ for human progress might look like.
Read More Joaquin Phoenix’s Inspiring Oscar Speech: Love and Compassion for All Beings…
On perhaps one of the biggest nights of his life, PETA’s 2019 Person of the Year, Joaquin Phoenix, wasn’t thinking about himself. As he accepted the Oscar for Best Actor on Sunday, February 9, he was thinking about what else he could do to help end speciesism.
Read More Politics as Usual Isn’t Working: It’s Time for a Revolution
Falling life expectancy. Rising economic inequality. Power concentrated in hands unelected elites. An environment poisoned by profits. For some, the crises present day America faces are existential. As such, the political response needs to be commensurate to the moment and nothing short of a root and branch political revolution. For others, this revolutionary impulse on the Right and Left spells disaster.
Read More This Song Was Made to Heal You
“Sustainable Human” knocks another one out of the park. Watch and be prepared to be deeply touched… and don’t forget to turn up the sound!
Read More Chris Hedges & Ray Saurez Discuss “A People’s History of the USA”
Chris Hedges discusses the importance of historian Howard Zinn for a fuller understanding of American history, with journalist Ray Suarez, author of ‘Truth has a Power of its Own: A Conversation about A People’s History with Howard Zinn.’
Read More What It Truly Means to be a Vegan
Many people have the wrong impression when it comes to what it means to be a vegan. Under this definition, do you consider yourself to be a vegan?
Read More Seeking Wholeness in a Time of Brokenness: On Peacebuilding Between Different Faiths
An interview with Reverend Victor Kazanjian, the executive director of the United Religions Initiative.
Read More The Issue Before Us is Death… (Sermon by Chris Hedges)
You don’t have to subscribe to any particular philosophy or religious belief to appreciate the truth and wisdom within this sermon given by Chris Hedges.
Read More The Issues with Eating Dairy, Eggs and Honey [Interview with Daniel Schmachtenberger]
In this interview with researcher and think-tank developer Daniel Schmachtenberger, we discuss some of the fundamental ethical questions and issues surrounding animal rights and veganism.
Read More On Courage
What does it mean to be courageous? This short video provides an eloquent answer through powerful images that encourage further consideration of the question.
Read More Greta Thunberg at COP25: ‘There Is no Sense of Urgency’
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, whom Time Magazine just named “Person of the Year,” spoke to delegates at the COP25 climate conference in Madrid.
Read More Glenn Greenwald’s Exclusive Interview With Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Who Was Deposed in a Coup
Evo Morales, who served as president of Bolivia for 13 years and presided over extraordinary economic growth and a reduction of inequality praised even by his critics, announced that he was resigning the presidency under duress, with implicit threats from the Bolivian military and links to the U.S. strongly indicated.
Read More Top 21 Heartwarming Movies for Animal Lovers
The holiday season is the perfect time to cozy up with these top 21 movies for animal lovers. From animated classics like Bambi to new favorites like Frozen 2, these are our top picks for heartwarming movies that the whole family can enjoy.
Read More Chris Hedges On The Rise & Fall of the U.S. Empire
Chris Hedges provides a compelling summary of the rise and imminent fall of the U.S. Empire, and its associated global corporate power and terrorizing of much of the world with illegal coups, sanctions, violence and war.
Read More On Being Alone
On a solo canoe trip down the Green River, paddling through the Canyonlands of southeast Utah, Craig Childs reflects on what it means to be alone in the wild.
Read More Can the Principle of ‘Emergence’ Offer Hope for Humanity?
This is a beautiful talk on emergence, its significance and fundamental importance for humanity.
Read More A Physicist’s Message for Humanity
In this thoughtful video, physicist Peter Russell pays tribute to kindness, suggesting that the world would be a drastically different place if we all showed one another more consideration
Read More Peter Singer on the Lives You Can Save
In Moral Philosopher Peter Singer’s hands, the questions that motivate a moral life are startlingly simple. But if you take them seriously, living morally can be both very rewarding and very challenging.
Read More Ted Talk: How to Transform Apocalypse Fatigue Into Action on Global Warming
Ted Talk by Per Espen Stoknes The biggest obstacle to dealing with climate disruptions lies...
Read More Why Was the Bolivian President Overthrown by a U.S. Backed Coup? Listen to His Recent UN Speech
Evo Morales, the democratically elected President of Bolivia, was forced from office by a military coup immediately after his election, with plenty of evidence to suggest it was backed by the United States. Does this courageous speech he recently gave at the UN lend some insight into the cause?
Read More The Impact of Animal Farming on the Planet: Interview with Dr Sailesh Rao
Mic the Vegan interviews Dr. Sailesh Rao, systems specialist with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and co-producer of the documentary Cowspiracy.
Read More In the Presence of Elephants and Whales: Interview with Katy Payne
Katy Payne is a renowned acoustic biologist who has discovered that humpback whales compose ever-changing songs and that elephants communicate across long distances by infrasound.
Read More There is Infinite Hope, But Not For Us: Interview with Barbara Cecil & Dahr Jamail
In this episode of Transitions, Barbara Cecil and Dahr Jamail, co-authors of the ‘How Then Shall We Live?’ series published at Truthout, are interviewed about what they feel it means to openly and honestly face the unprecedented global ecological collapse presently taking place.
Read More Not Worth Going Vegan for the Climate?
Going vegan won’t help the planet? Not worth it for the climate? All of these notions are based on the EPA’s figures for livestock emissions. Why are they drastically different than the FAO’s reports? Time to investigate.
Read More Plastic? What’s Really Killing Our Oceans?
The public has expressed growing concern for the state of our oceans, as plastic is quickly outnumbering the amount of fish in the sea. But what is the main driver of ocean plastic? It turns out that close to 50% of the plastic debris in our oceans is abandoned fishing gear.
Read More Joker Star Joaquin Phoenix Explains Why He Went Vegan
Acclaimed actor and animal rights activist Joaquin Phoenix speaks about his family’s transition away from eating animals at the age of 3, and his lifelong commitment to being vegan and speaking out for animals.
Read More Abrupt Climate Change,the Nuclear Threat, Methane in the ESAS: Robert Hunziker interviewed on Nature Bats Last
The October episode of Nature Bats Last featured a discussion between NBL co-hosts Professor Guy McPherson, Kevin Hester and US independent journalist Robert Hunziker.
Read More The Greta Thunberg Helpline
If you’re a grown adult enraged by 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, satirist Mark Humphries and his co-writer Evan Williams have created a new service that could help.
Read More Collapse: The Only Realistic Scenario? (A. Keller)
Arther Keller, rocket scientist and ecology consultant, gives us an eye opening description of complex system collapse, illuminating the possible futures of the human social system.
Read More Greta Thunberg’s Speech to World Leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit (Hold On To Your Seat!)
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, age 16 and representing the world’s youth, came to New York City from Europe via sailboat to address world leaders at the U.N.’s Climate Action Summit.
Read More America’s First Plant-Based, Solar-Powered, Zero-Waste School Is Opening Its Second Location
America’s first plant-based school is opening a new location! Founded in 2006 by movie-industry legend James Cameron; his wife, actress Suzy Amis Cameron; and her sister, Rebecca Amis, the MUSE School is not only completely vegan but solar powered and zero waste.
Read More David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg and Jane Goodall Want to Talk to You About Climate Change
From disappearing species to plastic pollution and our disastrously weak attempts to recycle it, here’s what the top voices on climate change have to say about the planet’s escalating biodiversity crisis.
Read More The True Life of the Forest – An Interview With Diana Beresford-Kroeger
Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger, botanist, medical biochemist, an expert on the medicinal, environmental and nutritional properties of trees, and author most recently of The Global Forest.
Read More So What’s Wrong with Wool?
Despite the fact that farming sheep is at least as harmful to the environment as farming cows, many sheep raised for wool are treated very cruelly. This video reveals the very disturbing treatment of sheep on an Australian wool farm, which is unfortunately considered “treatment as usual” across Australia and much of the world.
Read More The Epidemic of Prescription Drug Dependence: Interview with Dr John Read
Sky news discusses dependence on prescription drugs and the soon to be released Public Health England review. Interviewed are Professor John Read and therapist Marion Brown.
Read More What Animals Are Thinking and Feeling, and Why It Should Matter | Carl Safina | TEDxMidAtlantic
Carl Safina takes us inside the lives and minds of animals around the world, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought and emotion. And yet, we are wiping out the very animals we should celebrate; we are the flood coming for Noah’s Ark. Carl leaves us with a difficult question: Do we have what it takes to let life on earth survive?
Read More Your Slavery is their Freedom
Journalist George Monbiot exposes the billionaire class
Read More Can We Blame Global Warming On Sun Cycles?
Our sun is reaching the end of it’s normal 11 year cycle and is now approaching a period of minimum solar activity. This one’s being dubbed the Grand Solar Minimum. Some say it’s the real cause of climate change and that it’s going to wreak havoc with our weather systems for years to come, possibly even tipping us into a mini ice age. But the numbers tell a very different story…
Read More “If We Don’t Protect Nature We Can’t Protect Ourselves” – Harrison Ford | Extinction Rebellion
Harrison Ford gives an impassioned speech about the emergency resulting from our toxic economic and political system. He says that the way we relate to each other and to nature is destroying Earth’s capacity to sustain life.
Read More Why We Owe It to Ourselves to Spend Quiet Time Alone Every Day
By not giving ourselves the minutes — or hours — free of devices and distractions, we risk losing our ability to know who we are and what’s important to us, says physicist and writer Alan Lightman.
Read More Tinkering with Intent
Blair realized early in life that he didn’t need a lot to live, and that money and material possessions were not important. Instead he has chosen to value happiness, creativity, and well-being. He shares those values through his public gallery, where there is the chance to be irrevocably changed.
Read More John Pilger: We Are in a WAR SITUATION with China!
In this special episode of Going Underground, legendary journalist and film-maker John Pilger is interviewed on many of the latest issues: looming war with China, the Hong Kong protests, the escalating cold war between the U.S. and Russia, sanctions on Venezuela and Iran, and updates on Julian Assange and Wikileaks.
Read More UN Climate Report Compares Vegan Diet to Others
A recent United Nations IPCC report on climate compared a vegan diet to others. Here are the results and the response by Trevor Noah of The Daily Show and others.
Read More 2020 Dietary Guidelines: Vegan vs Low Carb Battlefield
A recent US dietary guidelines meeting which consisted of public comment made for some interesting low carb and plant-based drama. This is 4 hours distilled into something interesting.
Read More The Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest | George Monbiot
“If we lose the Amazon rainforest, we lose everything.” Journalist George Monbiot warns us of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, which has been greatly accelerating in recent months.
Read More One Breath Around the World
A stunning video providing us with a truly immersive journey through the underwater world of our planet.
Read More In Ecuador, One Man’s Mission to Restore a Piece of the Rainforest
Ecuador has lost thousands of square miles of rainforest, the land converted to pasture and crop fields and cleared for oil and gas development. Today, trees cover just 35 percent of the country’s surface, down from more than 90 percent a century ago.
Read More Mercy Beyond Borders
With operations in South Sudan and Haiti, Mercy Beyond Borders brings hope to more than 1,400 women and girls annually by providing educational, economic and empowerment opportunities where there are few options to escape extreme poverty.
Read More A Young Poet Tells the Story of Darfur
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A Young Poet Tells the Story of Darfur
–by ted.com, syndicated from ted.com, Aug 09, 2019
I was 10 years old when I learned what the word “genocide” meant. It was 2003, and my people were being brutally attacked because of their race — hundreds of thousands murdered, millions displaced, a nation torn apart at the hands of its own government.
Read More Jane Goodall on Climate Change: ‘Something’s Got to Give’
At the age of 26, Dr Jane Goodall pioneered new ways of researching animals including by living with them. Now, aged 85 and a UN Messenger of Peace, she travels more than 300 days a year to share the urgency of taking action on climate change on behalf of all living things and the planet we share.
Read More Israel Demolishes 70 More Palestinian Apartments in East Jerusalem
Jeff Halper, a leader of the anti-demolitions movement, discusses the destruction of Palestinian homes, along with the history and politics that allows this violation of international law to continue
Read More Rich Roll, Ultra-Athlete | Reclaiming Your Vitality with a Conscious Lifestyle | 2017 CEO Summit
Rich Roll shares his journey from a lifestyle of an unconscious eating and alcohol addiction that took a toll on his health and well being to to reclaiming his vitality with conscious eating and lifestyle habits.
Read More Why I’m Not a Vegetarian
A non-graphic, fact driven look at veganism and vegetarianism. Particularly, how basic math keeps vegetarian animal products forever intertwined with meat and a look at several studies comparing health benefits of these diets.
Read More 5 Years Later: No Indictments in Choking Death of Eric Garner
Attorney and activist Kamau Franklin says the decision not to bring civil or criminal charges against NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the murder of Eric Garner is an example of the criminal justice system working as intended.
Read More ‘Journalism Is Helping to Normalize the Concentration Camps’
Janine Jackson interviewed Arun Gupta on Trump’s concentration camps for the July 12, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
Read More Look Inside this Plant-Strong Hospital and Meet the Cardiologist Who’s Leading the Charge (Video)
Robert Ostfeld, MD, is taking giant leaps forward to bring plant-based nutrition into Montefiore hospitals, including screening Forks Over Knives at patients’ bedsides.
Read More The Work That Reconnects: A Tribute
In this hour-long tribute to “The Work the Reconnects,” Pat van Boeckel explores the stories of activists who have used Joanna Macy’s writings to enhance and support their service and their lives.
Read More The Rights of Nature with Mari Margil and Thomas Linzey
Communities are now passing legislation to recognize the legally binding rights of nature. This spreading network is honoring and upholding the personhood of the environment, instead of the personhood of the corporations destroying it. Featuring Mari Margil, Associate Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, and Thomas Linzey, co-founder of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.
Read More Youth Leading the Way for Climate Justice
Young people across the world are rising up to spur action on climate change. This powerful movement is gaining momentum as the stakes continue to escalate in the fight for their future.
Read More Why These 7 Doctors Are Vegan
A vegan diet is just what the doctor ordered. As the health benefits of a plant-based lifestyle are going mainstream, these doctors are leading the charge on advocating for plant-based nutrition as medicine.
Read More Carnivore and Vegan Diet Swap: Shocking Blood Results
A carnivore and a vegan dieter switched diets for 30 days. Here are the results from the blood tests tied back into the research.
Read More‘The Story of Water: Who Controls the Way We Drink?’
The latest video from The Story of Stuff dives into the world of privatized water systems and why this impinges on a basic human right.
Read More 25 Vegan Athletes (Parts 1 and 2)
These 25 vegan athletes prove that a plant-based diet gets results. With improved recovery times, and improved performance in their respective sports, plant-based protein is a powerful fuel source.
Read MoreThe Gulf Of Mexico’s Expanding Dead Zone
Bad news is flowing towards the Gulf of Mexico. The catastrophic rains that have pummeled the Midwest this spring are flooding streams and rivers with farm runoff, fertilizers and sewage runoff that will soon hit the Gulf, greatly expanding the dead zone in the fishing grounds there. Scientists say that about 8,000 square miles of the Gulf will be affected, driving away crab, shrimp and fish as the water loses its oxygen. Marine ecologist Nancy Rabalais of Louisiana State University has been studying the Gulf waters since 1985, and she joins us now on the line.
Read More The Climate-Health Connection: Infectious Disease
Driven by the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil, our world is getting warmer and warmer – putting real people’s lives are in danger. But not just from the searing heat, violent storms, and rising seas most think of first when the conversation turns to our changing climate. The climate crisis is also making us sick – and it’s only just getting started.
Read More Millions of Brazilians Join General Strike and Protests Against President’s Austerity Reforms
In what has become the largest mobilization against Brazil’s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, millions of Brazilians joined in the general strike, shutting down schools, banks, and public transportation. They are demanding a halt of the pension reform and the release of imprisoned ex-president Lula da Silva.
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