Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change —

Barbara Crane Navarro

Humanity injects an almost incomprehensible 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere every year. The majority of this comes from burning fossil fuels, but a substantial portion, about 16%, arises from how we use the land. Most of these land-use emissions are caused by deforestation, particularly[…]

Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climatechange —

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Our diary from the first week at COP26 — The Human Exploring Society

Barbara Crane Navarro

We have been in Glasgow catching the real news and statements from the Summit and attending the various events in the streets.It has been an intense week, filled with an energy and vibration like no other, from the international activists despite the neverending empty promises coming from inside the conference.This is a chronological series of[…]

Our diary from the first week at COP26 — The Human Exploring Society

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Indira Sheumaker on Des Moines City Council

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My friends at the Great Plains Action Society have a graphic that says “Infiltrate the system. Vote.” A variation comes to mind with the news that Indira Sheumaker was elected to the Des Moines City Council. “Infiltrate the system, run for office.” Indira has been involved in the Black Liberation Movement.

Des Moines voters sent a new, young candidate to the City Council chamber in Tuesday’s election, ousting a longtime incumbent, and supported keeping two other council members in office.

First-time candidate Indira Sheumaker defeated incumbent Bill Gray in the Des Moines City Council’s Ward 1 race. Gray was first elected in 2014.

Sheumaker attended her firstcouncil meeting when the group voted on an ordinance to ban racial profiling by the police department. There, she said, she heard “a lot of passionate people” speak up — herself included — but she felt like city leaders moved quickly without considering additional…

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Ann and Anna, (serial short story, Part 6): Believe

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

 

                 Part 5 was last Sunday

 

     “Yes, Ma’am.”  I nodded again, hoping she was right, but not truly believing it, in my heart of hearts.  I reached out, and she opened her hand, lacing her fingers through mine. I could have stayed like that forever, but old Mary shifted her weight, reminding us that none of us were our own mistresses.  We must hurry on, if we were to remain out of chains.

 

     “Believe it.”    How did she do that?  There it was.  She had that twinkle in her eye.

 

She gently released my hand, patting Mary’s broad neck as she glanced at my reins before ducking under the head of her own horse.  She was mounted before I even noticed.  She was so practiced at this, I knew, but still felt in awe of…

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Poem of the day: the people upstairs

The grey clover

The People Upstairs
By Ogden Nash

Voice of The grey clover

The people upstairs all practise ballet
Their living room is a bowling alley
Their bedroom is full of conducted tours.
Their radio is louder than yours,
They celebrate week-ends all the week.
When they take a shower, your ceilings leak.
They try to get their parties to mix
By supplying their guests with Pogo sticks,
And when their fun at last abates,
They go to the bathroom on roller skates.
I might love the people upstairs more
If only they lived on another floor.



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