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Rich nations could see ‘double climate dividend’ by switching to plant-based foods (Carbon Brief) — Uma (in)certa antropologia — Barbara Crane Navarro

carbonbrief.org Ayesha Tandon 10.01.2022 | 4:00pm Adopting a more plant-based diet could give rich countries a “double climate dividend” of lower emissions and more land for capturing carbon, a new study says. Animal-based foods have higher carbon and land footprints than their plant-based alternatives, and are most commonly consumed in high-income countries. The study, published […] […]

Rich nations could see ‘double climate dividend’ by switching to plant-based foods (Carbon Brief) — Uma (in)certa antropologia — Barbara Crane Navarro

Parashat BeShalach, and Bully Culture

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This week’s Torah portion, is “Parashat Beshalach / פָּרָשַׁתבְּשַׁלַּח Parashat Beshalach is the 16th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Torah Portion:Exodus 13:17-17:16

This week, traditional congregations (and maybe a few Masorti/Conservative Movement folks) will read the entire portion, and I forget which year of the Trienniel cycle the Reform and most of the Conservative/Masorti movements are in, so they might not get to that part this year. But everyone will be reminded of the cowardly attacks by Amalek on the stragglers of the Children of Israel.

How do you build a culture where people would all be ashamed of themselves, as a certain giant I met in Bath ought to have been, for not “picking on someone your own size,” as we used to say. Although frankly, picking on anyone for any reason, bigger than you…

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¡La Naturaleza es la única Joya verdadera! – ¡Una sugerencia de regalo inolvidable para el día de San Valentín! | Barbara Crane Navarro

Canoa en territorio indígena, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela « Oro Caníbal … Nuestros mayores no sabían sobre el dinero … El dinero no nos protege … no crea nuestra alegría. Para los blancos, es diferente. Estos blancos son comedores de tierra cubiertos de humos epidémicos. Creen que son todopoderosos, pero sus mentes están llenas de oscuridad.…
— Read on barbara-navarro.com/2022/01/15/la-naturaleza-es-la-unica-joya-verdadera-una-sugerencia-de-regalo-inolvidable-para-el-dia-de-san-valentin/

Alphabet soup for the soul vol.2 -“O” | Words from Walden

O is for Obstacles “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal” -Henry Ford- If everyone is overcoming obstacles, the question becomes, what kind of obstacles do you want to overcome? Obstacles that are put in our path to make us stronger. They are a whisper from the…
— Read on wordsfromwalden.com/2022/01/15/alphabet-soup-for-the-soul-vol-2-o/

Saturday Surprise — Fun Facts! | Filosofa’s Word

I realized too late last week that Saturday had come and gone and I hadn’t even thought of a Saturday Surprise post, so I vowed not to make the same mistake this week!  I hope you are all having a safe and relaxing weekend so far.  We are, as usual, staying in this weekend, with…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/01/15/saturday-surprise-fun-facts/

Labor Department vows to protect workers from Covid after mandate blocked

In other words, OSHA could tailor a new regulation that targets high-risk industries, such as meatpacking, with safety measures that do not include the controversial vaccine rule, according Jordan Barab, deputy assistant secretary of OSHA during the Obama administration.

“There are a number of criteria OSHA could use to make it more risk based that would probably pass Supreme Court muster,” Barab told CNBC on Friday.

Labor unions are already pushing in that direction. The AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the U.S., called on the White House to issue a new workplace safety standard that would require improved ventilation, physical distancing, masking and paid leave for all workers

 

Source: Labor Department vows to protect workers from Covid after mandate blocked