TIME REMAINING TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE ABUNDANCE
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Times Evoke
A walk in the clouds
‘Cloud forests move water between trees, mountains and sky — they become a Goldilocks zone for life’
‘We humans have altered clouds — these are not the same now as in the pre-industrial era’
‘Modern climate science has roots in the Hapsburg empire — it must heed marginalised voices now’
‘Big social media harms kids, hapless parents try to protect them — it’s a huge power imbalance’
Rocks – & a hard place
‘America still uses and exports coal — mining it in Appalachia ruins forests, mountains and human health’
‘Mining powered the rise of global capitalism, colonisation — and ecological catastrophes’
‘In the US, science and media, arbiters of truth, are often mistrusted now — old fires are stoked’
‘Climate politics began with equity and justice — we now face evasion, migration and wars’
‘Scientists started noting anthropogenic impacts in the 1970s — but climate denialism rose alongside’
Let's talk about the weather
‘The Spanish empire used notions from animal breeding for human beings — this suffused racism’
The times of Earth
‘We must draw from India’s climate history. This respected topography, hydrology and nature as capital’
‘Climate history warns us to limit warming to 2°C –humans may not be able to adapt beyond that’
‘Elephants use names for each other — this ability was only known in humans so far’
‘We are entering solar maximum now — more places on Earth will see sun storms and aurora in the skies’
The universe will find a way
‘Light from JADES-GS-z14-0 travelled 14 billion years to us — it mirrors how special our lives are’
‘Global warming’s given every human one month of extra-hot days — India is living this right now’
May 25, 2024: Global boiling, heat is truly on
‘Heatwave health impacts can be life-threatening — adjust your activities to help your body cope’
The beautiful & the damned
‘The British Raj had little knowledge — and even less sensitivity — towards animals used in war’
‘Humans treat animals like slaves, taking even their flesh from them — speciesism boosts this’
‘A cauliflower has fractal architecture — its ‘curds’ repeat via gene mutation and memory’
‘US student protests seeking peace in Gaza are the new anti-Vietnam War movement’
Flower power
‘There are 3,50,000 types of flowers — the same blossom offers varied colours to diverse observers’
‘Flowers hold powerful histories, from African slavery to Indian freedom and anti-Vietnam War protests in the US’
‘Heatwaves in India are 30 times more likely now than they’d be without climate change’
‘British colonialism pushed tea globally — India paid with indentured labour and damaged ecology’
‘Coffee caused deforestation and habitat loss — it now faces climate challenges and needs sustainability’
Storm in your morning cup
‘Floral diversity shows evolution is an ongoing process — with certain unpredictable aspects’
‘History, war and leaders are not humanity’s whole story — gardens are our imaginative delight’
‘Gardens reflected a human desire to dominate nature and the vulnerable — many parks move away from that today’
Being avant-garden
‘Their culture keeps changing over time — but signalling among animals remains honest’
'Many animals are going extinct - they make us humane. We need compassion to save them'
'Colonialism allotted the pleasure and pain of fossil fuels — US life is soaked in coal and oil'
'Animals think up intricate syntax for combining their sounds — we thought only humans could do that'
Gained in translation
‘Animal communications evolved in their own world — human clamour now impacts this’
‘Inequality is part of our fossil fuel regime — urban users gain, rural producers pay the cost’
Petro-History: An epic of energy
‘Geopolitics, neoliberalism and racism made energy a commodity — this should be a right’
‘Fossil fuel culture invokes ‘heroic masculinity’ which marginalises women — Donald Trump speaks to this’
‘Plants are moving beyond pollinators now, undoing coevolution millions of years old’