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Disappearing Acts
Disappearing Acts We are living in an age of loss: the sixth mass extinction. Following this year’s shocking report that the planet has lost half its wildlife in the past 40 years, and the 2018 Remembrance Day for Lost Species, I wrote this piece on art and disappearance for Dark Mountain’s ‘The Vanishing’ section. Here we look […]
Biological Annihilation: a Planet in Loss Mode
Biological Annihilation: a Planet in Loss Mode If you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening to the nonhuman life forms with which we share this planet, you’ve likely heard the term “the Sixth Extinction.” If not, look it up. After all, a superb environmental reporter, Elizabeth Kolbert, has already gotten a Pulitzer Prize for writing […]
ALERT: Presenter Warns of ‘Ecological Apocalypse’ In Great Britain
ALERT: Presenter Warns of ‘Ecological Apocalypse’ In Great Britain Springwatch presenter Chris Packham is warning Great Britain of an “ecological apocalypse.” On this year’s Springwatch, Packham warns that we are presiding over “an ecological apocalypse” and Britain is increasingly becoming “a green and unpleasant land.” According to The Guardian, Packham, who is a naturalist and broadcaster, is […]
Time To Choose
kienyke.com Time To Choose Will you be an agent of depletion or regeneration? There’s a vast revolution underway. And it’s time to pick sides. Your choice couldn’t be more critically important. Quite possibly, the entire fate of the human species hangs in the balance. It’s time to decide: Will you be an agent of depletion […]
Half-Earth or Half Solution? E.O. Wilson’s Solution to Species Loss
Half-Earth or Half Solution? E.O. Wilson’s Solution to Species Loss Credit: David Barnas Credit: E.O Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life. Published by Liveright / W.W. Norton in March 2016 (ISBN 978-1-63149-082-8) Despite my somewhat snarky title, which is based on my assessment that Half-Earth is missing a key strategic component, E. […]
Major study shows species loss destroys essential ecosystems
Major study shows species loss destroys essential ecosystems Long term research by German ecologists proves that loss of biodiversity has “direct, unpleasant consequences for mankind.” Two days ago, C&C published a reply to a biology professor who shrugged off species extinction as unimportant because evolution will replace the lost organisms. This report, adapted from a Technical […]
The Importance Of Knowing
The Importance Of Knowing Without insight, action is useless At Peak Prosperity, we strive to help people advance in three key areas: Knowing, Doing and Being. Doing and Being are the resilience-building steps we recommend. Helping folks develop their own personal action plans in these areas is the main focus of the seminars we run. […]
The “Sixth Extinction” Adds Urgency to Habitat and Climate Protection
The “Sixth Extinction” Adds Urgency to Habitat and Climate Protection It’s now unequivocal: the sixth great spasm of species extinctions has begun. We – homo sapiens – are its cause. And only we can slow it down. Over the last century, the average rate of loss of vertebrate species — fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals – […]
