{"id":40891,"date":"2018-11-24T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T17:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40891"},"modified":"2018-11-24T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T17:29:07","slug":"thoughts-from-the-precipice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40891","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts From The Precipice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thoughts From The Precipice<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Things are worsening. But we’re not over the edge quite yet.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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As you already know, things are unraveling. The narratives of the past are being revealed as false and fraudulent — even harmful.<\/p>\n

For example, the fallacy of pursuing “ever more” growth. Growth up to a point is beneficial, but it turns self-destructive when it exceeds what available resources can sustain.<\/p>\n

As it is practiced, economic growth as pursued around the world today is now destructive. If we continue on our current trajectory, it will become fatal.<\/p>\n

It already has for an increasing scope of the natural world. Beauty is being ruined. The complex web of life is being shredded. Species loss is accelerating.<\/p>\n

This kind of damage is essentially permanent.<\/p>\n

Pollinator Collapse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Right now insect ecologists the world over are utterly horrified by the declines in insect populations. \u201cCrashing\u201d is not too strong of a term.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s almost as if the Rapture happened; but instead of humans, it’s the insects who were taken.<\/p>\n

A healthy, prudent response by a healthy, prudent culture would be to immediately ban any insecticides suspected of contirbuting to the problem. And to swiftly deploy a serious scientific resources into studying the issue.<\/p>\n

Nothing of the sort is happening in the US yet. Few other countries are, either; with the exception of France.\u00a0 This is really positive news:.<\/p>\n

France Is The First Country To Ban All Five Bee-Killing Pesticides<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nov 21, 2018<\/p>\n

With bees on the endangered list and the terrible consequences that will come to pass if they become extinct, France has taken a drastic step in an attempt to save the population of pollinating insects.<\/p>\n

As reported by Organic Consumers, the European nation has decided to ban all five pesticides that scientists believe are responsible for killing bees.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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