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#GoWokeGoBroke #emergencyalert #GOPClownShow #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #MurdaughTrial #WorldBookDay #thursdaymorning

"Despite the scientific warnings, governments have never met a UN biodiversity target they have set for themselves and there is a major...
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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...effort to make sure this decade is different."

And that was pretty much the very first thought I had after I read the subhead.
#GoWokeGoBroke #emergencyalert #GOPClownShow #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #MurdaughTrial #WorldBookDay #thursdaymorning

Really, every mark set by the #ParisAgreement has been missed... and those were only band-aid marks, not even measures that actually had teeth.
#GoWokeGoBroke #emergencyalert #GOPClownShow #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #MurdaughTrial #WorldBookDay #thursdaymorning

But is it really all that surprising when an economic model based in CONSUMERISM has been forced upon pretty much the entire planet, that resources are being over...
#GoWokeGoBroke #emergencyalert #GOPClownShow #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #MurdaughTrial #WorldBookDay #thursdaymorning

...consumed and the status quo consistently fails to truly address that problem?

It definitely doesn't help when the general populace mindlessly follows along. Image
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Speaking of Over Consumption and Consumerism, who doesn't love those crazy Domino set-ups when you get to watch them all fall down?!

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