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"Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope" ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
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We're reading |
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The Future We Choose |
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As they nod to in the introduction, authors Figueres and Rivett-Carnac are a bit of an odd couple: she's a UN diplomat and daughter of the three-time president of Costa Rica; he's a former Buddhist monk, and son of a petroleum geologist.
The result is a book that's very radical (promoting XR's concept of regenerative culture) and very... diplomatic (both Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg are thanked in the acknowledgements).
It's an interesting blend of perspectives: and, with the picture they paint in the chapter "The World We Must Create," an optimistic counterpoint to David Wallace-Wells' Uninhabitable Earth (read his interview with Figueres here). |
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Upcoming ethical events. |
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People Power 2020 |
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7 Mar, Birmingham: Pooling knowledge in preparation for XR's May Rebellion |
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Women of the World |
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6-8 Mar, London: Celebrate International Women's Day at this Southbank Centre festival |
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Someone you should know |
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Wangari Maathai |
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Wangari Maathai smashed glass ceilings her whole life: she was the first East African woman to take a doctorate, the first female professor in Kenya, and the first African woman to win a Nobel Prize.
She was also super ahead of her time: way back in 1977, she started a grassroots movement encouraging women to plant trees to counter deforestation (that's 11 whole years before James Hansen first described global warming in the US Senate). Her Green Belt Movement has since spread throughout Africa, and planted over 51 million trees 🙌 |
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