Looking together in the same direction.

Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

"Instructions for living a life.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it."

Mary Oliver


Saturday, October 27, 2018

“Providing food, shelter, clothing and education is not enough any more, because all of this would have no meaning in the end, if your children do not have a planet to live on with health and prosperity.” ― Abhijit Naskar

Please take the time to read these articles.  It is important.

Earth to no longer support human life by 2050
http://nakedfoodmagazine.com/meat-consumption/?fbclid=IwAR0mYHWt0FWDU2y1xqom9qYeAWQLMbhphe08hIKOkeqolCXwbgCILz8-fEE

US farmers increasingly terrified by climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/19/politicians-say-nothing-but-us-farmers-are-increasingly-terrified-by-it-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR2fuDCjQmPlOLXzAdtx3Di7sfb1tmLxZSFhAddWMkAeXHFBQGrEmT5SsBs

Social collapse within the next decade
https://www.minnpost.com/earth-journal/2018/10/new-outlook-on-global-warming-best-prepare-for-social-collapse-and-soon/?fbclid=IwAR09PWJ4Lga2RFbsbjlV2ACsiIDkxBv0UNMX-UP9n0gVlxQWhlzstBwby9U

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2018/10/un-says-climate-genocide-coming-but-its-worse-than-that.html?fbclid=IwAR1IgTX_DA0Q_h3cc0ptQb5MpfDujgNGCWkEH1YJ-ck8Aukx0QrptkfD7mw


“The future says:

Dear mortals;
I know you are busy with your colourful lives;
I have no wish to waste the little time that remains
On arguments and heated debates;
But before I can appear
Please, close your eyes, sit still
And listen carefully
To what I am about to say;
I haven't happened yet, but I will.
I can't pretend it's going to be
Business as usual.
Things are going to change.
I'm going to be unrecognisable.
Please, don't open your eyes, not yet.
I'm not trying to frighten you.
All I ask is that you think of me
Not as a wish or a nightmare, but as a story
You have to tell yourselves -
Not with an ending
In which everyone lives happily ever after,
Or a B-movie apocalypse,
But maybe starting with the line
'To be continued...'
And see what happens next.
Remember this; I am not
Written in stone
But in time - 
So please don't shrug and say
What can we do?
It's too late, etc, etc, etc.
Dear mortals,
You are such strange creatures
With your greed and your kindness,
And your hearts like broken toys;
You carry fear with you everywhere
Like a tiny god
In its box of shadows.
You love festivals and music
And good food.
You lie to yourselves
Because you're afraid of the dark.
But the truth is: you are in my hands
And I am in yours.
We are in this together,
Face to face and eye to eye;
We're made for each other.
Now those of you who are still here;
Open your eyes and tell me what you see.” 
― Nick Drake



"The planet is fine.  The people are fucked."
                   George Carlin

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