This quick look video (7 minutes), based on the book We're Doomed, Now What (2021) investigates the Anthropocene, a geological epoch defined by the overwhelming impact of humanity on the Earth system. Visual data illustrates a significant milestone in 2020 when the mass of human-made objects first surpassed the total weight of all living biomass on the planet.

https://youtu.be/rYDrInSIr6U

Watch, like, comment, subscribe.

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Oh boy. #RoyScranton is good.

http://mustarinda.fi/magazine/post-fossil-fuel-culture/anthropocene-city

This article is a stunner. Not only is it superbly written, dense with facts about the toxic industries surrounding the Houston Ship Canal, clear about the political incompetence dealing with storm flooding on Texas coastlines, and a focus on #DarkEcology and #hyperobjects via a discussion with #TimothyMorton (another dark ecologist and complex thinker, but...

Cont.

Good stuff in here for those that follow the #climate / #environmental tracks.

http://mustarinda.fi/magazine

#RoyScranton is another elegant writer; another dark ecologist. Check out his other essays around the web too. For example...

'Learning How to Die in the #Anthropocene'

https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2013/11/10/learning-how-to-die-in-the-anthropocene/

Which is based on his book of similar title (and on my next 5 reading list).