HAPPY #BLACKHISTORYMONTH! Today marks one year since my first book, #TheBlackAgendaBook was published! In the wake of #TyreNichols, every word, voice, and idea still rings true. #BlackHistoryMonth #BLM

This labor of love is the first to center and celebrate Black expertise across economics, education, health, climate, and more. Thank YOU for buying, sharing, and supporting this book.

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Gen Z is Hyperconscious of Greenwashing in Retail — Defining ‘True’ Sustainability for a Young Demographic

https://www.retailtouchpoints.com/topics/sustainability/gen-z-is-hyperconscious-of-greenwashing-in-retail-defining-true-sustainability-for-a-young-demographic

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #GenZ

any woman over 30 planning a girls night

1. what’s the cheese situation?
2. are we wearing pants with waistbands?
3. i’m not cleaning my house.
4. really looking forward to it but also i’m leaving at 9

After raking in record profits, Chevron has announced that the company will buy back $75 billion of its own shares.

Oil and gas companies jacked up prices to line their own pockets at the expense of the American people.

𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-20/mushroom-packaging-solution-to-plastic-waste-problem/101873116

A start-up packaging company combines fungi with organic waste to grow and create compostable packaging.

Organic waste and mycelium is grown for 7 days in a mold and the final product is able to be used in place of traditional materials such as polystyrene.

After use, the packaging can be composted in the garden.

Let's do this now! 🍄

#Fungi #Recycle #Plastc #Mycology #Mushrooms

The next big thing is deep-sea mining.

There is 💵 money 💵 to be made, lots of money, and capitalism has decreed that profit *always* takes precedent over everything else.

Besides, what could possibly go wrong? 🙄
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The deep-sea (areas below 200m) covers over half of our planet’s surface. Despite the wide range of species living in these waters, we know very little about their ecosystems. For example, we don’t understand how the carbon-burial process works, which means disturbing the seabed could have catastrophic consequences, potentially causing a severe decline in biodiversity and accelerating the impact of climate change.

“Seabed mining is sometimes presented as an unavoidable consequence of ever-growing demand for minerals, especially to supply certain metals for the green technology transition,” said Dr. Kirsten Thompson, based at the University of Exeter. “This narrative is put forward by mining companies, who also present deep-sea mining as the ‘lesser of two evils’ in comparison to land-based mining. But if you’re asking ‘Which destructive industry is better?’ then you’re asking the wrong question.”

MORE HERE -- https://www.europeanscientist.com/en/environment/the-dangers-of-deep-sea-mining/

#BiodiversityLoss #ClimateCrisis #AntiCapitalism