The children on climate strike are right: their lives should not be sacrificed to satisfy our greed.

Words by George Monbiot

The young people taking to the streets for the climate strike are right: their future is being stolen. The economy is an environmental pyramid scheme, dumping its liabilities on the young and the unborn. Its current growth depends on intergenerational theft.

At the heart of capitalism is a vast and scarcely examined assumption: you are entitled to as great a share of the world’s resources as your money can buy. You can purchase as much land, as much atmospheric space, as many minerals, as much meat and fish as you can afford, regardless of who might be deprived. If you can pay for them, you can own entire mountain ranges and fertile plains. You can burn as much fuel as you like. Every pound or dollar secures a certain right over the world’s natural wealth.

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(Klimafakten.de) George Marshall, der Gründer des britischen ThinkTanks ClimateOutreach, taucht mit seinem Don't even think about it tief ein in die Psychologie der Klimakommunikation – und hat zahlreiche einleuchtende Ratschläge für Praktiker parat.

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Original-Artikel zu finden bei der Washington Post

The Story of Plastic will be released in Spring 2019. Website zum Film: https://www.storyofplastic.org

(visualcapitalist.com) It took 200,000 years of human history to get to one billion people – and just 200 years to reach seven billion.

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(Spektrum.de) Weltweit mehren sich Hinweise, dass Insekten massenhaft verschwinden. Ihr funktionaler Verlust könnte für die Menschheit noch gravierender sein als der Klimawandel.

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(TheGuardian) The UN is warning that we are now on course for 3C of global warming. This will ultimately redraw the map of the world. Until now, global efforts such as the Paris climate agreement have tried to limit global warming to 2C above pre-industrial levels. However, with latest projections pointing to an increase of 3.2C by 2100, these goals seem to be slipping out of reach.

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(ZeitOnline) Wachstum! Profit! Und Politainment zur Beruhigung. Da frage noch jemand nach Gerechtigkeit, Bildung, Freiheit. Wir dürfen mit dem Weitermachen nicht mehr weitermachen.

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