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Jul 10th, 2023 |
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By Suzanne York. Does it seem that dire climate and environmental news is everywhere right now? Could we be at a tipping point and possibly crossing irreversible planetary thresholds? Ironically, this could be happening at the same time as awareness of these issues amongst the general public is on the rise. All of a sudden
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Tags: ecological tipping points, sustainability
May 19th, 2023 |
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By Suzanne York, Transition Earth. We inhabitants of planet Earth face a dizzying array of challenges, from climate change to plastic waste to pandemics. Our species has such a tremendous impact on the planet that many scientists believe we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction and that the name of our epoch
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Posted in Featured, Planetary Well-Being |
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Tags: biodiversity, biodiversity loss, endangered species day, rights of nature
Mar 27th, 2023 |
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By Suzanne York, Transition Earth. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) summary report (‘Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report’) dropped with little notice by major media outlets. That’s no surprise, given their track record on the issue, but it should clearly be a wake-up call for everyone. This report lays out what
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Tags: IPCC, media, scientists warning
Dec 26th, 2022 |
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By Geoffrey Holland, guest writer. “In sum, the struggle for our future is the struggle between those who cling to patterns of domination and those working for a more equitable, partnership world.” ~Riane Eisler, Author, The Chalice and the Blade There is nothing we can do collectively as global citizens that would have more impact,
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Posted in Reproductive Rights/Women's Rights |
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Tags: gender equity, Partnership Way, Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade
Nov 13th, 2022 |
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By Suzanne York. A global conference on reproductive health and rights is perhaps appropriately taking place in a city chock full of red-light districts and sex tourism. There is clearly a great need for family planning, access to reproductive health services and empowerment of sex workers here in Thailand’s ‘sin city’ of Pattaya. The
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Posted in Family Planning |
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Tags: ICFP2022, International Conference on Family Planning, Mechai Viravaidya, Mr. Condom, reproductive health, Thailand
Sep 5th, 2022 |
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By Suzanne York. The planet is in an environmental crisis, yet money and power run the show above all else. Nowhere is that more clear than in the money made by the fossil fuel industry. Five major companies made $55 billion in their last quarter, with Exxon alone making $17.9 billion in net income. That
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Posted in Energy and Carbon Emissions |
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Tags: fossil fuel, global greenhouse gases, solutions
Jul 10th, 2022 |
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By Suzanne York. Most people learn about the importance of sharing at a young age. It is a crucial behavior trait to learn for the good of individuals and society. It is also critical to understand the role of sharing from a planetary perspective. Human beings – nearly all 8 billion – share the Earth
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Posted in Environment/Sustainability |
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Tags: Population Growth, rights of nature, World Population Day
Apr 21st, 2022 |
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By Suzanne York, Transition Earth. The world is in a funk, recovering from Covid-19 and all that changed with the pandemic. The cost of just about everything is rising and then we throw climate change into the mix – along with other entrenched problems that existed before Covid – and we have a crisis situation.
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Posted in Environment/Sustainability |
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Tags: biodiversity loss, earth day, extinction, rights of nature, women's rights
Mar 31st, 2022 |
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By Geoffrey Holland. Gylany is a new word. It was first proposed by the social scientist Riane Eisler in her culturally transformative book The Chalice and the Blade, published in 1988. In her book, Eisler defines gylany as ‘the linking of both halves of humanity’. It’s women and men standing together as equals, sharing power.
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Mar 28th, 2022 |
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By Joshua Mirondo, Transition Earth. Young people are diverse and so are their needs, therefore to get their attention, one needs to be considerate. In a community where reproductive health is often called immoral, it takes a lot of work to break these barriers. Many interventions have been made to ensure that young people have
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Posted in Youth Rights |
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Tags: Aga Khan Foundation, reproductive health, reproductive rights, sports, SRHR, Tackle Africa, Tiko