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DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Degrowth</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Socialism</a>: Notes on Some Critical Junctures by Güney Işıkara and Özgür Narin"Most degrowth thinkers agree that growth, as both a fact and a concept, is brought about by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a>. It is even acknowledged that growth is not the driver, but an outcome, the “surface appearance or ‘fetish’ of an underlying process: capital accumulation.” One would then expect that the challenge to it and the imaginary of an alternative society would be based on the negation of capitalism as a mode of production. Yet instead, growth remains the focal point of the discussion."The emphasis on growth as an aggregate phenomenon that emerged only with industrial capitalism and turned into an unquestionable economic paradigm following the Second World War is not trivial. It implies that growth as we know it is capitalist growth, or actually accumulation of capital, constituted in processes of exploitation and expropriation peculiar to capitalism, measured by indicators designed by and for capitalist societies. Why should we then be so concerned with growth as such from the viewpoint of a socialist (or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/postcapitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#postcapitalist</a>) society? The degrowth position is that it mesmerizes and captivates individual and social imaginaries, political movements, parties, and projects, including that of socialism: “Growth is the child of capitalism, but the child outdid the parent, with the pursuit of growth surviving the abolition of capitalist relations in socialist countries.”"The transplantation of growth from its capitalist historical context into a socialist future, and thereby the problematization of growth as such—which supposedly transcends social relations upon which societies are founded—can be justified only under one condition: if all growth, regardless of the underlying relations of humans to both humans and nonhuman natures, can be seen as homogeneous, or at least alike to a significant degree. This is precisely what Giorgos Kallis puts forward: 'socialist growth cannot be sustainable, because no economic growth can be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainable</a>. Growth in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/material" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#material</a> standard of living requires growth in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extraction</a> of materials. This is unavoidably damaging to the environment and ultimately undermines the conditions of production and reproduction.”"The logical conclusion of this argument is that all human activity involving extraction, transformation, and use of materials—that is, all human reproduction—is in direct conflict with the environment as the former unavoidably damages the latter. This is a reversion to crude materialism founded on the oppositional binary of nature and society. According to Kallis, this conflict becomes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/unsustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unsustainable</a> if material living standards keep growing. Growth, however, is still understood in its meaning in the capitalist context, representing a process of accumulation."The qualitative difference between socialism and capitalism as two distinct modes of production is highly relevant here. The primary function of production under socialism is to provide all citizens with use values to satisfy a universal standard of basic needs (essentials), which determines the length of the necessary working day. This comprises not only shelter, basic food items, clean water supply, health care, education, and accessible public transport, but also child and elder care, parks and recreation, basic cultural and informational services, (possibly) ecological restoration activities, and the like."Read more: <a href="https://monthlyreview.org/2023/07/01/degrowth-and-socialism-notes-on-some-critical-junctures/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://monthlyreview.org/2023/07/01/degrowth-and-socialism-notes-on-some-critical-junctures/</a>

DoomsdaysCW[Thread] More from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KleeBenally</a> 's book, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoSpiritualSurrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoSpiritualSurrender</a>. This may be a hard read for some folks, but I felt it was necessary to continue where I left off, where Klee states how many "convince themselves" that "killing the Earth just a little bit less is an appropriate response.""This is exemplified with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateJustice</a> movement organizing, where grand proposals of a ‘GreenEconomy’ or a less <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> devastating form of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> is the means to achieve human survival with a habitable planet."‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigGreen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigGreen</a>’ non-profit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporations</a> and so-called non-governmental organizations [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGOs</a>] (yes even the smaller <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> ones too) set the terms for dissent and triage this crisis to the point where we can see the future coming back at us, but what else can be expected from marching in circles? After all, in the recycling of capitalism into climate justice, we still end up scrubbing their palaces green, resting our heads in green prisons, and sustaining unsustainable lifestyles."‘Just transition’ is a strategy of economic redemption to further preserve ways of being that are unsustainable by design, you can’t lobby away <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonialism</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a>, no matter how hard you try."Page 137<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousAnarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousAnarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecosystem</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a>

Stefan F. Wirth<a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Berlin</a> has considerable <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urban</a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a>. It is favored by a large number of <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/greenspaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greenspaces</a> with <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> diverse areas (including <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> areas), which is unusual for large cities on that level. In the photo “Nordhafen” can be seen. <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Trifolium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trifolium</a> pratense, <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/redclover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#redclover</a>© <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/StefanFWirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StefanFWirth</a> Berlin 2024

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerHorseRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrayerHorseRide</a>'s Third Annual March Ride Begins March 17, in Schurz, Nevada Reconnecting and Revitalizing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Traditional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Traditional</a> Ways of Life Threatened by Destructive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mining</a> Resource Extractions Supporting "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenEnergy</a>"By Prayer Horse Ride, via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CensoredNews</a> SCHURZ, Nevada -- "Prayer Horse Ride "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NanesootuhinaPookooGoobakatudu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NanesootuhinaPookooGoobakatudu</a>," is getting ready to begin our annual ride March 17th-26th, from Schurz, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nevada</a> through Yerington, Fallon, Wadsworth and Nixon, through Lovelock, then Orovada, and ending in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeeheeMuhuh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeeheeMuhuh</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThackerPass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThackerPass</a> in the McDermitt Caldera), in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paiute</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shoshone</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bannock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bannock</a>. The Riders, walkers, and runners carry the prayer with each community. They'll move forward to raise awareness regarding lithium mining in Peehee Mu'huh and the McDermitt Caldera; AND also raise awareness to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CopperMining</a> in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PineNutHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PineNutHills</a>, a holy place known to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuwu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nuwu</a>; in honor and remembrance of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women / People (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MMIW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MMIW</a>/P) in Nevada; and to revitalize and restore cultural identity, languages, creativity, and supportive lifeways in our indigenous communities. "Northern Nevada is the home of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthernPaiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthernPaiute</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternShoshone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WesternShoshone</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Washoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Washoe</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bannock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bannock</a> people. We, as descendants of them, will continue to give voices to the voiceless on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MotherEarth</a>. To all of our relations. "'We do this prayer ride to reconnect and revitalize our way of life,' says Josh Dini, Sr, a member of Walker River Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterProtector</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerHorseRider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrayerHorseRider</a>, and a member of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanIndianMovement</a> Northern Nevada (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIMNNV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIMNNV</a>)."Indigenous communities in the Great Basin and McDermitt Caldera are experiencing fast-tracked <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> and industrial development to support 'green energy,' and are threatened by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sociologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sociologically</a> destructive resource extraction processes, most notably, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lithium</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#copper</a> mining, in areas in proximity to or within <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communities</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reservations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reservations</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandTrusts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandTrusts</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SacredSites</a>. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeavyMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeavyMetals</a> extraction <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poisons</a> lands, air, and water. Sacred sites for ceremony, where ancestors are buried, where medicines grow, and where lifecycles are anchored, are destroyed."'Copper mining in our Pine Nut Hills takes away our knowledge and our identity of who we are,' says Dini, who explained the mining threatens an important Paiute medicine food, as well as numerous traditional campsites and sacred places that have been used for innumerable generations."'We ride in honor of the people on the land before extraction industries, past - present - and future. Here in Nevada we have places important to the indigenous culture that are considered America's sacrifice zones in search of 'green energy.'"'We are Paiute and Shoshone allied with many of the federally recognized tribes in Nevada. We lead this prayer for Mother Earth,' says Gary McKinney, a Duck Valley Shoshone Paiute, water protector and Prayer Horse Rider, People of Red Mountain spokesperson, AIMNNV council member, and SIRGE Coalition Steering Committee member.Prayer Horse Ride will visit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> northern Nevada communities affected by these issues including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WalkerRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WalkerRiver</a> Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yerington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yerington</a> Paiute Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fallon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fallon</a> Paiute Shoshone Tribe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lovelock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lovelock</a> Paiute Tribe, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PyramidLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PyramidLake</a> Paiute Tribe. As Riders reach each community, they may share meals, engage in ceremony, share stories and songs, and teach and learn traditional arts, bringing the communities together to celebrate and remember the traditional ways. "McKinney says, 'We ride to honor the land and the people - of the past, present, and the future. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOverLithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LifeOverLithium</a>." "About Prayer Horse Ride: Established in 2022 to honor the late <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MyronDewey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyronDewey</a>, Water Protector, Paiute Shoshone journalist and drone pilot, and to continue prayers for cultural sites like Peehee Mu’huh (Thacker Pass), we are an indigenous led prayer group and community service organization that advocates for our indigenous communities, to protect what we have left and to raise your awareness to what our communities face, and most importantly, in gathering tribes back together to stand in unity, not by separation. "'We'll continue this ride in the Vision of our Ancestors, for Healing, Strength and Awareness, in Prayer and Unity.'"Prayer Horse Riders have a story to tell and you can reach out to PHR media liaison André Wesner for inquiries: PrayerHorseRide2023@gmail.com<a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02/prayer-horse-ride-2024-in-honor-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/02/prayer-horse-ride-2024-in-honor-of.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrayerRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrayerRide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterProtectors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousLands</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousActivism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoUraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoUraniumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandBack</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineTribes</a> and Leading <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environmental</a> Organizations Join Forces To Oppose Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mine</a> in Shadow of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Katahdin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Katahdin</a>Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ZincMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZincMine</a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PickettMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PickettMountain</a> being pursued by virtually unknown Canadian companyJune 28, 2023"Two Tribes in Maine today joined forces with leading environmental groups and a national public interest environmental law organization to oppose a proposed mine that would be located in the shadow of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BaxterStatePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BaxterStatePark</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KatahdinWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KatahdinWoods</a> & Waters National Monument."The proposed zinc mine at Pickett Mountain is being pursued by a virtually unknown Canadian company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WolfdenResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WolfdenResources</a>, that has never operated a mine before. A previous version of Wolfden’s request was widely opposed because the region holds enormous cultural and natural significance to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> Tribes, outdoor recreation businesses, and Maine people."The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonBandOfMaliseets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoultonBandOfMaliseets</a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PenobscotNation</a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine</a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRCM</a>], represented by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earthjustice</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brann</a>&Isaacson, joined the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConservationLawFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConservationLawFoundation</a> in petitioning to intervene in the review of Wolfden’s permit application to the Land Use Planning Commission (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LUPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LUPC</a>) to rezone the area for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrial</a> uses."'The Penobscot Nation strongly opposes the rezoning of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> important area. We share significant concerns over impacts to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> quality and f#isheries of the area, which our members rely upon,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChiefKirkFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChiefKirkFrancis</a> of the Penobscot Nation. 'The West Branch of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MattawamkeagRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MattawamkeagRiver</a> contains abundant, high-quality, cold-water fish habitat and Designated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalHabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriticalHabitat</a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endangered</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlanticSalmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlanticSalmon</a>, identified as necessary for the recovery of Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot River. This mine would impact our traditional territories and forever alter our ability to maintain our relationship to this place.'"The area Wolfden wants to mine is next to three State Heritage Fish Waters and is a centerpiece of the region’s growing outdoor economy. It contains the headwaters of the West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River, which is sacred to the Penobscot Nation and provides key, federally designated critical habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon."'The Katahdin region’s wild beauty and clean water are extraordinary. One look at this landscape demonstrates that this is no place to put a mine,' said Nick Bennett, staff scientist at the Natural Resources Council of Maine. 'Wolfden’s claims that it will treat <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wastewater</a> more effectively than any mining company on earth are not credible. This is too big a risk for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a>.'"'The legacy of metallic mineral <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> in Maine is one of empty promises of economic development, acid mine drainage <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluting</a> waters and killing fish, and multi-million dollar c#leanups funded by taxpayers and not the fly-by-night mining companies like Wolfden,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeanMahoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeanMahoney</a>, vice-president and senior counsel at the Conservation Law Foundation. 'Rezoning this area to allow mining would fail to recognize the cultural and spiritual importance of the land to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiTribes</a> and threaten the natural resources and experiences valued by generations of Maine citizens.'"After withdrawing its initial request because it was riddled with errors, Wolfden submitted a second rezoning petition in January that sparked another review by the LUPC. Comments by Wolfden’s CEO disrespecting Maine tribes and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MininLlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MininLlaws</a> have prompted outrage from the Penobscot Nation, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservationists</a>. The company has lost tens of millions of dollars over the past decade."'This is one of the absolute worst areas to rezone for a mine,' said Aaron Bloom, a senior attorney with Earthjustice. 'The region is known for its vast contiguous forest, pristine streams, high-quality lakes, and aquatic species like wild brook trout and landlocked salmon. Why would we risk that, along with the outdoor economy that depends on it, on a half-baked proposal from an unproven mining company? The Commission must put Maine’s unique natural resources, and the well-being of the people of Maine and Maine’s Wabanaki Tribes, before short-term industry profits.'"More than 700 hundred Mainers and local businesses, including Bradford Camps, Chandler Lakes Camps and Lodge, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineWildernessGuidesOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineWildernessGuidesOrganization</a>, have spoken out against Wolfden’s plans. In May 2022, residents of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pembroke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pembroke</a> voted overwhelmingly to ban industrial-scale metallic mineral mining in their town in response to Wolfden’s plans to develop a mine there."Source: <a href="https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/maine-tribes-and-leading-environmental-organizations-join-forces-to-oppose-proposed-mine-in-shadow-of-katahdin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/maine-tribes-and-leading-environmental-organizations-join-forces-to-oppose-proposed-mine-in-shadow-of-katahdin</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiNations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMining</a>

DoomsdaysCWMention of <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/centerforbiodiv" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@centerforbiodiv</a> ! Follow them here on Mastodon!Lawmakers need statewide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lithium</a> plan, says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> groupBy: Jennifer Sollis, Nevada Current February 20, 2024"There are more than 80 lithium projects proposed on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nevada</a>’s public lands as the nation races to power the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenEnergy</a> transition. Now conservation groups are looking to state lawmakers to establish a rule-making process that would help reduce the establishment of mines in areas of greatest conflict."Despite a growing interest in lithium mining, Nevada has not developed a state-level plan for where lithium production should – and should not – be permitted to avoid impacts on local communities and resources."The United States produces less than 1% of global lithium production, all from a single facility, Albemarle Corp.’s Silver Peak mine in Esmeralda County, according to the United States Geological Survey. But that may soon change, making a statewide plan necessary, say conservation groups. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mining</a> on public lands requires federal approval. However, state approval is also required for various permits needed to advance mining operations. States — including Nevada — generally regulate waste management, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#groundwater</a> use and impacts, reclamation, surface water use, and air quality operating permits."Conservation groups argue that those permit requirements give Nevada an opportunity to help shape the future of lithium development in the state."Earlier this month, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CenterForBiologicalDiversity</a> submitted a letter to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources, asking the committee to put forward a bill establishing a rule-making process that would help reduce the establishment of mines in areas of greatest conflict."The letter also includes a request that the bill include funding for a study by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DesertResearchInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DesertResearchInstitute</a> and state agencies to evaluate lithium resources in the state and determine which can be extracted with the least impact on communities and the environment."Lack of data around natural resources isn’t just an issue in Nevada, but nationwide. "According to the Association of American State Geologists, the United States lacks an effective process for gathering, organizing, compiling, or publicly sharing geologic data that would help in the identification of valuable mineral deposits."Data collection on natural resources — like the one suggested by the Center for Biological Diversity — could improve the identification and development of critical minerals, while also identifying and avoiding sensitive resources that may be adversely affected by exploration or mining, according to a recent report on how to improve mining on public lands by the Department of the Interior."State Sen. Julie Pazina, the chairperson of the legislature’s Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources, said the committee has yet to make any determinations for what bill draft requests they’ll make for the next Legislative session in 2025. "'Over the next year, we will discuss and vet policy with the goal of protecting Nevada’s air, water and land for generations to come,' Pazina said."In Nevada, the clean energy transition has been marred by conflict with numerous projects in high conflict areas attracting litigation and public outcry."Earlier this year, federal land managers pulled their approval for a controversial lithium exploration project less than a mile from a treasured <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wetland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wetland</a> habitat after getting hit with a lawsuit and fierce opposition."Other mining projects in the state have faced backlash and delays, due to their proximity to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cultural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cultural</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> sensitive areas. In one case, a small wildflower has been a source of conflict between conservationists and an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australian</a> mining company, seeking to build an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenPit</a> lithium mine on the plant’s only known habitat."Last year, Washoe County commissioners withdrew a permit for a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geothermal</a> exploration project near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gerlach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gerlach</a>, after locals voiced fears the project could negatively impact the town’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> supply, the structural integrity of their homes, and nearby natural hot springs."Permitting roadblocks, like the ones in Nevada, have been a major source of frustration for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> administration. "The potential for conflict in the state due to lithium mining is only growing. About half of the projects currently proposed in Nevada are in Esmeralda and Nye County, surrounding the town of Tonopah, a sizable population center. "'We support domestic lithium extraction as well, if it is done in the right places and with the right techniques. We oppose business-as-usual mining, dewatering of open pits, pit lakes, excessive water consumption, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extinction</a> of species or severe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/degradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#degradation</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#habitat</a>, and regulatory shortcuts to permit bad mines faster,' wrote Patrick Donnelly, the Great Basin Director for the Center for Biological Diversity, in the letter."<a href="https://thisisreno.com/2024/02/lawmakers-need-statewide-lithium-plan-says-conservation-group/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thisisreno.com/2024/02/lawmakers-need-statewide-lithium-plan-says-conservation-group/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LithiumMining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalRacism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalDestruction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extinction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CulturalGenocide</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousLands</a>

Ricardo Harvin"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Agriculture</a> has been the single biggest driver for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wilderness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wilderness</a> destruction." (As noted in a previous <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#video</a>, in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> home <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lawns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lawns</a> consume more acreage than agriculture, thus are more <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> damaging.)As also previously noted, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/technologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technologies</a>, like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aquaponics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aquaponics</a>, updated and adapted for our times (e.g. including <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solar</a>, for power), can be part of a successful Everything, Everywhere, All at Once <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> mitigation strategy.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#link</a>: <a href="https://youtu.be/59kk4OjJCj4?si=L3KybiTmiYahgUBG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/59kk4OjJCj4?si=L3KybiTmiYahgUBG</a>

Tilda Moose, citizenWishing us all tremendous love, hope, and stamina, as we face so many challenges today. I <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pray</a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/goodness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodness</a> that's in all of us to rise up and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/challenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#challenge</a> where <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#systems</a> are failing us <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/socially" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socially</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a>. Somewhere, something's going right.And if you're drowning in bad news, here's an antidote: <a href="https://www.positive.news/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.positive.news/</a>

Ricardo HarvinIs the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> finally ready to start responding to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> as a serious and immediate existential threat?It's too early to know, but this seems it may be a good start.A concerted effort that is tailored for the many different regions and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> of this vast and highly-polluting nation could really be a great Everything, Everywhere, All at Once response that benefits us all, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economically</a>.<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-mobilizing-an-army-to-fight-the-climate-crisis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-mobilizing-an-army-to-fight-the-climate-crisis/</a>

Matty Rosesbut the problem will still remain - how do I, as a consumer, find the things I need to live my life? I don't want to spend my whole life hunting these things down if I don't need to!Well, one answer so far is by bigger and bigger scale retailers. There's large problems with this model of consumption - it's <a href="https://librarysocialism.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> awful, it prevents people without funds from getting things they need, and it's interested only in maximizing profits, not maximizing human happiness.

Dezene Huber 🌻The more <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/honey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#honey</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a> in an <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urban</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a>, the fewer <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wild</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bees</a>. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pollen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollen</a> availability declines as well.New paper by MacInnes et al. (2023), with research conducted in <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Montreal</a>: <a href="https://peerj.com/articles/14699/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://peerj.com/articles/14699/</a>Quote: “To support our native bees and encourage <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/responsible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#responsible</a> urban <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/beekeeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beekeeping</a>, introductions of honey bee colonies could be accompanied by deliberate planting of <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> known to provide abundant <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pollinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinator</a> resources…”<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollinators</a>

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