𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒

The socio-ecologial awareness mission 🌲
Striving for a greener, cleaner, more humane society.|

[Thomas Isaac @drthomasisaac]

While Kerala faces unprecedented calamity, Union HM Amit Shah starts blame game: Centre had given early warning 5 days before disaster. Yes, but an orange alert with prediction of 12-20 cm rain in 24 hrs while it rained 57 cm in 48 hrs. Red warning was issued after land slide.

[Pinarayi Vijayan @pinarayivijayan]

In times of tragedy, holding hands is the purest form of solidarity, a promise that no one faces adversity alone. Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a difference.

#StandWithWayanad

[TOI Student @TOIStudent]

Did climate change trigger the Kerala disaster? Read today’s TOI Student edition to know all about it.
#students #educators #Learnwithtoistudent #wayanad #landslide #disaster #tragedy

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The government needs to wake up.

Over 40,000 Palestinians are dead, and the possibility of a ceasefire is slipping further & further away.

What is the plan to prevent a regional war? What is our government doing to end the genocide? Where is the sense of urgency for peace?

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

After 18 months of being smashed by high ocean temps, the world's reefs are in the middle of the most widespread heat-stress event on record. Record heat risks bleaching 73% of the world’s coral reefs: https://t.co/Fiwlfu9M0H

No time to waste. #ActOnClimate

#climate #oceans

[Parveen Kaswan, IFS @ParveenKaswan]

A lot of people when they see any open patch in Forest or open patch anywhere consider them as a waste land. Many don’t understand the importance of grasslands.

- grasslands are way more important for herbivores. Many prefer grassland over wood-land.
- open patches in Forest are lifelines for herbivores.
- Protected areas must have 10-20% or more than that of grassland and open patches.
- Historically huge patches of grasslands and marshlands were converted into trees for production forestry, especially teak and Sal by britishers.
- some grass patches need active management by way of weed removal etc at the same time some patches are natural. Both are important and they provide food in cyclical manner to herbivores.
- annual flooding is lifeline for such grass patches. In some season such patches are full of water, in another they have tender grass, and in some part of the year they will be full of weed also.

So if you see any open grassland or grassland in a forest try to appreciate and understand it’s ecological importance. Don’t call them waste land.

[Sitaram Yechury @SitaramYechury]

The loot of India’s national assets by corporate/Hindutva nexus!
When climate impacts are severely damaging human lives and environment, Modi govt overrides the Environment Ministry and clears the ban on mining in the dense forest of Madhya Pradesh for its favourite crony, Adani group.
Reprehensible.
For the sake of ‘India that is Bharat’ this must be immediately annulled.
https://t.co/H0nqqmhMhi

[𝐒𝐎𝐖𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 | সৌমেন মিটার @SowmenMitter]

W. H. Auden in 1939:

'In the nightmare of the dark
All the dogs of Europe bark,
And the living nations wait,
Each sequestered in its hate;

Intellectual disgrace
Stares from every human face,
And the seas of pity lie
Locked and frozen in each eye.'

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The unfolding events in Israel and Palestine are deeply alarming.

We need an immediate ceasefire and urgent de-escalation.

And we need a route out of this tragic cycle of violence: ending the occupation is the only means of achieving a just and lasting peace.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Consistent and persistent, @vijaita's reportage on Manipur.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: 85 people in Arizona suffered severe burns from contact with pavements heated up to 180F (82C). 7 of them died. In total, 257 people had underlying cause of death listed as "exposure to excessive natural heat".

This is not a forecast for 50 years time, it’s happening today.

[Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 @ProfMarkMaslin]

Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory

A series of climate records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice have alarmed some scientists who say their speed and timing is "unprecedented".

#climatechange

https://t.co/zydyJJfi9Y

[pamela philipose @pamelaphilipose]

Hill states like Himachal and Northeastern states like Nagaland have rightly taken grave objections to the Forest Conservation Amendment Bill, 2023. It is a forest grab carefully clothed in "conservationist" language. Stop the denudation of our hillsides, stop the Bill!

[ਯਸ਼ ਮਾਰਵਾਹ || #StandWithManipur @yashmarwah]

ATTN JOURNOS:

As Lok Sabha sets up to vote for the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023, Environmentalists, NGOs, activists and concerned individuals across the Himalaya are reiterating the demand to scrap the FCA Bill 2023 in its current form.

DM to know more.

[𝐒𝐎𝐖𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 | সৌমেন মিটার @SowmenMitter]

Frolicking was never this lively. ❤️
When respite finally comes at the end of a gruelling, unnerving, unbearable, unceasing torrent of heat waves....
Bidding goodbye to another nightmarish Bengal summer!
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #climate

[𝐒𝐎𝐖𝐌𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 | সৌমেন মিটার @SowmenMitter]

Picture dates back to some 5 years ago, when the younger brigade of the @GreenCrusaders was at an agitation protesting against landfill, along with other fraternal organisations. At the Bangur Avenue-VIP Road crossing in the northern flanks of Kolkata.

[Shabnam Hashmi @ShabnamHashmi]

Does the police think that women carry hidden spy cameras to record in the eventually of getting molested ?
Simply Obnoxious . If there are instructions from the above to let go of the man then someone should have the courage to say that & resign
https://t.co/cj2iVpL2fZ

[Bezwada Wilson @BezwadaWilson]

Abusers and violators are not just being allowed to roam free, but also allowed to challenge the process of law | But we always run pillar to pillar for justice | #Action2023 campaign against sewer & septic tank deaths at Dehradun in Uttarakhand | #StopKillingUs #JaiBhim

[Licypriya Kangujam @LicypriyaK]

Odisha has billion of dollars for sports , music, etc... but they don't have enough funds to protect Asia's largest biosphere reserve. Very shameful that they don't have sufficient manpower, not equipped with modern technology to douse the fire. @Naveen_Odisha @CMO_Odisha