John Meisner

Digital Marketer & Photographer working in Conservation, Travel and Exploration || @OnlyOne || @icfc_for_nature || Advisory Board @gainforestnow

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

Making some first moves in the #ReFi space! 🌿Check out my talk about successful large-scale conservation adopting web3 tech from #SBSLATAM in Bogotá this fall 🇨🇴 #defi #web3 #Blockchain #sustainability #conservation

https://t.co/97EqjMwX5r

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

@pit_matt2 @spittinchiclets Thanks for letting us know you can’t read

[GainForest.Earth @GainForestNow]

Our team at @ETHBiodivX and @gainforestnow just won the @XPRIZE Rainforest Bonus Prize for groundbreaking achievements for co-designing technology with local communities 🏅✖️

Over the last five years, competing against over 300 teams, we have shown that decentralized science and web3 can democratize rainforest monitoring - and we couldn't be happier for this honor from Alana and XPRIZE Foundation 🌱

[ICFC @ICFC_for_Nature]

🌍 🌿 Discover how the Kayapo peoples assert cultural, economic, political, and territorial autonomy over 9 million hectares (23 million acres) of their territory in the vulnerable southeastern Amazon.

Register today: https://t.co/2xirMYQzGQ

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point.

Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and funding a genocide, and belittling and crushing those who have enough morality to protest it.  It is enraging that the Democrats are so smug and blind to this.

But these are all just symptoms.  The deeper reality is that liberalism has failed, liberalism is dead, and people urgently need to wake up to this fact and respond accordingly. It is a defunct ideology that cannot offer any meaningful solutions to our social and ecological crises and it must be abandoned.

Democrats have proven over and over again that they cannot accept even *basic* steps like public healthcare, affordable housing, and a public job guarantee - things that would dramatically improve the material, social and political conditions of the working classes. And they cannot accept a public finance strategy that would steer production away from fossil fuels and toward green transition to give us a shot at a liveable future.

Why? Because these things run against the objectives of capital accumulation. And for liberals capital is sacrosanct. They will do whatever it takes to ensure elite accumulation, it is their only consistent commitment.  At home, they suppress and demonize progressive and socialist tendencies. Abroad, they engage in endless wars and violence to suppress input prices in the global South and prevent any possibility of sovereign economic development.

The Democrats have done all this purposefully and knowingly, for my whole life, not as some kind of "mistake" but in full consciousness that it is in the interests of capital.

And because liberalism cannot address our crises, and because it crushes socialist alternatives, it inevitably paves the way for right-wing populism.  They know this pattern, and yet they risk it every time - this election being only the most recent example. They did it in 2016, when they actively crushed the Sanders campaign and sent Trump to the White House. They do it because ultimately they (and I mean the liberal ruling class here) don't really mind if fascists take power, so long as the latter too ensure the conditions for capital accumulation. They 100% prefer this to the possibility of a socialist alternative.

So, progressives have to face reality. The dream of "converting" the Democratic party is dead. This is now a fact and it must be accepted. The only option is to build a mass-based movement that can reclaim the working classes and mobilize a political vehicle that can integrate disparate progressive struggles into a unified and formidable political force and achieve substantive transformation. This will take real work, actual organizing, but it must be done and that process must begin now.

[GainForest.Earth @GainForestNow]

Exciting times for Europe’s nature! 🌿 The European Commission’s Nature Restoration Law is a groundbreaking step towards reviving our continent’s biodiversity. With more than 80% of habitats in poor condition, this comprehensive law aims to restore wetlands, rivers, forests, grasslands, and marine ecosystems.

At GainForest, we're dedicated to supporting such initiatives that align with our mission to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030. While we celebrate this success in Europe, we must not forget the critical needs of the Global South. These regions require even more support to combat environmental degradation and promote sustainable practices. THE FIGHT ISN'T OVER YET.

Join us in this journey towards a #GreenerGlobe! Learn more about project we support at https://t.co/Py4TKCb8J8 🌏

[ICFC @ICFC_for_Nature]

THRILLED to announce that none other than Sir David Attenborough himself applauding one of our keystone field partners @yappenda.

The Cyclops mountains are an invaluable place and host many endemic species which cannot be found anywhere else on the planet. #ForNature

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

Best resources to learn about Carbon Markets?? 📌🌍
(Both regulatory and voluntary?)

#CarbonCredits #carbonmarkets #climatetech #CarbonCredits

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

@POTUS @kishida230 We demand adequate financial support for small islands and developing countries coping with #lossanddamage caused by the climate crisis. https://t.co/jY1LVP0hOR

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

@johnnyrodgersis You should check out https://t.co/GAylhD5zsO and our advocacy and regeneration work.
Curious to see what your product/experience eye thinks about it. 🌊🌊🌊

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

@johnnyrodgersis Just did the bi-annual old clothes donation. Letting go never felt so good.

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

Can we sports bet on Google vs. DOJ?

#google #DOJ

[David Dao @dwddao]

We believe not all funding is created equal and some sources are incompatible with @GainForestNow's mission. 🚫

Big Oil is key contributors to the climate catastrophe. Worse of all, their recent actions demonstrate a lack of genuine commitment to change.💔

🌍💚 #NoGreenwashing

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

🇨🇦 @melaniejoly, I urge you to make your country’s voice count and join the growing call for a moratorium on destructive #DeepSeaMining. #DefendTheDeep and protect the blue heart of our planet. @ISBAHQ #ISA28

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

@mwlodge, we urge you to protect the future of our ocean and support a moratorium on deep-sea mining at the @ISBAHQ #DefendTheDeep @onlyone https://t.co/08Yiuyuv95

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

@PeterOlivier been in it for 6 years and can tell you it is the complete opposite lol.

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

@Seasaver @dontvisitfaroeislands

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

Dog days of summer — more of this please. #canada

#photooftheday #surfing #explorecanada #EarthDay #photographylovers

[Leonardo DiCaprio @LeoDiCaprio]

The #Vaquita has avoided extinction thanks to 24/7 protection by @SeaShepherdSSCS & the Mexican Navy, & the local communities working toward Vaquita-safe seafood. @CetaceanAction @pescaabc @pronaturaNoroes @Rewild

https://t.co/MCeTt4v4fc

[John Meisner @JohnMeisner13]

BREAKING: governments at the UN adopted the #HighSeasTreaty!
We now need you to urgently ratify the Treaty so it can enter into force and protect marine biodiversity in the #HighSeas, for the sake of all life on Earth. #BBNJ

https://t.co/9X0ygBkYOV

[High Seas Alliance @HighSeasAllianc]

#HighSeas Treaty is adopted - on to signing and ratification! #Ocean #UN