Remember the polar bears.
Remember the rhinos.
Remember the elephants.
Remember the orangutans.
Remember the whales.
Remember the rainforests.
Remember the coral reefs.
Remember the glaciers.
The future of each now rests in human hands.
This is the Sixth Mass Extinction, caused by humans, which someone just called me "unhinged" and "a nutter" for caring about. Stupid people are forcing the extinction of most life on Earth — including humans, since we can't withstand the 18–23ºF heat rise we've already locked in.
A reminder that Indigenous People are often the only - and at this stage of the game THE LAST - stand between capitalism and the survival of all life on Earth.
Borneo’s orangutans, Assam’s elephants — wildlife across the world is fighting a losing battle against bulldozers, greed, and habitat destruction.
They may fall, but their struggle will remain a painful reminder of humanity’s cruelty towards the planet.
Before you stands a thing of metal and wheels that looks like you but does not blink, whose hunger is both absent and endless, and you trumpet a challenge it cannot hear and brace your tired muscles against its relentlessness because someone must, and there is only you.
worth knowing: deforestation, pollution, pesticide use, habitat & wildlife destruction, and emissions are all still at extreme high and/or record levels as capitalism takes us all into rapid 21st century mass extinction
Climate change is not just heat waves. It’s drought. Forest fires. And extreme weather disturbances.
We can create millions of jobs transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels. Let’s take on the greed of the fossil fuel industry.
If monarch butterflies when extinct there would be a major collapse in insect biodiversity resulting in multiple ecosystems being disrupted which affects ALL species, including humans. Monarch butterflies are pollinators and help supply environments with clean air and maintain healthy habitats. They are an important part of our food ecosystem.
Not to mention they are also very culturally significant to Mexico and represent the souls of departed loved ones during the Day of the Dead festival. Their migration starts the holiday when they return to Día de Muertos. They are environmentally and culturally extremely significant for North America.
With the wave of data centers being built that are going to destroy so much nature and cause so much pollution, I couldn’t think of a better time to protect these species.
“No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced.”- David Attenborough
#EndangeredSpeciesDay