Backpackers Bay

We aim to make backpacking as convenient as mainstream travel by providing complete, updated and relevant travel support.

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

the whole fossil-fuel economy is a bubble, if you think about it

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

Watching what's happened to grid infrastructure in both CA and TX in just the past two years, I'm wondering whether it's a good idea to say that climate breakdown won't really damage rich nations, I dunno.

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

One thing that gives me hope: I still feel confident that nature would spring back if we gave it half a chance. All we really have to do, collectively, is decide to be truly grateful for this miraculous Earth. All else would follow.
https://t.co/qGPNPpGVSQ

[Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) 🪬 @DoctorVive]

Weird how we were supposed to cut emissions 50% by 2030, and now there are nine years to go and everyone—right, left, and center—is increasingly talking about carbon dioxide removal.

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

There's a vaccine for the 8.7 million deaths caused each year by air pollution from fossil fuels.
That vaccine is called solar panels and wind turbines
https://t.co/DOXKwK5xtt

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

We must try to incorporate understanding of the workings of our emotions and the ways to tackle them into our education system. If we are kind and compassionate, we’ll be honest. That leads to trust, stability and friendship.

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

More important will be changing human practices so that people and animal-borne pathogens come into less frequent contact.

It's ironic — and tragic — that this pandemic is another consequence of our ever-increasing impact on the natural world https://t.co/aH3139OJSd

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

We need to act before the next one starts.

We can start by developing the capacity to predict where the next disease will most likely emerge https://t.co/aH3139OJSd

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

Human activities are increasingly expanding into unpopulated areas, such as:

👩‍🌾🌽Agriculture
🌲🪓Forestry
👷⛏️Mining
🚧🛢️Oil exploration

These tasks wind up disrupting and destroying animals' natural habitats https://t.co/aH3139OJSd

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

Scientists knew that a pandemic of some kind was on the horizon

In the past few decades, we've seen ever-more-frequent outbreaks of new infectious diseases, as viruses or bacteria hop from animal hosts into people https://t.co/aH3139OJSd

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

After this virus, there will be others.

Outbreaks are becoming more frequent for a very simple reason: There are more people coming into contact with wildlife species https://t.co/aH3139OJSd

[Backpackers Bay @BackpackersBay]

"Thousands of new viruses could be lurking in the animal kingdom" https://t.co/UElxFP8gBk

[Backpackers Bay @BackpackersBay]

Sitting at home and #socialdistancing in boredom. Use this time to apply your skills and contribute your nomad experiences with us.
backpackersbay is looking for Scouts and Navigators as well as in house… https://t.co/9at8MEeVCK