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A Joosr Guide to This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein

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  • Nastyahas quoted8 years ago
    The shift required can only be achieved through the conscious participation of ordinary people in a mass social movement against the forces that threaten our survival.
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    Naomi Klein regards as an even more sinister threat to the future wellbeing of the human race living on planet Earth: the arrogance, greed, and ignorance of governments, global leaders, and powerful organizations blinkered by capitalism.
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    Billionaires such as Warren Buffett and Richard Branson have spoken out about climate change and have made verbal promises to help tackle the issues, but unfortunately they have not delivered on their promises.
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    Companies such as ExxonMobil are able to make such huge profits because they are rarely held accountable for the environmental damage they cause and aggressively pursue profits with no consideration for the environment.
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    the fight to protect our planet, we desperately need strong and responsible governments who will take this issue seriously and take the necessary steps to combat climate change.
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    SRM is considered to be a last-resort option if the campaign to reduce greenhouse gases fails. However, the long-term effects of launching chemicals such as sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere are unknown.
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    comes to a tug-of-war between climate agreements and trade agreements, sadly it is the latter that win every time.
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    locals, prospering from the mining industry, developed a taste for processed foods imported from other countries. The overconsumption of these processed foods led to an alarming rise in lifestyle diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, which ultimately resulted in the island having one of the highest obesity rates in the world,
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    The main cause of this increase in damaging carbon emissions is our continuing greed and adherence to extractivism. One example of its destructive impact is the exploitation of Nauru Island in the Pacific Ocean. This small island was once rich in an important mineral called phosphate,
  • Katya Chinarovahas quoted5 years ago
    In Naomi Klein’s view the plight of our planet places an imperative upon all human beings to unite and set in motion a mass social movement to bring about change.
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