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Julian Cribb

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Author of 'How to Fix a Broken Planet'. Food security, climate, extinction, planetary pollution, nukes, resources, AI, population, pandemics etc. Council for the Human Future. https://humanfuture.org/ Blog: https://cribb.substack.com/

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 3d

The Earth Uncloaked - a catastrophe in slow motion.
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The Earth Uncloaked - a catastrophe in slow motion.

Woodman, spare that tree!

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 3d

The Earth Uncloaked - a catastrophe in slow motion.
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The Earth Uncloaked - a catastrophe in slow motion.

Woodman, spare that tree!

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 7d

'Stealing our children's future." - Jane Goodall's last interview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCbc...

Dr. Jane Goodall's Urgent Call To Action: 'We've Been Stealing Our Children's Future'

YouTube video by Forbes

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 7d

'Stealing our children's future." - Jane Goodall's last interview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCbc...

Dr. Jane Goodall's Urgent Call To Action: 'We've Been Stealing Our Children's Future'

YouTube video by Forbes

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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'Died of a delusion' – the fate of modern civilisation?

The collapse of modern human civilisation is inevitable. Anyone who doesn’t accept that knows no history.

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Miriam Cosic @miriamcosic.bsky.social · 12d

The collapse of modern human civilisation is inevitable.

On this planet it has happened at least 90 times so far, to past civilizations and 400 societies. The crucial question today is when will the epochal world-event take place?

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 12d

'Died of a delusion...' cribb.substack.com/p/died-of-a-...

'Died of a delusion': the fate of modern civilisation?

The collapse of modern human civilisation is inevitable.

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 13d

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The Ganges River is drying at an unprecedented rate, new study finds

The Ganges River is in crisis. This lifeline for around 600 million people in India and neighboring countries is experiencing its worst drying period in 1,300 years. Using a combination of historical ...

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 13d

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38 Former World Leaders Have a Message: Tax Fossil Giants to Fight Climate Crisis | Common Dreams

“Pressure is mounting on today’s politicians to hold those most responsible for the climate crisis to account," said one Greenpeace campaigner.

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 13d

Ovean breaking point www.wired.com/story/human-...

The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward a Breaking Point

Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study.

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 13d

Fears of collapse in theArctic. www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Expedition to the North Pole: Polar Researchers Fear an Ecological Collapse in the Arctic

The research ship Polarstern spent two months in the ice of the Arctic this summer. What they found could be evidence of an ecological collapse.

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Gavin Miller @glmiller.bsky.social · 15d

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Devouring the earth may decide our future

Every day, the food you eat and resources you use cost the planet at least 12 kilos of lost topsoil.

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 16d

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Earth Emergency Our Planet’s health crisis and what we can do about it.

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 17d

Devouring the Earth
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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · 19d

“Friends+colleagues,

4998 people have signed the petition “Save a Habitable Earth for our Children” . If you haven't already, please consider adding your name.

Our initial goal is to reach 5,000 signatures - we need more support. Read more & sign the petition here.”
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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 21d

Save a Habitable Earth for our Children - Sign the Petition! chng.it/2RNYdfDGMf via @ChangeAUS

Sign the Petition

Save a Habitable Earth for our Children

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 21d

Save a Habitable Earth for our Children - Sign the Petition! chng.it/2RNYdfDGMf via @ChangeAUS

Sign the Petition

Save a Habitable Earth for our Children

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fathommm.bsky.social @fathommm.bsky.social · 21d

Australia issues ‘terrifying’ climate warning.

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Australia issues ‘terrifying’ climate warning

More intense global warming will bring terrifying impacts to human health, infrastructure, the environment, national security and the economy, the Australian Government has warned.

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Climate Disconnect @climate-disconnect.bsky.social · 21d

Julian Cribb makes a good case on why it's time to rename our own species. Although he doesn't propose a new name in this piece, I would suggest "Homo destructivus."

Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 21d

Is it time to rename Homo sapiens?

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 21d

Is it time to rename Homo sapiens?

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PlsUseYourBrain @useyourbrain.bsky.social · 22d

"...successive LNP and Labor Governments have consistently placed the interest of oil and coal companies above those of the nation itself. It presents the Australian government with an acute dilemma – to side with its people or to side with foreign-owned fossil corporates."
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Australia issues ‘terrifying’ climate warning

More intense global warming will bring terrifying impacts to human health, infrastructure, the environment, national security and the economy, the Australian Government has warned.

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 23d

Echoes of Horst Wessel…

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 24d

We often worry about the wrong things.

People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
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This graphic, created for Bill Gates' website, shows that diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are responsible for vastly more human deaths than other animals. While sharks inspire fear in many, they kill few people.

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 24d

Australian climate report warns of dangerous future under present global warming. www.acs.gov.au/pages/climat...

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Julian Cribb @juliancribb.bsky.social · 26d

The survivors will act. The only question is how many will be left?