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I went on a run/walk tonight. Even with a bruised rib, you can't ignore this out of the ordinary weather (#climatechnage) and you have to enjoy it. One of my favorite things about Mass Ave is @silverinthecity's signs, whether it be their window decor or their little sign on the sidewalk. And this one really spoke to me today. "Choose hope over fear. Everyday Bravery." Most of you know that I'm a teacher. Most of you know that I am passionate to say the least about social justice and politics. Today at school we had a meeting to address an evacuation plan for one of my students. We had to address the plan in the event of an active shooter. Less than one week has passed since 17 innocent people were gunned down in their school and I'm sitting here trying to convey to a parent that their child is safe and we have a plan. In the past you would quickly pass through this part. It was a blip on the radar. It was not something we truly worried about. Today it was something I really worried about. Hell, I'm still worrying. And as I reflected on this meeting throughout the day and later scrolled my Facebook/Twitter I struggled. I struggled because I am happy that the conversation is continuing and people are mobilizing, but heartbroken that a conversation/discussion even has to be had. I fear that we will never find change because we can't make it happen. I do have hope though. Hope that pushes much of my fear aside. I will as the sign reminded me, wear my bravery as a badge and fight for my kids, fight for social justice, and fight for a future that that discussing an evacuation plan for an active shooter doesn't feel like it will ever happen instead of feeling like it could. . . . #teaching #guncontrol #commonsensegunlaws (at Silver in the City)

Sustainability and Non Violence can't be seperated It comes through practice than preaching The message of non violence and sustainability is one that every person should take to heart. We can practice this in our personal lives, as well as working towards a more sustainable world around us by reducing consumption or recycling materials when they are done being used for their purpose." "We don't need someone else's version of what you should do-they're just going tell us how things work anyway! You'll see the difference if your thoughts are focused on peace instead violence." #sustainability #nonviolance #climatechnage https://www.instagram.com/p/CkU87rmJ3K2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since 29 June 2021. Most were elderly or had underlying health conditions, with heat often a contributing factor. Canada broke its temperature record for a third straight day on Tuesday - 49.6C (121.3F) in Lytton, British Columbia. Experts say climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. However, linking any single event to global warming is complicated. Canada weather: A visual guide to the heatwave Life in the 'hottest place on Earth' A really simple guide to climate change US President Joe Biden said the heatwave was tied to climate change in a speech on Tuesday as he pitched a plan to update the country's infrastructure network. On Wednesday he is meeting with governors of western US states and fire officials, as the annual North American wildfire season begins. The heat over western parts of Canada and the US has been caused by a dome of static high-pressure hot air stretching from California to the Arctic territories. Temperatures have been easing in coastal areas but there is not much respite for inland regions. Before Sunday, temperatures in Canada had never passed 45C. British Columbia Premier John Horgan said the hottest week the province had ever experienced had led to "disastrous consequences for families and for communities". The number of heat-related fatalities is likely to rise as some areas say they have responded to sudden death incidents but have yet to collate the numbers. In Vancouver alone, heat is believed to have been a contributing factor in the unexpected deaths of 65 people since Friday. CC @bbcnews #climatechnage #heatwaves #canada #hottestyear #TheEnvironmentalBoy #globalwarming #climatechnageisreal #climatechangebill #bbc #bbcnews #2021 #whether #heatwavedeaths #vancouver #vancouvercanada #california #articterritories #britishcoloumbia #manmadedisaster #climateexperts #environmentalworkinggroup #environmentalawareness #environmentalist #environmentalmedia #canada🇨🇦 #warmestcanada #climatecrisis #climateactivist #climateactionnow #takeaction https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ8wmE5nWOk/?utm_medium=tumblr

Around 6.7 million new saplings were planted in Delhi during the plantation season from June to September, between 2016 and 2019.(Reuters file photo. Representative image) The survival rate of new saplings planted in the National Capital between 2016 and 2019 has been between 50% and 75%, which is considered “good”, according to the third-party plantation audit conducted by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. VK Dhawan, forestry expert at FRI Dehradun, who is leading the plantation audit for the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi, said that the plantation between 2016 and 2019 was analysed based on field data, and it was found to be “good”. “After analysing data from all the divisions of the Delhi forest department, we have come to the conclusion that the survival rate of plantation in Delhi has been between 50 and 75%, which is good.” Around 6.7 million new saplings were planted in Delhi during the plantation season from June to September, between 2016 and 2019. The Delhi forest department had planted more than 3 million saplings last year, too. He explained that 40-50% survival rate is considered “average”, 50-70% is considered “good”, 70-80% survival rate is considered “very good”, and 80-90% is considered “excellent”. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had roped in FRI experts to conduct the plantation audit for the Delhi forest department, to ascertain an overall picture of the survival rate of new saplings planted in the city, the kind of species planted, and the benefits of planting such species. On Tuesday, FRI experts said that a draft audit report, the initial findings of which has been accessed by HT, will be submitted before the Delhi government this week, and the final report will be released by July-end. The environment department had also directed all other greening agencies in the city, including Delhi Development Authority (DDA), three municipal corporations in Delhi (east, north and south), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and the Public Works Department (PWD) among others, in 2019, to conduct similar third-party audits to ensure more effective plantation drives. #TheEnvironmentalBoy #tree #saplings #treeplantation #climatechnage https://www.instagram.com/p/CQvLtHbnvM0/?utm_medium=tumblr

In the coming decades, ecological degradation, rising temperatures, and extreme weather events could intensify the threats to human health posed by viruses. In the summer of 1878, for example, the southern United States was struck by a catastrophic outbreak of yellow fever, a viral disease indirectly transmitted between people via the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Around 100,000 people contracted the disease, and up to 20,000 people lost their lives. Some estimates put the economic cost as high as $200m. Yellow fever was a regular scourge of cities in the lower Mississippi River basin in the 18th and 19th centuries. “During its brief reign — July to October — its ravages were such as to completely paralyze both the social and commercial interests of a given city, and even an entire section of our country,” a U.S. Senate Report noted in 1911. "Predicting how future climate change will influence the spread of viral infections is fraught with difficulty. This is due to the complexity of interactions between climate, nature, and human activity." Among the species affected will be the animal hosts of viruses that also infect humans — or that have the potential to do so — and the insect “vectors” that transmit them. There is no evidence that climate change played any role in the coronavirus pandemic, but there is intense debate about a possible role of different weather patterns.Nonetheless, there are lessons to be learned about how future changes in human activity driven by climate change might increase the likelihood of viruses jumping from wild species into our own. As happened with COVID-19, which is the infection caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the leaps of these viruses between species can create new diseases to which humans have little immunity.According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source, “Climate change, one of the global environmental changes now underway, is anticipated to have a wide range of impacts upon the occurrence of infectious disease in human populations. CC- Written by James Kingsland on April 3, 2020 — Fact checked by Hilary Guite, FFPH, MRCGP #TheEnvironmentalBoy #worldenvironmentday #climatechnage #COVID19 https://www.instagram.com/p/CPu0UjVnNVS/?utm_medium=tumblr

The iceberg, measuring around 170 km long and 25 km wide, with an area of 4,320 sq km is now floating in the Weddell Sea. It joins previous world’s largest title holder A-23A — approximately 3,880 sq. km. in size — which has remained in the same area since 1986. A-76 was originally spotted by the British Antarctic Survey and the calving — the term used when an iceberg breaks off — was confirmed using images from the Copernicus satellite, the European Space Agency said. CC - @the_hindu Image - @bbcnews Icebergs form when hunks of ice break off from ice shelves or glaciers and begin to float in open water. #TheEnvironmentalBoy #iceberg #climatechnage #glacier #heat #weather #globalwarming #riseintemperature #dangertoclimate #humans #2021 #COVID19 #climateawareness #climateactivist #climatecrisis #climatechangeisreal #antertica #2020 #joinclimatestrike #indiatimes #bbc #thehindunewspaper #bristh #europeanspaceagency #copernicus #britishanterticsurvey #weddelsea #sea #ocean #gurdain https://www.instagram.com/p/CPIwlpEn5bw/?utm_medium=tumblr