The Amazon burning is a reminder of humanity’s pathological irreverence toward the earth, a self-destructive dysfunction from which we will heal or possibly not even survive as a species. This is more than a climate crisis; it is a survival crisis, and it should be seen as such.

Aug 22, 2019 · 7:16 AM UTC

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Like all other issues confronting us the climate crisis is a moral crisis. Humanity is at a crossroads: we need to choose between a system that allows greed to run rampant over the survival needs of the species, or a state of consciousness where such a thing would be unthinkable.
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Our ability to take in the horror of what is happening environmentally & summon the courage to do something about it will determine the most critical choice in humanity’s history: whether to continue the journey of evolution or through our own selfishness & greed elect to end it.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
People talk about humanity destroying the earth...I think she’s been extremely tolerant so far. I believe she’ll shake us all off and go about mending herself; she is a living organism with a robust immune system that in the end will not allow any pathogen to ravish her. Change.
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You speak to what we need to realize: that the earth will be fine - she just might need to shake us off for 2 or 3 hundred thousand years while she repairs herself. The issue then is to consider the immeasurable amount of human suffering that would accompany that scenario.#actnow
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Pardon me, Marianne, but it appears to me as though we are all "fucked", so to speak. Seems we may be "a day late and a dollar short", as it were.
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Nope. It’s the 11th hour but it’s not midnight yet.
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Global warming will kill humanity. Wake up now or it'll be too late.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Reminds me of a bumper sticker I once saw: "The Earth is a Witch, We Are Still Burning Her"
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AMAZON IS BURNING? But who will deliver my blu-ray of 'The Shining' when it comes out Oct. 1??
Replying to @marwilliamson
It’s time to isolate the Amazon from further human contact.
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