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  • Sungai Kehilangan Ikan

    Sungai di Manggarai Flores | Dok pribadi Penduduk Indonesia generasi pra-90an yang pernah merasakan kelimpahan kekayaan alam di darat dan sungai. Hingga 1990an, tidak sulit mencari ikan di sungai atau binatang buruan di darat. Mudah mendengar aneka suara burung di pagi hari atau beragam suara kodok dan jangkrik di malam hari. Sayangnya, kelimpahan itu sudah makin Continue reading

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  • What is biodiversity offsetting and how would it work?

    source : Tom Levitt http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/499256/what_is_biodiversity_offsetting_and_how_would_it_work.html 9th June, 2010 Targets to halt biodiversity loss are failing. Both the EU and the UK Governments admit as much, and it is a similar story around the world. This failure is blamed in part on the lack of value that decision-makers place on nature and the benefits it provides Continue reading

I believe we can’t keep fighting for collective action if we don’t start it ourselves. For me, fighting for a sustainable environment begins with something small: eating proportionately. I think about how, throughout human history, the stomach has often been the beginning of all greed. How can we truly talk about controlling global consumption if we can’t even control our own desire to eat everything?

That’s why I’m committing to practicing autophagy daily, limiting my consumption of imported foods, and prioritizing buying local food directly from farmers.

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