July 29 marked Earth Overshoot Day – the point each year where we use Earth’s natural resources faster than they can be replenished. All our actions are interlinked in complex global cycles – carbon, ocean, climate, food, etc. The Earth itself is remarkably resilient and will survive, but whether humans can survive is another question unless we start listening and being kind to Nature. – Ameeta
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| “Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved.” – Jane Goodall |
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| Editor’s Note: July 29 marked Earth Overshoot Day – the point each year where we use Earth’s natural resources faster than they can be replenished. All our actions are interlinked in complex global cycles – carbon, ocean, climate, food, etc. The Earth itself is remarkably resilient and will survive, but whether humans can survive is another question unless we start listening and being kind to Nature. – Ameeta |
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| Kindness In the News |
| The Global Footprint Network calculates our annual ecological budget and the date which we start devouring resources at an unsustainable rate. This date has been getting earlier each year since 1970. |
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| From Our Members |
| An ocean-loving KindSpringer decided to pick trash up from beaches, rather than seashells. She now “borrows” shells and then throws them back into the ocean, while only removing trash. |
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| Inspiring Video of the Week |
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| Manta Ray Asks For Help |
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A photographer captures a diver removing a fishhook near the eye of an injured Manta Ray. The Manta Ray had seen the diver many times before, leading to mutual respect and trust. |
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| In other news … |
| An MIT professor renews warning about the possibility of a mass extinction event in the ocean if the carbon threshold is exceeded. |
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