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Dismantle Civilisation
http://www.endgame.org.uk
- Author: andy
- Listed in: Environmental Activism Green
- Tags: sustainability climate pollution social change revolution peak oil
- Added on: Jan 30th, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
The natural world is under attack. Our global economy & corporate capitalist system is destroying the planetary eco system at a pace that few of us can comprehend. Old growth forests are all but gone. The oceans are dying, choked with human-made poisons and plastic trash. Topsoil is depleted, deserts are expanding, industrial agriculture renders land unfit for life. Species are being pushed into extinction at an estimated 200 per day. The human population now stands at 6.5 billion, and climbing. This cannot continue.
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