Hello everybody,

I created this community to give everybody a breath of fresh air in the face of apocalyptic headline after apocalyptic headline. We face serious trouble as a species, but unless we focus our time and energy on solutions, we won't be able to get ourselves out of it. I am certain you feel the same way.

And I want this community to grow, but I can't do it all on my own, and I need your help! If you are interested in finding positive solutions to climate change, and have some moderator experience, please respond and I will get in contact with you.

Have a great day everyone, and remember it's always darkest before the dawn. 🙂

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44132390

Feb. 20, 2026

[from weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the Belly Of The Beast news/video collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

Since the Trump administration imposed what amounts to an oil blockade on Cuba three weeks ago, most media outlets have focused on how the island has radically cut back fuel consumption. But that's not the only story: The Cuban government insists overcoming the energy crisis requires a bold shift to renewable energy. A new solidarity initiative offers ways you can help.

Also:

• Travel to Havana with Belly of the Beast!
• Belly of the Beast’s Liz Oliva Fernández Cuts Through “Bullshit” Propaganda
• Cuba Vows to Continue Protecting U.S. From Drug “Scourge”
• More Talk About Talks — and More Anonymous Sources
• Spain to Send Food, Russia Signals Upcoming Fuel Delivery
• UN Human Rights Commission Condemns Oil Blockade
• Canadian Mining Company Suspends Cuba Operations
• Mexico Offers to Serve as “Air Bridge” to Cuba

Revolution Wind is roughly 87 percent complete, with 58 of 65 wind turbines installed. It was scheduled to be fully operational by the second half of this year, delivering power to more than 350,000 homes and businesses in Connecticut and Rhode Island by year’s end.

This is the second time the administration has tried to stop the project. In August, the administration initially ordered work to halt on Revolution Wind, citing unspecified national security concerns. But Connecticut, Rhode Island and Orsted sued, and in September, Judge Lamberth allowed construction to continue.

On Dec. 22, the Interior Department again ordered Revolution Wind to halt. The suspension order also applied to Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind, both off the coast of New York; Vineyard Wind 1 off the coast of Massachusetts; and Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind off Virginia.

Together the projects represented $25 billion of investment and about 10,000 jobs and were expected to power more than 2.5 million homes and businesses.

geteilt von: https://aussie.zone/post/19997535

Many respondents said their views could shift if they saw real, meaningful action – especially from governments and big business. Some wanted proof that Australia is taking climate change seriously. Others said action would offer hope or reduce their anxiety.

Even some sceptical respondents said coordinated, global action might persuade them

This part of the research is actually quite interesting. Its the bandwagon effect, people concluding, "everyones heading that way, must be for a reason."

Its all the more reason to keep the pressure against the propaganda from the likes of Koch, Rhinehart or Palmer, et al.

You never know, the mass of action from others could convince these people, with their deep vested interests, of their own folly.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/55629706

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/4897192

archive.today link

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15360304

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20232082

By Brett Wilkins

September 12, 2024

Scientist Erica Chenoweth, who studies civil resistance at Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge in the U.S., showed that every movement that mobilized at least 3.5% of a population was successful. This led to what’s known as the 3.5% rule — that protests require this level of participation to ensure change.

But the figure can be misleading, Chenoweth cautions. A much larger number of people are probably supporting a successful revolution even if they aren’t visibly protesting.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14705005

Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study.

International researchers spent 10 years looking at measures, from hatching Chinook salmon to eradication of invasive algae.

The authors said their findings offered a "ray of light" for those working to protect threatened animals and plants.