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https://www.footprintnetwork.org/
The Ecological Footprint metric shows how much nature we use compared to how much nature we have.
Lemmy - todayilearned (9)
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TIL humans are using 1.8 Earths worth of resources
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Today I learned that the top 10% of earners in the US account for almost 50% of consumption
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TIL why the USA is borked in terms of rare earths
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2006/04/07/the-saga-of-magnequench/Spoiler: it was American private equity, as usual.
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TIL About the 1985 MOVE bombing, where the Philadelphia Police Department bombed and burned 61 houses, murdering 11 and leaving 250 homeless
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TIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strike
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TIL that Sacramento CA hosts a heavy metal and rock festival every year.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftershock_Festival2023 looked like a killer year to go.
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A group of Irish grocery workers banning grapefruit led to Ireland being the first county to pass BDS against Apartheid South Africa
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https://youtube.com/shorts/O5yK7XiYQvU?si=HNXxCEHJ3WwRRCEzTIL Karen and her cohort of white Irish women took a stand to boycott South African grapefruit, and went on to be visited by Nelson Mandela and others as their small act inspired their nation to be the first Most Developed Nation to fully Boycott and pass Sanctions against South Africa in the struggle against Apartheid.
Video by David Nihill
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TIL there are extensions to automatically expand abbreviations in Firefox
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TIL Girls of the Kayan tribe start wearing neck rings at around 5 years old. The rings can stretch their necks to a length of about 15 inches (38 cm).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayan_people_(Myanmar)