"A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change"

[shadowmayor]

6. There used to be a word for all of this

Pollution! CO2 emissions are one form of pollution. Pesticides are another. Petrochemicals like insecticides, PCB's and herbicides are again, pollution. Plastics and toxic metals - you guessed it - pollution. Global warming, ecocide, endocrine disruptions and lead poisoning are all the results of pollution. Unfortunately, we've let the powers that be divide and fracture the discussion. Pollution combined with the mindless extraction of resources like lumber, factory farming and fishing have all taken their toll, and our planet is responding.

We are fully capable of growing our food and producing our energy (and yes - storing it too) in a sustainable way. But, and this is perhaps just as important - we must strive to repair the damages already done to the greatest extent possible. 800 million don't have enough to eat today, and 1 billion of us are overweight. And while we dither about herr drumpf and his tweets - China and India are moving rapidly towards fixing this problem. What's holding us back? The fawning corporate media and our politics. We need to wake up (some already have) and take the lead on these problems.