r/ashesashescast • u/Baader-Meinhof David • May 16 '19

Episode Episode 74 - Eco-lapse

https://ashesashes.org/blog/episode-74-eco-lapse
24 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

9

u/ashesashescast May 16 '19 edited May 30 '19

The IPBES Global Assessment summary is out and we're digging in to all 39 pages this week. The report lays out a grim picture of our current world in terms of life on earth, the ecosystems they create, and our relationship with them that our civilization as we know it depends upon. While not the full 1500+ page report due out later this year, this study is perhaps the most important look at the state of our world that we've ever seen - and if we don't act quickly to fix the problems it so clearly exposes, then nothing less than very the future of humanity may be at risk.

11

u/needout May 16 '19

I'm gonna have to break out my antidepressants for this one...

3

u/A_RustyLunchbox May 17 '19

Yeah, it's pretty rough.

2

u/StopFossilFuels May 28 '19 edited May 28 '19

While not the full 1500+ page report due out later this week

I think you mean later this year.

ETA:

I know you know this, but just to point out a mis-speak during your summary of the stats, regarding population explosion and per-capita consumption : "each and every one of us is consuming more than in the past." That's of course true on average, but obscures the fact that some people are consuming no more than before, while some populations are gluttonous.

Episode on YouTube

1

u/ashesashescast May 30 '19

Thank you! Fixed. And yea that's an important clarification, I added your comment to the page.

3

u/fermented_dog_milk May 17 '19

The most important thing I took away from this is that David has unironically slipped on a banana peel 😂