Green Cross working to promote Environmental Security
Sweden
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They protect 80% of all life on Earth -- but not even 1% of environment finance reaches them. Let's change that. Sign & RT: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en…
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The wisdom of the indigenous who were in touch with the great spirit alive within all things!! Living in Harmony!!
Benki Pyãnko - Ashaninka Tradition, Brasil 🌿 @wisdom.keepers
t.me/awakened_144000 no copyright infringement intended!!
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Is the Swedish forestry model a role model in sustainability? Or a threat to the climate and our vital ecosystems?
#WATCH New Film: moreofeverything-film.org
#ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrises #Stand4Forests #biomass #BiodiversityLoss #standwithSápmi #sveaskog
@greenpeaceSE
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While Sweden currently holds the EU presidency,
Scientists, Sámi & civil society have formulated a #Swedishforestvision - in which we have outlined what a just transition of the forestry should look like.
Join us here: swedishforestvision.org
#StopExpansionStartRestoration
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Today, as the EU Environmental ministers meet in Sweden, scientists, civil society & Sámi peoples launch a joint appeal calling for counteraction! Join us in our call to Protect EU´s natural heritage in the north:
#StopExpansionStartRestoration
swedishforestvision.org
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BREAKING 🚨🪨: We’ve built a boulder barrier 200km off the coast of Cornwall to stop the industrial fishing frenzy in a supposedly protected area.
If the government won’t protect our oceans, we will ✊ #SaveOurSeas
After two weeks of negotiations, The United Nations (UN) fails to reach an agreement on a legally binding treaty on high seas biodiversity protection. Nevertheless, those negotiations made more progress than in the last five years.
#BBNJtreaty #HighSeas
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Meet Ann Cathrin! As an Earth Charter Young Leader from Germany, Cathrin has many examples of how she has been #TurningConscienceIntoAction.
Read her full story and connect with her here: earthcharter.org/stories/ann…
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To ensure a stable climate and make real on the commitment of the #ParisAgreement, UNEP has identified 6⃣ sectors with the potential to reduce emissions enough to keep the world below the 1.5°C mark 👇
unep.org/interactive/six-sec…
In response to climate change and loss of natural values, the @UN General Assembly recently decided that the access to clean and healthy environment should be considered a #HumanRight 🕊 @UNEP
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We need to think of each other as sisters and brothers, and to be concerned with each other’s welfare. We must seek to lessen the suffering of others. Rather than working to acquire wealth, we need to do something meaningful, directed toward the welfare of humanity as a whole.
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On my recent visit to Suriname, I was inspired by the efforts of Indigenous communities to safeguard the rainforest and its rich biodiversity.
The wisdom, resilience & determination of Indigenous peoples are essential to secure the survival of our planet.
#IndigenousDay
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This year on #InternationalDayoftheWorldsIndigenousPeople we are thinking about "The role of indigenous women in the preservation and transmission of traditional knowledge".
We must fight the racism, dehumanization and poverty they suffer every day.
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August 9 is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People.
Be proud of our heritage.
Protect our indigenous tribes.
#IndigenousDay #WeAreIndigenous #आदिवासीदिवस
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Today is #IndigenousDay – a day to celebrate Indigenous Peoples and the role of Indigenous knowledge and practices in stewarding the environment and combatting climate change.
#IndigenousDay
For generations, Indigenous societies have preserved knowledge of the natural world and have made it part of their culture and spirituality. Their way of life is through an harmonious relationship with Mother Earth and all living beings.
Droughts are among the greatest threats to sustainable development, especially in developing countries, but increasingly so in developed nations too, as we have seen those past weeks and months across the world.
Causes, consequences and solutions to desertification ⬇️
Amazing time at the EU NEEDS Earth Charter training in Doorn, The Netherlands (6/ 27- /2, 2022). Celebrated was Earth Charter Day 2022!
The Earth Charter is used as an inspiring, strategic tool and ethical guideline with a holistic perspective.
earthcharter.org/
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Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Onondaga Council of Chiefs, Haudenosaunee, Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy shares his thoughts on the Earth Charter's 22nd anniversary.
How are you reflecting on this anniversary?
