Environment
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Can you imagine a world where life as we know it becomes a bygone story?
In my previous post, I shared with you a chapter from The Ministry for the Future, which describes a world where the War for the Earth is raging. And why was there a war for the earth? Because the extreme weather events (like heatwaves) are amplifying the gap between the rich and the poor, with Read more
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The War for the Earth (Chapter 51, The Ministry for the Future)
Can you imagine a world where the carbon-intensive activities and resources are terrorized to the point of killing thousands of people, business people, innocent people nonetheless? Read this chapter from The Minsitry for the Future, in a world where the War for the Earth is raging. The thirties were zombie years. Civilization had been killed Read more
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Realities about electric vehicles I never knew about
While on my way home, I thought about electric vehicles as I mentally sort the cars that we pass by. It must be nice to own an electric car, signaling that you care for the environment. However, after watching a documentary from 7 News Spotlight, I realized that my initial idea of electric vehicles was Read more
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Can you imagine a future of eternal winter like in Snowpiercer?
I first heard about solar geoengineering from one of the futures scenarios at the Urgent Optimists, where we were tasked to imagine waking up to a future where every day is winter after some governing body implemented a solar geoengineering program. Then, I read about it from The Ministry of the Future (a climate fiction Read more
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Climate action: from the individual to the corporate
Looking back, I remember how we were to live by the reuse, reduce, and recycle campaign as a kid. However, as I grew up, I learned many untold stories about how not all plastics are created equal so not all plastics can be recycled. After reading a seven-year-old article as part of my Learning for Read more
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The high price of materialism
The video about “The High Price of Materialism” is one of the resource materials shared in my Learning for a Sustainable Future course. It reminded me of how intrinsic values thwart materialistic urges by realigning your priorities outward instead of inward. I’ve also joined the Bible Project’s Weekly Playlist on the Sermon on the Mount, Read more
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Late-night musings #21
It’s easy to forgo decisions that seem so mundane, like what we eat for breakfast. But when we look closely, as a collective, we can shift from mere consumption to sustainable consumption and push markets to shift from unsustainable to sustainable practices too. Read more
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