catastrophic human ignorance - kmhh

Catastrophic human ignorance

Isnt climate change catastrophic enough?

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(Conin, 2005)

Content

Human selfishness and the EGO vs ECO way of living

Consequences of global warming and climate change

The climate change message sugarcoated or exaggerated?

Responsibility and action whos job is it?

Conclusion and picturing the facts

References

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(FUTURITY, 2011)

Homo Sapiens (Wise human)

- The ONE species to rule them all!

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Species extinction

Desperation

Extreme weather

Disease

(Skylab Culture, 2012)

Resource scarcity

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Fresh air

Clean water

Biodiversity

Stability

WE the PEOPLE

Well-being

Sustainability

Beauty Peace

Death War

Destruction

(Twentieth Century Fox, 2004)

- Isnt mere climate change serious enough to be worthy of attention?

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and then theres the IGNORANCE!

Ignorance is bliss, isnt that what they say?!

(FCIT, 2012)

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(QuotationsBook, no date).

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A reasonable society should be willing to undertake fairly significant precautions to avoid catastrophic events. Over the past few decades, however, social and cognitive psychologists studying human judgment and choice have learned that reasonable people sometimes fail to make reasonable choices.

(Rachlinski, 2000, Siwanowicz, 2011).

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(PolitiComments, no date).

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What anybody CAN do:

Recycle ) (Care2, 2008)

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Reduce

Water

Fuel Paper Electricity

Plastic bags, bottles Chemicals Materialism

Waste Meat consumption Consumption in general.

(DMSTAGRAM, no date).

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Planet Earth is in serious trouble! The selfishness of some is the

misery of others! The species of the Earth are many, but

more and more become endangered

every year!

Climate change is a complex issue, and

so is putting the message

constructively forward!

Climate change is catastrophic enough as it is, and deserve more attention and

ACTION!

We need to start living up to the WISE humans

we named ourself to be!

We need to shift from an EGO, to a

more ECO, lifestyle!

Conclusion

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Picturing the facts with some screenshots: - Catastrophic or not, feel free to get affected!

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Questions?

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