Hi! I’m Sarah. Minimum Viable Planet is my weeklyish newsletter about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. I’m always curious to know what you think.
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P.S. I’m not kidding about Climate Boost the Economy. I’m going to make fetch happen.
Other language stuff to be mindful of:
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The “we are the virus” stuff is like one a half steps away from ecofascism and I genuinely worry about the folks I see toeing that line. Yes the air is very clean right now and the wild animals in the parks and the cities are very cute but mass death is not a climate plan.
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Mary Annaïse Heglar @MaryHeglar
And yes it’s tough, but we can doooo this!!
Also, this. Whoa!
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This is big. @CityofVancouver council just passed policy that all new buildings will not be able to heat space or water using fossil fuels effective Jan 2022. Huge step forward on implementing #ClimateEmergency plan.
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Christine Boyle @christineeboyle
I feel like my hero Missy Elliot missed an opportunity to make the #cooloffchallenge about cooling down the planet…but I want to hijack every meme to make it about climate change.
Hope you are happy and healthy! Thanks for reading.
Have a great week,
Sarah