All eyes are on world leaders at COP28 in the hope that they’ll bring about a desperately needed phase-out of fossil fuels.
But, where will we get our energy from in the future?
We sent @natkelley to interview Andrew Forrest, a billionaire mining magnate from Australia who is pushing for green hydrogen as a clean energy solution, despite its debated inefficiencies and water impact.
Forrest’s numerous business ventures have caused climate change, however he’s now entirely changed course, and has committed to achieving real zero in his mining operations and through the @wearepositivepower
Can the biggest polluters be part of the solution?
It’s official: the people responsible for averting climate catastrophe are the same ones actively trying to burn this planet to the ground.
Here’s what you need to know about COP28 President, Sultan Al-Jaber who was exposed this week for planning to use this year’s climate talks to strike new fossil fuel deals with countries around the world.
Al-Jaber has shown his true colours, and it is clear he’s utterly unfit to oversee the COP process.
The leaks come to us courtesy of the Center for Climate Reporting.
@natkelley
#COP28 #COP28UAE #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
Basel recap: 1. Forest and mangroves (and the ocean and soil) are the only “carbon capture technologies” that interest me.
2. I am nothing without my community of fiercely compassionate, sensual and intelligent beauties. There is no one I would rather gently dismantle the patriarchy with.
3. Because the New World we are building must be rooted in joy, I made it my priority to stay up past my bedtime and have a good boogie to @rampa_keinemusik
4. From Sarayaku to South Beach I love you so much @ninagualinga 💋🌴
5. Amazing biodegradable raffia dress by @madeforawoman 💃🏽
Because so many of us (myself included) grew up in cities and therefore the concept of “biodiversity” might seem abstract – let me share a collection of the videos and images that have inspired me lately. And yes I am a bit biased towards hummingbirds and big cats – but when I say we must fight against biodiversity loss (see last slide) I am also talking about insects, sea life, fungi – the entire web of life that evolved over millions of years which we are witnessing collapse in a matter of decades. Changing temperatures, weather patterns, the use of agrochemicals and loss of habitat are some of the causes… yet the lives of these animals, plants and fungi are not counted towards this techno-industrial societies ultimate goal: profit and GDP growth… which begs the question, can we design economic systems that include and protect biodiversity? A world in which agro, mining, oil and logging companies do not become absurdly wealthy from their destruction of these beautiful creatures and their homes? Because that is the world we live in now, and unless we start to push back, and speak up for the pollinators, the big cats, the monkeys, the birds, the river dolphins.. who are dying slow deaths as 500 year trees are felled for soy and cattle, as mercury and glyphosate enter the water table, poisoning everything up the food chain… can we design a world in which we live side by side with these beautiful creatures once more? In respect, reverence and reciprocity? And what would those economic systems look like?
Video 1 & 3 – Allen’s hummingbirds by @hawk_force
Photo 2 – female leopard from South Africa by @ignacio_yufera
Photo 4 – female jaguar in Mato Grosso, Brazil @adaminthebush
Photo 5 – Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, a hummingbird from the páramo and rocky slopes of the high Andes by @ignacio_yufera
Slide 6 – devastating statistics from @ftclimate on biodiversity loss in last few decades.
Because so many of us (myself included) grew up in cities and therefore the concept of “biodiversity” might seem abstract – let me share a collection of the videos and images that have inspired me lately. And yes I am a bit biased towards hummingbirds and big cats – but when I say we must fight against biodiversity loss (see last slide) I am also talking about insects, sea life, fungi – the entire web of life that evolved over millions of years which we are witnessing collapse in a matter of decades. Changing temperatures, weather patterns, the use of agrochemicals and loss of habitat are some of the causes… yet the lives of these animals, plants and fungi are not counted towards this techno-industrial societies ultimate goal: profit and GDP growth… which begs the question, can we design economic systems that include and protect biodiversity? A world in which agro, mining, oil and logging companies do not become absurdly wealthy from their destruction of these beautiful creatures and their homes? Because that is the world we live in now, and unless we start to push back, and speak up for the pollinators, the big cats, the monkeys, the birds, the river dolphins.. who are dying slow deaths as 500 year trees are felled for soy and cattle, as mercury and glyphosate enter the water table, poisoning everything up the food chain… can we design a world in which we live side by side with these beautiful creatures once more? In respect, reverence and reciprocity? And what would those economic systems look like?
Video 1 & 3 – Allen’s hummingbirds by @hawk_force
Photo 2 – female leopard from South Africa by @ignacio_yufera
Photo 4 – female jaguar in Mato Grosso, Brazil @adaminthebush
Photo 5 – Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, a hummingbird from the páramo and rocky slopes of the high Andes by @ignacio_yufera
Slide 6 – devastating statistics from @ftclimate on biodiversity loss in last few decades.
Because so many of us (myself included) grew up in cities and therefore the concept of “biodiversity” might seem abstract – let me share a collection of the videos and images that have inspired me lately. And yes I am a bit biased towards hummingbirds and big cats – but when I say we must fight against biodiversity loss (see last slide) I am also talking about insects, sea life, fungi – the entire web of life that evolved over millions of years which we are witnessing collapse in a matter of decades. Changing temperatures, weather patterns, the use of agrochemicals and loss of habitat are some of the causes… yet the lives of these animals, plants and fungi are not counted towards this techno-industrial societies ultimate goal: profit and GDP growth… which begs the question, can we design economic systems that include and protect biodiversity? A world in which agro, mining, oil and logging companies do not become absurdly wealthy from their destruction of these beautiful creatures and their homes? Because that is the world we live in now, and unless we start to push back, and speak up for the pollinators, the big cats, the monkeys, the birds, the river dolphins.. who are dying slow deaths as 500 year trees are felled for soy and cattle, as mercury and glyphosate enter the water table, poisoning everything up the food chain… can we design a world in which we live side by side with these beautiful creatures once more? In respect, reverence and reciprocity? And what would those economic systems look like?
Video 1 & 3 – Allen’s hummingbirds by @hawk_force
Photo 2 – female leopard from South Africa by @ignacio_yufera
Photo 4 – female jaguar in Mato Grosso, Brazil @adaminthebush
Photo 5 – Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, a hummingbird from the páramo and rocky slopes of the high Andes by @ignacio_yufera
Slide 6 – devastating statistics from @ftclimate on biodiversity loss in last few decades.
Because so many of us (myself included) grew up in cities and therefore the concept of “biodiversity” might seem abstract – let me share a collection of the videos and images that have inspired me lately. And yes I am a bit biased towards hummingbirds and big cats – but when I say we must fight against biodiversity loss (see last slide) I am also talking about insects, sea life, fungi – the entire web of life that evolved over millions of years which we are witnessing collapse in a matter of decades. Changing temperatures, weather patterns, the use of agrochemicals and loss of habitat are some of the causes… yet the lives of these animals, plants and fungi are not counted towards this techno-industrial societies ultimate goal: profit and GDP growth… which begs the question, can we design economic systems that include and protect biodiversity? A world in which agro, mining, oil and logging companies do not become absurdly wealthy from their destruction of these beautiful creatures and their homes? Because that is the world we live in now, and unless we start to push back, and speak up for the pollinators, the big cats, the monkeys, the birds, the river dolphins.. who are dying slow deaths as 500 year trees are felled for soy and cattle, as mercury and glyphosate enter the water table, poisoning everything up the food chain… can we design a world in which we live side by side with these beautiful creatures once more? In respect, reverence and reciprocity? And what would those economic systems look like?
Video 1 & 3 – Allen’s hummingbirds by @hawk_force
Photo 2 – female leopard from South Africa by @ignacio_yufera
Photo 4 – female jaguar in Mato Grosso, Brazil @adaminthebush
Photo 5 – Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, a hummingbird from the páramo and rocky slopes of the high Andes by @ignacio_yufera
Slide 6 – devastating statistics from @ftclimate on biodiversity loss in last few decades.
Because so many of us (myself included) grew up in cities and therefore the concept of “biodiversity” might seem abstract – let me share a collection of the videos and images that have inspired me lately. And yes I am a bit biased towards hummingbirds and big cats – but when I say we must fight against biodiversity loss (see last slide) I am also talking about insects, sea life, fungi – the entire web of life that evolved over millions of years which we are witnessing collapse in a matter of decades. Changing temperatures, weather patterns, the use of agrochemicals and loss of habitat are some of the causes… yet the lives of these animals, plants and fungi are not counted towards this techno-industrial societies ultimate goal: profit and GDP growth… which begs the question, can we design economic systems that include and protect biodiversity? A world in which agro, mining, oil and logging companies do not become absurdly wealthy from their destruction of these beautiful creatures and their homes? Because that is the world we live in now, and unless we start to push back, and speak up for the pollinators, the big cats, the monkeys, the birds, the river dolphins.. who are dying slow deaths as 500 year trees are felled for soy and cattle, as mercury and glyphosate enter the water table, poisoning everything up the food chain… can we design a world in which we live side by side with these beautiful creatures once more? In respect, reverence and reciprocity? And what would those economic systems look like?
Video 1 & 3 – Allen’s hummingbirds by @hawk_force
Photo 2 – female leopard from South Africa by @ignacio_yufera
Photo 4 – female jaguar in Mato Grosso, Brazil @adaminthebush
Photo 5 – Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, a hummingbird from the páramo and rocky slopes of the high Andes by @ignacio_yufera
Slide 6 – devastating statistics from @ftclimate on biodiversity loss in last few decades.
Because so many of us (myself included) grew up in cities and therefore the concept of “biodiversity” might seem abstract – let me share a collection of the videos and images that have inspired me lately. And yes I am a bit biased towards hummingbirds and big cats – but when I say we must fight against biodiversity loss (see last slide) I am also talking about insects, sea life, fungi – the entire web of life that evolved over millions of years which we are witnessing collapse in a matter of decades. Changing temperatures, weather patterns, the use of agrochemicals and loss of habitat are some of the causes… yet the lives of these animals, plants and fungi are not counted towards this techno-industrial societies ultimate goal: profit and GDP growth… which begs the question, can we design economic systems that include and protect biodiversity? A world in which agro, mining, oil and logging companies do not become absurdly wealthy from their destruction of these beautiful creatures and their homes? Because that is the world we live in now, and unless we start to push back, and speak up for the pollinators, the big cats, the monkeys, the birds, the river dolphins.. who are dying slow deaths as 500 year trees are felled for soy and cattle, as mercury and glyphosate enter the water table, poisoning everything up the food chain… can we design a world in which we live side by side with these beautiful creatures once more? In respect, reverence and reciprocity? And what would those economic systems look like?
Video 1 & 3 – Allen’s hummingbirds by @hawk_force
Photo 2 – female leopard from South Africa by @ignacio_yufera
Photo 4 – female jaguar in Mato Grosso, Brazil @adaminthebush
Photo 5 – Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, a hummingbird from the páramo and rocky slopes of the high Andes by @ignacio_yufera
Slide 6 – devastating statistics from @ftclimate on biodiversity loss in last few decades.
Sometimes being a “climate activist” or as I like to call myself a “Lobbyist for Mother Earth” – involves putting on a fully biodegradable raffia gown by @madeforawoman to charm and convince wealthy people to give away their money to save our planets biodiversity. Philanthropic giving will be so important in the next 7 years we have left to avert climate catastrophe – but currently only 2% of that giving goes to “nature” and even less makes it to Indigenous people who are protecting 80% of our planets biodiversity. Thankfully @leonardodicaprio and @rewild are leading the way – with big wins this last year by helping to protect the Yasuní National park from oil drilling and preventing the largest open pit mine being built in Panama – ALL though their partnerships with Indigenous activists and story tellers. ✊🏽🌳 COP has shown us that we can’t rely on world leaders – who are at this point powerless puppets beholden to big industries. We need orgs like @rewild and the worlds wealthiest people to start funding this work with private money. So if any rich people are reading this, this is the moment to leave behind a legacy that will stand the test of the time. Give back to the Earth all that money you have been hoarding to ensure that future generations get to breathe clean air and enjoy the abundance of biodiversity that most fortunes were built on squandering… wealth comes with great responsibility especially in an era where humanity’s survival is not guaranteed.. we cannot live in the world with no trees, acidic oceans, air choked with forest fires.. we don’t want to live in a world with no orangutans because their homes have been destroyed to plant monocultures of palm oil so we can eat @nestle chocolate bars. Biodiversity preservation IS our best defense against a rapidly changing climate and deterioration of our ecosystems. ✊🏽🌳 here’s to more wins in 2024 with the @rewild team and amazing activists like @ninagualinga 🌳🌳🌳
Now that I’ve proven that the algorithm is not a fan of my geo-political commentary – I’m going to lean into the soft power of my sensuality and love of Latin music to discuss the elephant in the room at COP – Globali$ation. The main reason we are in this climate cri$is is because our global economy is built on the false promise of infinite growth. All this talk of carbon capture and replacing fo$$il fuels with renewables is not going to magically solve things. We have to question and gently dismantle this whole global economic system that has us importing and exporting the same items around the world, destroying biodiversity and extracting “commodities” from nature while causing great ecological harm. The answer to globali$ation lies in moving towards LOCAL economies and creating resilient regional food systems. For example – we could cut 15% of carbon emissions if companies like @nestle @cargill @proudtobebunge didn’t exist and we went back to local, diversified food systems built to nourish the people of that region. The globali$ed food system is a huge contribution to carbon emissions and biggest driver of biodiversity loss globally – yet their emissions are considered untouchable in these climate negotiations. We need to ask ourselves why? Why do these industries have more power than our elected leaders? We never chose them to be making decisions that effect the future of all Life on Earth. This conversation will be continued in subsequent posts but in the meantime – check out the work of @helenanorberghodge and @localfutures_ to learn more. 🌶️💃🏽 #chacha #cachaitolopez
If I am going to get the message out there that the global trade economy is the real driver behind climate change, biodiversity loss, human rights abuses on the planet – apparently the algorithm is telling me I need to show you guys, boobs, dogs and armpits (I see your requests in my DM’s) – so after you are done reading this please go read up on the work of @helenanorberghodge and @localfutures_ so you can get really clear on where we need to be focusing our energy and attention if we are going to sustain Life on Earth for humans and other living beings… all this net zero and carbon capture and carbon credit business is just a smoke screen to distract from the real problem. And the “green transition” is currently causing more harm than good to ecosystems and indigenous communities. See my last few posts for more info on this. And More sexy educational videos to come because it’s the only way these messages seem to be getting across 🐥also big thanks to *my dog @sakedebanda for being my prop to talk about globalization!
To truly address the climate crisis we must also address the issue of land ownership.
The British crown owns 7.23 % of all land on the planet
Although this land is administered by local and national governments, it is often used for destructive purposes such as logging and commercial agriculture
I’m so blessed to have been raised in “Australia” on traditional Gadigal lands, and for the nuggets of wisdom I picked up from First Nations people who were masters at land management, water stewardship and used fire as a tool for regenerating the landscape and building biodiversity. In their 100 000 year history it never occurred to them to build a fence. That is because Indigenous people know that true earth stewardship is not possible under private land ownership. The many ecological disasters unfolding in Australia and all around the world are a direct result of the colonial land grabbing and extraction that spread throughout the world like a poison, spurred on by European empires – fueled by their insatiable greed.
Landback is the first step in acknowledging these harms and moving back into a framework of Right Relationship with people and the land. Rematriation is NOT violent. It does not seek to forcefully remove, but invites all those who share land and waters to return to our original human blueprint as earth stewards. Landback acknowledges that Indigenous people and their thousands of years of wisdom are the best people to show us how to restore biodiversity and protect our forests and waters.
Returning to Land is not a destination but an ongoing process. It is a horizon, a reason to keep living. It is the intersection of various paths and the heart that beats in the center of the planet. This post was made possible by the wonderful work of @culturehacklabs and always grateful to @earthrise.studio for the additional research. Song is Mountain Meditation by @chantressseba
In the 10 years I’ve been on Instagram I have used my sexuality to grab attention, for my own validation and for various other reasons that I later came to to regret. But I’ve meditated deeply on sharing this video of my naked breasts – and I feel justified in sharing this private moment with the world – if it serves to bring attention to the issues I believe are urgent. It’s now clear to me, beyond any doubt, that @meta’s algorithm is actively suppressing my content regarding the levels of deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado by multinational companies like @cargill @proudtobebunge. My stories with wonderful journalists and ngos such as @sumaumajournalism @stand.earth @standmighty about the fires raging across these biomes are also being deprioritized.
While I’m well aware of the multiple crisis unfolding in the world that demand our attention, I feel compelled to speak up on behalf of indigenous women especially (like the Kayapó woman who painted my breasts in the design of a turtle, according to their tradition) who are on the frontlines of this violence. This is clickbait that begs you to dig deeper… to follow the money and see that many of those profiting from the destruction of some of the most biodiverse regions in the world, are at this moment flying to COP in Dubai, eager to portray themselves as the “heroes” in this story. But those who live here would tell you stories of rivers and bodies poisoned with the very agro chemicals they are selling us. Any promises they might make about deforestation need to be backed up with promises of restoring the biodiversity they have destroyed. If you pick up this story make sure you also talk about the tragic loss of species like the jaguar, of which only 300 Remain in the Cerrado – to make way for monocultures of soy used to feed industrially farmed animals in Europe, China and the US… may my naked breasts serve as an act of resistance against an algorithm actively suppressing stories that are trying to bring these urgent stories to the worlds attention. 🙏🏽
My brief encounter with western ‘civilization’ after many months with the monkeys 🌸
My brief encounter with western ‘civilization’ after many months with the monkeys 🌸
My brief encounter with western ‘civilization’ after many months with the monkeys 🌸
My brief encounter with western ‘civilization’ after many months with the monkeys 🌸
My brief encounter with western ‘civilization’ after many months with the monkeys 🌸
Very excited to get back to “work” with this talented group of humans! 💥
They are one of the most powerful families in the world—but most people have never heard of the secretive Cargill MacMillans (@cargill ) And they’d like to keep it that way.
They don’t want the world to know that their billions of dollars come at a terrible human and ecological price.
In fact, It would be hard to think of a family who have had a larger negative impact on the planet.
The Amazon is at a tipping point, indigenous communities are disappearing along with the forests they are protecting.
To the Cargill-MacMillan Family – the world’s fate is in your hands.
It’s time to work together for a better solution. Be remembered as the family that made the world a better place, not a worse one.
End @cargill’s human rights abuses and the destruction of nature. Cc: annepedrero @lmacstitz
Video edit by @nicorichat / @maleza.art
Jujuy is located in the so-called Lithium Triangle, a 7,000 square foot region that includes sections of Chile and Bolivia and holds the world’s largest lithium reserves. The lithium industry is among the fastest growing in the world, due to its use in rechargeable batteries used by electric vehicles. With EV production reaching new records each year, the worldwide demand for lithium is soaring, dubbing it the new “white gold.” Yet the record of lithium mining corporations in regions like Jujuy shows plainly the devastating ecological impact of the industry.
On November 19, Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian who has vowed to crack down on indigenous rights, was elected president of Argentina. Milei, who has also promised to begin his mandate with a wave of privatizations and social welfare cuts – is on course to become a serious threat to Indigenous peoples in Argentina’s northern Jujuy region.
Since June this year, protests erupted in Jujuy over a constitutional reform that announced major setbacks on the rights of Indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands and water. The reform is arguably linked to growing mining interests in the region, as two new projects have announced the beginning of production in 2024.
While we must continue to fight for a just transition to renewable energy, the experience in Jujuy is an urgent call to vet and interrogate climate solutions that take place at the cost of the dispossession of Indigenous people and the contamination of their land and water. In the meantime, we must show solidarity and support with these communities and demand that the Green Tech transition do better. Follow @resistance_voices and @mullu.tv to learn more.
I never imagined that when I moved to the Amazon, I would once again be waking up to the smell of trees and animals burning and grieving the death of over 200 endangered river dolphins due to the unprecedented temperatures. The Amazon rainforest is undoubtedly in critical condition. But did you know that those are responsible for this destruction have a name? And a corporate taxpayer ID? Join me over the next few months as I team up with @sumaumajournalism to bring you the latest reporting on the national and transnational companies who are raking in billions while destroying ecosystems and harming the indigenous and traditional communities who steward them. In a world where these companies have more power than nation states, we need to support the work of journalists like @sumaumajournalism who are exposing these injustices. Stay tuned for more…and if this is important to you- PLEASE SHARE!!! Images: Bruno Kelly/Reuters
Thiago Bicudo/Instituto Mamirauá
Andre Coelho/ Instituto Mamirauá
This doesn’t have to be our past.. this can also be our future! If we choose @localfutures_ and localized, diversified food systems over the false diversity forces on us by supermarkets and the globalized food system – we can bring back biodiversity to our ecosystems and diets. If you want to learn more, please join @helenanorberghodge and myself at the @localfutures_ summit this September, online or in person. And for more info on Lo-Tek, you can check out the wonderful @juliawatsonstudio 🙏🏽 #worldfarmersmarkets CORRECTION : we created THOUSANDS of varieties of corn and potatoes! #quechua #ancestralknowledge