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ES 200
Divestment
The effort to name the real culprits of climate change and climate change inaction: corporations
a big barrier to divestment is people who have invested interests in fossil fuels. Like Uvic BOG members
Over the years we have seen significant institutions divesting both because of climate and because it has become economically unstable to keep investing in fossil fuels
Who is divesting
Faith-based groups - 34%
Educational institutions: - 15%
Philanthropic Foundations - 15%
Government - 13%
Pension Fund - 12%
For profit corporations - 5%
NGO - 4%
Healthcare - 1%
Biodiversity
Is simply defined as the variability between organisms
Spices diversity
Ecosystem diversity
Diversity among higher taxa
Genetic diversity
Alpha diversity: species in one logal spot
Gamma diversity: Regional diversity
Beta diversity: differences in species in different places
Sixth extinction
Some people believe we are in the sixth extinction because of the rapid loss in biodivrsity
however there is still hope we can turn this around.
Threats
Land use change
• Climate change
• Introduced species
• Overexploitation
• Nitrogen deposition
• + Cumulative effects
Solutions
Eating less meat is a big one
We could save 80% of farmland to bee used for other purposes
Gender, Race, Class and the Food System
Blue Revolution
Ecological Restoration
Rules to eat by
Land Based Education
Green New Deal Part 1
Green New Deal Part 2
Innovative urban agricultural
Capitalisms more motive