WorldBender
@bender_world
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Pete Rive, PhD. An upcoming book about creativity and the art of World Building, Bending and Breaking. Worlds of science, politics, art and philosophy.
Joined July 2019
Emancipatory Catastrophism in times of COVID-19
thedig.nz
COVID-19 has disrupted politics, the economy, and everyday citizens’ lives in major ways across the planet. Can – and should – such disruption be welcomed as an opportunity for progressive…View Story
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Counting on politicians and corporations to act responsibly has obviously been a civilization-defining, even epoch-defining, failure. The only thing that can save us now is our grassroots movement. We need a billion climate activists. That means you
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Happy Autism Awareness Week! In news I was not expecting: I just told my parents I am autistic. It went surprisingly well. I am glad.
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#LeaveNoOneBehind
#SDGs 1-No Poverty 2-No Hunger 3-Health 4-Education 5-Gender Equality 6-Water& sanitation 7-Clean energy 8-Economies 9-Innovation 10-Reduced inequality 11-Cities 12-Reduce Consumption 13-Climate 14-Ocean 15-Biodiversity 16-Peace 17-Partnerships @NyleDiMarco
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Violence against women Maternal deaths Child marriage Infections Hunger Malnutrition Illegal land grabbing Poverty These are just some consequences brought by effects of climate change and why we need urgent #ClimateAction. 🌍⚡️ #COP25 #16days
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The word of the year is existential appearing 32 times in my book WorldBending https://t.co/FQ6asvbwse
#existential #ClimateCrisis #worldbending
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Here's a heartwarming moment during the blockade of @omv's New Plymouth office: protesters sing happy birthday to Andrew from Kāpiti, who is 74 today! 💚 It takes all kinds of people to stand up to the companies fuelling the climate crisis. #climateuprising
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"To err on the side of danger is a stupid thing to do." 1,195 jurisdictions declare a climate emergency - it is NZ! https://t.co/T9e1u4dUeK
#worldbending #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
theguardian.com
Formula for climate emergency shows if ‘reaction time is longer than intervention time left’ then ‘we have lost control’
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A short video taste of my first chapter The Original Sin-thetic in WorldBending https://t.co/kJDJyqz9De
#ClimateEmergency #worldbending #creativity
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AI and Climate Change: How they’re connected, and what we can do about it by @AINowInstitute
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A WorldBending podcast about the Zero Carbon Bill and the exemption of methane and nitrous oxide from the Emissions Trading Scheme for another 5 years. Spotify
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A WorldBending podcast about the Zero Carbon Bill and the exemption of methane and nitrous oxide from the Emissions Trading Scheme for another 5 years. iTunes https://t.co/4PPRUHaf91
#zerocarbon #worldbending
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Worldbending and thinking creatively about our world is helped by neurodiversity https://t.co/N2MkKt5l0R
#creativity #Neurodiversity19 #worldbending #ClimateEmergency
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The book launch went very well thanks to all who attended! Here's the intro video
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Reminder that the next global #ClimateStrike is on November 29th! Two weeks before polling day help us put climate to the top of the agenda 👇 Tell us about a strike happening: https://t.co/ZGM9ymZ3nv Find a strike: https://t.co/51KiOzg4c1
#ClimateElection #GreenNewDeal
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NZ to fund 30% of methane satellite with own mission control to monitor and study agricultural/industry emissions. https://t.co/OqxcUjd5HZ
#climatechange #zerocarbon #worldbending
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