Archive for June, 2019
A house burns in the upmarket Paradise Pines neighbourhood of California in November
A UN expert has warned of a possible “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape from hunger, “while the rest of the world is left to suffer”.
Source: ‘Climate apartheid’ between rich and poor looms, UN expert warns – BBC News
A researcher examines an embedded tick.
Climate change and human sprawl have triggered a pandemic
Source: Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding. And It’s Only Going to Get Worse.
芝刈の響動(とよ)もす石器時代跡 米田清文
shibakari no toyomosu sekki jidai ato
a lawn mower
vibrates loud
the remains of the Stone Age
Kiyofumi Yoneta
Fay Aoyagi, translation
from ‘Haidan,’ (‘Haiku Stage’) a monthly haiku magazine, July 2017 Issue, Honami Shoten, Tokyo
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Source: Today’s Haiku (June 24, 2019) | Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greta Thunberg. Photograph: Stephen Voss, Anna Schori/The Guardian
Source: When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: ‘Hope is contagious’ | Environment | The Guardian