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Sixty years of devastation; we are losing the Jarrah Forest (www.acf.org.au)

submitted 4 days ago by arbilp3@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone

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WA residents speak up. And the rest of us support them. Don't let the Jarrah Forest be lost.

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

best way, vote Green.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Alcoa?
Of course its Alcoa.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All my homies vote Greens.

Labor, while admittedly being 100 times better than the popular alternatives in LNP and ONP, have still repeatedly shown they only care about the environment inasmuch as it doesn't impact with their corporate investors and mining union.

We cannot accept business proposals that have such a deliberate and damaging impacts on the environment, and you'd think we would have fucking learned that by now by all the past evidence.

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't think they care about evidence so it's up to us to keep driving the point that if govt doesn't protect the environment we do NOT vote for them and also to boycott, if we can, any company involved in environment destruction. Our other battle is that most of mainstream Australia doesn't really care about environmental issues beyond the superficial and will not take political action unless it affects the perceived effects on their wallet and tribe.

[–] carrottom@det.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@arbilp3 @pulsewidth Why don't people in Australia and in Germany (and probably the rest of the world as well) and their governments protect their environment, the place they live, love, raise their children, ..., despite the scientific evidence? It isn't rocket science, I do understand the necessity to protect our environment and I wouldn't call myself a genius.
As an example why do people throw their rubbish literally out of the window? Would they litter their own garden? I don't get it.

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago

It seems many people DO litter their own garden. Nature IS their garden but they only identify what is important to them according to limited self-interest and according to the way they have been conditioned (or brainwashed) by their personal experience, their 'tribe' and the information they follow. They have difficulty seeing the big picture if it doesn't affect them in personal ways. I realise this is a superficial answer to your questions.

I feel your despondence. It is important though, that you stay strong. You are right to question the lack of care of governments and many people but not everyone is at the same stage of understanding. We just got to continue doing what we can, however we can, to increase this understanding and particularly support the young.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Save the forest, eh?

[–] arbilp3@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago

Have you got any bettr ideas?