Our House is On Fire - a photo on Flickriver

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Captured in August 2019, a Friday School Strike action inspired by Greta Thunberg echoing her famous "Our house is on fire..." speech.

We have seen California burn.
We have seen Australia burn.
We have perhaps not cared to look when Siberia was burning!
Currently Europe is burning and today...
Today London is burning.

Not just empty fields but houses, homes, precious items and memories.

We need complete system change. Tipping points have been breached already - I fear that some feedback loops have started already too. We are so far away from the 1.5 degree warming target that was proposed some years ago now - we're looking at 2 degrees and more.

I read a disturbing scientific report a few days ago that had clearly modelled that continuing as we are we would face 50% of species extinction on earth by 2050.

We can't afford to wait for politics and industry to take action - we need to take action individually - they will follow, there will be no choice.

We can't undo the damage already baked in for a long time ahead but we can limit how far we push the world to the apocalypse.

There is a way back but it will be hard and painful. We will have to see 2019 as peak hedonistic humanity. We need to work together and we need to realise that our very survival depends upon it.

Stay safe and stay hydrated my Flickr friends.

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Glasgow (show map)

Taken on: August 23, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/3.5, 1/6400 sec, 24mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	1/6400 sec
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.4 (Windows)
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