My hot take is that golf courses shouldn't exist. We don't need to clear so much land, use so much water or destroy ecosystems just for a small percentage of the population to hit some balls.
If you are in Delhi, this is one thing you should try definitely โค๏ธ
Its affordable, its fun and you eventually try something new โจ
Also, it has good cafe with good cold coffee ๐ + you can work from there, basically spend entire day here
๐Hamoni : Cafe by the Greens
I'm letting this out into the internet void in order to present a narrative that is my own.
P.S. This is based on my personal experience and does not represent the opinion of any climate movement, group, or organisation.
You donโt need to know everything about the environment to know that Sadhguruโs save soil movement is shady. A man who has been grabbing land from adivasis and has his foundation on forest land has little interest in saving soil. A google search would have told you as much.
I lost my father in Nov, 2 months ago, I lived with it.
You don't auction people because you lost your parents, you do it because of your Islamaphobia, you do it because of your deep-rooted hatred, you do it because you were raised in a society that made you think this was okay
The arrest of
@zoo_bear
is another attempt to silence truth in this country. We need to do everything in our power to fight alongside him and alongside truth. We need to continue doing his job of fighting for a better future for all of us.
#IStandWithZubair
Today, I had a teenager weep on call because he blamed himself for being unable to find lifesaving resources for someone, while the ones who should actually take the blame for this carnage are STILL out there adding to it.
Bestie donโt you co-own
@TimesNow
or something? So when your peeps violate my privacy and shot at free trial by pronouncing me guilty, itโs fair game but you talk about justice when itโs done to your friends?
#Whatsapp
chats & other investigative material leakers from
#ncb
& other agencies should be criminally prosecuted & a reprimand by courts is not enough to stop the dangerous trend. These leaks allow a process which incentivises blackmail & extortion.
Now that they have withdrawn the 3 farm laws, next step is to withdraw cases slapped on farmers, free those still in prison and pay reparations to all the protesting farmers whoโve had to endure the vileness of this government in full.
Itโs been 88 days since I applied for a passport &I still donโt have it. I wanted it so that I could be at COP26. I was subject to unnecessary court proceedings & my passport was still withheld. This is a blatant violation of my civil liberties
Read more
Building a coal mine 101 by Adani
1) Fake coal shortage
2) Get ministers to raise the importance of using more coal
3) Start taking land and destroying forests where Adivasis live
4) Ensure that it never reaches mainstream media
#SaveHasdeo
#StandWithAdivasis
I was supposed to be at COP26 coz I was supposed to report for
@grist
coz I deserved to be there, but I was denied my passport, despite following due process. 88 days since I applied for a passport & I still don't have it so I wrote about it
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The world's reaction towards UK's heatwave shows that the rich and the white had to experience climate calamities for people to take notice of the climate crisis.
People at MG Road, Bangalore continue to stand with Palestine despite facing police detention. Around 25 people have been detained so far and more than 200 people are gathered in solidarity.
If I had a superpower, I'd want it to be the ability to read a book in an hour. I'm very behind on my reading list & there are too many things I want to know.
Please drop your fav books in the comments ๐ป
Due to surge of Covid in our colleagues' families, we at Paytm have decided to buy home medical equipments like Oxygen concentrators tht can be used by teammate's families & community.
Thank you
@PMoIndia
for calling upon youth to come together to stop the spread and save lives๐
Ah and welcome to all the sanghis who have once again found my account. I love seeing how much you're all invested in what I have to say. Very validating ngl.
Can we please stop saying that Stan Swamy (or anyone) spoke for "the voiceless". The Dalits & Adivasis have been screaming, they have been deliberately & actively silenced. Don't call them "voiceless" just because their stories & trauma aren't palatable for you.
๐จCOVID RESOURCES THREAD:
I'm going to try and put verified covid resources in a thread. Please share your city's COVID resources in the comments or DM me. Let's all amplify this together!
All the people on my list with big followers, please RT.
Over 7.5 million people in Bihar are impacted because of the floods.
India has been facing numerous floods over the past months. We are no longer fighting for our future, we are fighting for our present
@GretaThunberg
@Fridays4future
#DelhiHighCourt
seeks from Centre the status of the probe against climate activist
@disharavii
Ravi was arrested by the Delhi Police for sharing a "toolkit" related to the farmers' protest against the now-repealed three farm laws.
The forest cover of six states in the NE excluding Assam, has decreased by nearly 18 per cent between 2011 and 2019 and now you're going to increase the deforestation rate by bringing in palm oil plantations? Much Aatmanirbhar, very climate change.
Today's Cabinet decision on National Mission on Edible Oils โ Oil Palm will be a game-changer when it comes to helping oil palm farmers and creating an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. The Northeast, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands will specially benefit from this.
8 months is how long they took to deny him bail. The state demands impunity from citizens & anyone who crosses that is endlessly punished. Today & every day, we need to do everything to support those incarcerated for reimagining a better and equitable tomorrow.
#FreeUmarKhalid
Mumbai is the 4th flood that India had to face in the past 2 months. Remember that this is the result of coastal reclamation, remember that the government enabled this & this will be easier with the EIA2020. This is why we strike
#WithdrawEIA2020
@Fridays4future
@GretaThunberg
Frustrated with people with big following that won't amplify fundraisers/mutual aid/any help because it doesn't go with their feed aesthetic. Bizarre to me that we prioritize a picture of coffee over helping each other out.
Solidarity starts with listening to Muslim women who are facing vile attacks from this fascist regime. It starts with supporting them in ways they want to be supported, not in ways that will trigger them and cause them more harm.
Wanted to announce that I wonโt be at COP26 for precisely this reason. Itโs been a long, painful 2 months, Iโve written about it. Will share it when itโs out.
By
@MANJULtoons
who somehow hit the nail
For a long time, I didn't understand why landlocked Bangalore was flooding. Was it heavy rainfall? Was it bad drainage? Turns out that it's both
Parts of Blr is built on stormwater drains, lakes& wetlands. These areas are owned by the state - so it's technically up for grabs
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With UAPA, the process is the punishment. It's been 300 days of pre trial incarceration for Umar. The best & kindest minds of this country are behind bars while those who have blood on their hands roam free. What is justice?
#UmarKoRihaKaro
Good evening. The climate crisis is wrecking havoc in Dharamshala and further dividing people based on who can escape this (temporarily) and who can't.
This is havoc caused not just by the flash floods that hit
#Dharamshala
this morning but also by the construction boom in the area. Buildings are built without much regard to the fragility and ecology of the region. 1/
Images of Bhagsu road clicked by locals ๐๐พ
As Umar Khalid spends another birthday in prison, we must keep him and others in our minds who are paying the price for exercising their constitutional rights.
#MorePowerToUmar
#HappyBirthdayUmar
The forest fires in Uttarakhand have been going on for months.
Since 2000, more than 44518 hectares of land has been lost to forest fires and yet there is no climate action plan.
Does the state environment minister think that beating the fire with bushes justifies the inaction?
What is happening to
@munawar0018
is a targeted attack &also how those incarcerated are treated. Basic civil liberties arenโt respected & people have to go to extreme lengths before they are granted - or not at all in this case & we are expected to be grateful to be outside
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The term "keyboard warrior/activists" is very ableist, it discounts the fact that many people cannot be onground for various reasons - physical disabilities, mental struggles or 50 other reasons & it also belittles the sheer amount of work that goes into organizing online
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Few things Iโm absolutely certain of & grateful for is knowing that my friends would never deny being friends with me even when they are in positions of power and they would move oceans & mountains to make sure Iโm safe if I was in jail. Theyโd also never stop speaking about it.
Why are so many of you surprised like we haven't had people's "chats" read on national TV?
If you think surveillance isn't here yet, what you essentially mean is that surveillance isn't here for YOU yet.
New policing practices alert: stop and search phone chats by the
@hydcitypolice
. Police are searching phone chats for words like ganja. Wait until they replace words with NRC, Modi or BJP.
Spoke to the UN Secretary General
@antonioguterres
on youth demands today. Going to share the full video soon.
Thank you
@SorengArchana
and others for trusting me to do this. Iโm so grateful ๐
So today is a great day to subscribe to
@newslaundry
and support the amazing work they do.
We have them to thank for debunking fictional writing masked as reportage.
Maa: He's giving a speech at 5?
Me: Yeah, everyone on Twitter is talking about the return of his crocodile tears
Maa: omg no, why are we degrading crocodiles? Crocodiles are so nice
love my ex sanghi mother
To the journalists and the editors on my list, I mean this in the nicest way possible - I'd much rather write climate and political essays for your media house than talk about myself. Working with people & sharing their stories gives me unparalleled joy.
To all the journalists on my TL (I know there are a lot of you, I see you)
@PatrakarClinic
is offering pro bono legal support to Indian journalists facing threats. It's a lovely project by the good folks at
@internetfreedom
so do share it with those who may need it! RT to amplify
Indiaโs promise to โphase downโ fossil fuels at COP26 apparently meant that we open more coal mines (at Hasdeo, across 2000 ha of forest, by cutting 4.5L trees, and destroying 700 Adivasisโ home) instead of transitioning away from it.
#SaveHasdeo
#StandWithAdivasis
Eid Mubarak โจinstead of asking your Muslim friends for biryani today, ensure that they can stay safe and can celebrate and love in the way they choose to.
๐ขNATIONWIDE COVID RESOURCES UPDATE:
We've managed to collate all the information and verify it. We have it for 14 cities so far along with state & national helplines. We hope this helps:
AMPLIFY ๐ป
๐จCOVID RESOURCES THREAD:
I'm going to try and put verified covid resources in a thread. Please share your city's COVID resources in the comments or DM me. Let's all amplify this together!
All the people on my list with big followers, please RT.
โMy plan is to use the money I got from exploiting people to get a few billionaires to Mars even though we caused the climate crisis on Earth and we will keep jumping planets when we destroy the last one we inhabited to preserve our consciousness.โ
There, I corrected it
I just finished watching how Aaj Tak covered the floods in Uttarakhand &the reason climate change is seen as a joke in this country is coz the reportage around it is a joke. Doomsday 2012 music & no science whatsoever.
How will we ever have climate action amidst this clownery?
Realized that it was a mistake to say that the govt isn't doing anything about the climate crisis. They are. They are intentionally making it worse. The Kerala floods say as much - 6 members of a family washed away - 3 among them dead, landslides, flooding & lives changed forever
380 million people in Indiaโs workforce depend on heat-exposed labor. Almost all of them won't have access to relief from the heat. Working in these conditions is pushing people to the brink of human survival.
We desperately need leadership that prioritizes peopleโs lives.
Here's an idea: Journalists start using the M word, journalists start naming He-who-must-not-be-named and holding him accountable for the state of our country.
#India
's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the U.N.
#COP26
climate summit in Glasgow - though the South Asian nation is unlikely to commit to a goal of
#netzero
emissions by 2050, government sources say
Bank accounts frozen, people arrested and legal cases slapped - The attack on different opposition parties this close to the elections show the extent to which BJP will go to win.
This is not a democracy.
URGENT: Citizens gathered at MG road to show solidarity with Palestine have been detained by police. Police said that we arenโt allowed to peacefully gather or even distribute pamphlets. Please amplify!
Politicians will tell that 1.5 degrees is ambitious & we need to shoot for 2 degrees.
The 0.5 difference in degrees is where the Global South lives & dies. Climate Justice is not just the white children's future, it is ALL of our present &future. All we need is political will!
Never get used to the unspeakable violence this nation has inflicted on its finest minds. Never forget the relentless contribution of Mahavir Narwal to the country &never forget how they made Natasha Narwal plead for her rights
#ReleaseNatashaNarwal
#ReleaseAllPoliticalprisoners
While the world looks away, Hidme Markam spends her 23rd day in prison; some have been there for longer. All of them booked under draconian laws & held in pre-trial detention. Prisons are storerooms for activists, journalists & anyone who dares question the govt.
#FreeHidmeNow
Things that should be headlines:
- BJP Minister's son killing & injuring protesting farmers
- 3000kg of heroin seized at Adani port
- Adivasi women protesting against mines in Hasdeo
Things that shouldn't be headlines:
- A Bollywood star's son caught doing drugs at a party
1400 days and counting for standing up for our constitution & for our country.
Never get used to the violence the state has imposed on Umar
#FreeUmarKhalid
I picked up โSpareโ by Prince Harry yesterday and Iโm half way through. He wrote this entire thing not because he wants to rebel against the monarchy but cause the monarchy didnโt accept him and heโs pissed.
๐ฃI'm thrilled to announce that I'll be at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. I'm able to take this journey because of the effort & labour of my incredible lawyers. I'm eternally grateful for them and the climate & environmental movement for extending so much love & support my way.
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I naively loved the world every day, but watching y'all make headlines about an ear injury while staying silent on Palestinians being massacred for months is turning my stomach
Cyclone Tauktae has heavily impacted Kerala. These videos are from Veliyathamparambu, Njarackal, Kandakadavu, Chellam, Kochi and Ottamssery.
Soure: Bilal,
@Tessieishungry
@sachinjacobk
I wrote for
@AJEnglish
on the excessive focus on the future of white children, exclusion of the most impacted from negotiations like COP26 & how this denial of the proximity of the climate crisis has delayed climate action.
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90% of India is in a โdanger zoneโ from heatwave impact. But the Finance Commission refused to classify extreme heat as a disaster, citing improved weather forecasting. How does that help those engaged in manual labour?An openly classist &casteist decision
Spoke to a few young activists on why they started out being climate activists & quite a few of them said that they read about it in school, I was pleasantly surprised.
I learnt absolutely nothing in school. Do you think you had a good climate education/curriculum in school?
Asif Iqbal Tanha is out of jail :)
Out of Tihar jail.
Over 2 days of the Delhi HC analysing all possible evidence against him and still saying he deserves bail under UAPA.
Wow. Donโt believe everything you read, please stop and check facts for a second. People are in the business of content creation masquerading as journalism.
We criticise the capitalistic system because we are forced to partake in it & because it has caused so much destruction. Blaming people for partaking in capitalism, sitting in AC rooms, using phones or tech to work towards climate justice isnt the hot take you think it is
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It's the 109th day of Hidme Markam's arrest so here's the truth, this petition was put together with the hope that it will aid in Hidme Markam's immediate release (All while we acknowledge that it may not aid legally).
A ๐งต(1/n)
The past few years have been a terrifying time. Our democracy is at threat. Protests, deaths and even our existence is being swept under the rug to present a version of India that is supposed to garner international brownie points. We cannot let this happen to us.
I am not commenting on either, but what is the reason for the strong correlation with climate change activists now protesting Palestine? Seriously, what does one have to do with the other? I am genuinely curious.