Posts tagged Climate Change
COVID-19: Respiro y Desafío para el Planeta • COVID-19: A Respite and Challenge for Planet Earth

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As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads throughout the world, governments of different countries have adopted measures of confinement and suspension of activities to prevent its spread. This has given us a look into nature long hidden by smoke and pollution. However, international experts and environmentalists have warned that this "respite" to the planet is only temporary. John Sauven, CEO of Greenpeace UK, stated that no health crisis or economic downturn or other type of disaster will give us a safer and more environmentally friendly world.

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A medida que el brote de COVID-19 fue avanzando por el mundo, los gobiernos de distintos países comenzaron a adoptar medidas de confinamiento y suspensión de actividades para evitar su propagación, mismas que nos regalaron postales de la naturaleza hace tiempo ocultas por el humo y la contaminación. Sin embargo, expertos internacionales y ambientalistas han advertido que este “respiro” al planeta es sólo temporal. John Sauven, director ejecutivo de Greenpeace Reino Unido, afirmó que ninguna crisis de salud ni recesión económica u otro tipo de desastre, nos va a regalar un mundo más seguro y respetuoso con el medio ambiente.

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Joy in the Air! A Reflection from the People's Climate March

We walked behind the bold red Baptist Peace Fellowship banner, which provided a space for us to gather and to keep up with each other during the march. We walked on the hard surfaces of street and sidewalk that beat my feet while my heart was singing, singing with wonder at the diverse community that had come together, singing with hope.

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