The Amazon’s Burning Past, Follow Their Lead & The Problem With #PlantATree

in #news5 years ago

IN HEADLINES: The Amazon is burning. That's not news.But as corporate media sensationalizes a shallow story and bullshit like "Pray for Amazonia" goes viral, there's a bigger and deeper story that needs to be heard, a story that sheds light on real vs. false solutions.

OUR INTERVIEW this week: Anne Petermann from Global Justice Ecology Project discusses the problem with the hashtag happy reforestation movement, the true scope of how important our remaining forests are and what we need to know about the pitfalls and false solutions crowding our media streams.

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