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A unique resource & powerful tool for people who want to make this world a better place! - 750,000 links on peace, human rights, environment & social justice - https://betterworld.info

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Common Dreams@commondreams.org · last wk.

The tale of Jadav Payeng shows that an environmental transformation does not always begin with huge policy changes or major funding. At times, it starts with a single individual who plants a seed, say @betterworld.info's Rachael Mellor & Tanuj Samaddar.

An Entire Forest Born Of Just 20 Seedlings: The Forest Man of India’s Legacy

​The story of how a teenager transformed an abandoned government forestry project into a lifelong obsession, creating what is arguably the largest single-handed man-made forest of the world, over the course of four decades.

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The International Peace Bureau (IPB)@intpeacebureau.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In 2025, the world spent $2.9 trillion on the military, according to @sipriorg We urge governments to undertake major reductions to their military expenditure and redirect those funds to social and environmental sectors, tackling the global challenges of our time, and funding human security.

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Common Dreams@commondreams.org · 5mo ago

Adaptation requires upfront investment, but it is far more cost-effective than inaction, which allows the climate crisis to escalate, causing irreversible damage and out-of-control social and environmental costs.

Governments Light the Flames As We Pay Billions to Extinguish Them

Failing to address climate change is a failure for our planet and for humanity. Why pay trillions in disaster relief, conflict mitigation, aid, and migration management when the solutions are at our feet today?

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