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State of the World
A.D. 2023
Our environment, the natural world, is in a deplorable state, worse than it has ever been in human history. So bad, in fact, that it threatens our existence. Not in any distant future but right now in 2023. Incredibly, few people are aware of the full scale of the problem, although most people sense that something is very wrong. We have collected the worst threats from the most reliable sources we could find. You can explore them by clicking on the images below.



Environmental World News

Threats to the environment

Overpopulation: crowds of people pushing one another on to ever narrower ledges above an abyss
Wildlife extinction: dying bee with warning that their fate will be ours
a beautiful lady removes her head to reveal an evil skull
collection of stop signs depicting all our unsustainable activities
collection of stop signs depicting all our unsustainable activities
skeleton of hunter posing with big grin beside two of his killed victims
sinister doctor grinning at the viewer under a Profit sign
desolate landscape with only tree stumps
monstrous electric battle truck with guns aiming at viewer getting recharged
fat man consuming the earth while a doctor feels his pulse
black skeletons of trees against background of wildfire
hooded woman wearing a gasmask, sitting on her knees, grieving
a swimming fish, half submergerd, underside eaten away by pollution
rusty water tap in desert with skeleton
squadron of agricultural machines ripping up the soil
arctic ice shelf collapsing
cartoon of man distracting other from global warming
barrel with nuclear waste floating in water
Chinese dragon enveloping the world
creepy clown with fangs and claws
beautiful turtle underwater eating plastic bag
1/3 of human food is wasted in red letters
a gigantic excavator is ripping open the earth
a grinning cartoon brandishing a lighter stands before a burning forest
1/3 of human food is wasted in red letters
Threats to Human Society
icarus falling from the sky
photo of eye with dollar sign as pupil
cartoon of planet being excavated
bad scientist holding vial with dangerous substance
blindfolded man heading for edge of cliff
painting of skull and bones on old book
Quarterly updates
coral reefs before and after
mother earth burning at the stake
gloomy landscape of small table-top mountains with people huddling on them
Cartoon of people lining up to hear reassuring lie, nobody for inconvenient truth
Cartoon of grinning businessman beside one saved plant under glass in devastated landscape
The reasons why most of these problems are being ignored are many. The most essential one is probably our alienation from nature, our natural environment. Nowadays most people live in a (sub)urban, artificial world, largely unaware of the real, natural world, although they are totally dependent on that world for food, water and breathable air.

Another reason why people are so poorly informed is the woeful coverage of environmental issues by the media. This is, of course, largely due to our general ignorance of the environment but also because most media are commercial enterprises, intent on giving the people what they want rather than what they need. On a more sinister note, many media outlets are also manipulated by the corporate world, which opposes any mention of environmental issues because it might lead to measures that endanger their profits.

And yet, the plight of our environment is vitally important to all 8.1 billion of us. In a non-suicidal society it should be front page news every day, keeping track of all the ominous changes that may very well ruin us if we don’t deal with them soon. Instead, this unfolding nightmare receives only a tiny fraction of the attention it demands.

Daily news is dominated by things like the economy, business, political squabbles, the antics of celebrities, crime and terrorism, none of which are remotely as important as the well-being of the only planet we have.

This goes a long way to explain why so few people know how bad things are.

In a recent Gallup poll less than 5% of the interviewees considered the environment/pollution the most important problem facing the USA, even though in America air pollution alone is responsible for more than 100,000 deaths a year while roughly 120 million Americans breathe air that is harmful for their health and can shorten their lives.

The people are simply being let down by those who should inform them.


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