Normal Is Over The Movie

16/10/2024

Beef, , pulp & paper, rubber, soy, and timber — we know that Big Agribusiness is driving deforestation. But they’re not the only ones to blame. Our latest report, “Banking on Biodiversity Collapse,” exposes the financial flows going into 300 forest-risk commodity companies. By financing them, banks are complicit in the destruction of our most critical forests AND violations of human rights. Read the report: https://forestsandfinance.org/banking-on-biodiversity-collapse/

14/09/2024

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02/07/2024

For those interested, I have been invited to speak in Amsterdam about NormalisOver at De Kring, July 25, at 18.00.
https://normalisover.org
Option to have dinner together as well:)
To make a reservation, you can book here:
https://kring.nl/programma/openbaar/divan-juli/

Tijdens deze editie van De Divan is film- en documentairemaakster Renée Scheltema te gast. De inleiding wordt verzorgd door psychoanalytica Liesbeth Dullaart-Pruyser en is getiteld 'óverconsumptie en het onbewuste'.

07/05/2024

It is Spring! We need to all delay mowing grass until mid-July: Butterflies, bees, and other insects rely heavily upon daisies and other plants growing wildly to pollinate and sustain their ecosystems. Let's smell the flowers and co-create .

In America, over 40 million acres of land are covered by lawn
Rather than alleviating change, lawns are contributing to it. The main culprits are lawn equipment, specifically gas powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers, and synthetic fertilizers.

David Attenborough has urged Brits that this common gardening task shouldn't occur until mid-July.: "Nowhere here is richer in wildflowers and insect pollinators than our traditional hay meadows. Sadly, in the last 60 years, we've lost 97% of this precious habitat".

Photo ©Renée Scheltema