{"id":7829,"date":"2014-09-17T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T02:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/?p=7829"},"modified":"2014-09-17T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T02:18:09","slug":"busy-being-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2014\/09\/17\/busy-being-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy being born…"},"content":{"rendered":"

When humans look back on our time from the next era, they might see this weekend’s People’s Climate March<\/a> as a key event in the movement that led<\/em> to the next era.<\/p>\n

The alternative is a little scarier: it’s that there will be no next era, or at least no humans looking back from it.<\/p>\n

I’m afraid this is one of those times when, as Bob Dylan once put it, “he not busy being born is busy dying.”<\/p>\n

For further information, see\u00a0http:\/\/peoplesclimate.org\/. Here’s the lineup<\/a>. And some viewing, for those who need more information:\u00a0http:\/\/watchdisruption.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"pcm-route-lineup-v6\"<\/p>\n

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When humans look back on our time from the next era, they might see this weekend’s People’s Climate March as a key event in the movement that led to the next era. The alternative is a little scarier: it’s that there will be no next era, or at least no humans looking back from it. 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