Language Matters!

P.S. I’m not kidding about Climate Boost the Economy. I’m going to make fetch happen.

Other language stuff to be mindful of:

The “we are the virus” stuff is like one a half steps away from ecofascism and I genuinely worry about the folks I see toeing that line. Yes the air is very clean right now and the wild animals in the parks and the cities are very cute but mass death is not a climate plan. https://t.co/hmBR6NKTl8

— Susie Cagle (@susie_c) April 16, 2020

And yes it’s tough, but we can doooo this!!

https://twitter.com/AvatarDomy/status/1249941076791758848?s=20

Also, this. Whoa!

This is big. @CityofVancouver council just passed policy that all new buildings will not be able to heat space or water using fossil fuels effective Jan 2022. Huge step forward on implementing #ClimateEmergency plan. https://t.co/srjq84W29d

— Seth Klein (@SethDKlein) April 30, 2020

I feel like my hero Missy Elliot missed an opportunity to make the #cooloffchallenge about cooling down the planet…but I want to hijack every meme to make it about climate change.

pic.twitter.com/WAwujmWDte

— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) April 29, 2020

Let’s Go!!!!! #CoolOff🥶🥶🥶 pic.twitter.com/Ij89eP0EPi

— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) April 30, 2020

Hope you are happy and healthy! Thanks for reading.

Have a great week,
Sarah

P.S. I’m always curious to know what you think. This is my newsletter for the week of April 30, 2020, published in partnership with YES! Media You can sign up to get Minimum Viable Planet newsletter emailed directly to you at https://mvp.substack.com/.