Veganism Social

Mojo ♻️Has the NSW government found a real solution to the housing crisis?Premier Chris Minns is still chasing his “big dream” after a multi‑billion dollar proposal for Rosehill was rejected last month. Now he’s looking at Plan B — high‑rise apartments on prime Sydney Harbour land at Glebe Island Port.But this isn’t about solving housing shortages. It’s about rewarding developer lobbyists and grabbing premium waterfront land for their profits. Pure greed, dressed up as a housing solution.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nsw</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/housingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#housingcrisis</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sydney</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lobbying</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/greedydevelopers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greedydevelopers</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greed</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/overdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#overdevelopment</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTaBgEqjMCM&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTaBgEqjMCM&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://zeroes.ca/@maggiejk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@maggiejk</a> It's happening in Florida as well... <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/subsidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subsidence</a> is the culprit in both situations. About 3 dozen high-rise buildings in South <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a> are sinking, a study findsDecember 19, 2024SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. — "Almost three dozen high-rise condos and luxury hotels along the beach in South Florida are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of nearby construction, according to a new study."The 35 buildings surveyed along an almost 12-mile stretch from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiamiBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiamiBeach</a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SunnyIslesBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SunnyIslesBeach</a> have sunk or settled by 0.8 to 3.1 inches. About half of the buildings are less than a decade old, according to scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science. The study was published Friday." 'The discovery of the extent of subsidence hotspots along the South Florida coastline was unexpected,' Farzaneh Aziz Zanjani, the lead author, said in a statement. 'The study underscores the need for ongoing monitoring and a deeper understanding of the long-term implications for these structures.' " <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/19/g-s1-39007/buildings-south-florida-sinking-study" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2024/12/19/g-s1-39007/buildings-south-florida-sinking-study</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SinkingBuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SinkingBuildings</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OverDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OverDevelopment</a>

DoomsdaysCWOne of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of waterby Laura Paddison, Jack Guy and Fidel Gutiérrez, CNNFebruary 25, 2024"Alejandro Gomez has been without proper running water for more than three months. Sometimes it comes on for an hour or two, but only a small trickle, barely enough to fill a couple of buckets. Then nothing for many days."Gomez, who lives in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MexicoCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MexicoCity</a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tlalpan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tlalpan</a> district, doesn’t have a big storage tank so can’t get water truck deliveries — there’s simply nowhere to store it. Instead, he and his family eke out what they can buy and store."When they wash themselves, they capture the runoff to flush the toilet. It’s hard, he told CNN. 'We need water, it’s essential for everything.'"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterShortages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterShortages</a> are not uncommon in this neighborhood, but this time feels different, Gomez said. 'Right now, we are getting this hot weather. It’s even worse, things are more complicated.'"Mexico City, a sprawling metropolis of nearly 22 million people and one of the world’s biggest cities, is facing a severe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterCrisis</a> as a tangle of problems — including geography, chaotic urban <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#development</a> and leaky <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infrastructure</a> — are compounded by the impacts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>."Years of abnormally low rainfall, longer dry periods and high temperatures have added stress to a water system already straining to cope with increased demand. Authorities have been forced to introduce significant restrictions on the water pumped from reservoirs."'Several neighborhoods have suffered from a lack of water for weeks, and there are still four months left for the rains to start,' said Christian Domínguez Sarmiento, an atmospheric scientist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)."Politicians are downplaying any sense of crisis, but some experts say the situation has now reached such critical levels that Mexico City could be barreling towards 'day zero' in a matter of months — where the taps run dry for huge swaths of the city.Historic lows"Densely populated Mexico City stretches out across a high-altitude lake bed, around 7,300 feet above sea level. It was built on clay-rich soil — into which it is now sinking — and is prone to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#earthquakes</a> and highly vulnerable to climate change. It’s perhaps one of the last places anyone would choose to build a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/megacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#megacity</a> today."The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aztecs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aztecs</a> chose this spot to build their city of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tenochtitlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tenochtitlan</a> in 1325, when it was a series of lakes. They built on an island, expanding the city outwards, constructing networks of canals and bridges to work with the water."But when the Spanish arrived in the early 16th century, they tore down much of the city, drained the lakebed, filled in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/canals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#canals</a> and ripped out <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#forests</a>. They saw 'water as an enemy to overcome for the city to thrive,' said Jose Alfredo Ramirez, an architect and co-director of Groundlab, a design and policy research organization."Read more: <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-world-biggest-cities-may-103023024.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-world-biggest-cities-may-103023024.html</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateCatastrophe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Overdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Overdevelopment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Conquistadors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conquistadors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AncientTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AncientTechnology</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExtremeHeat</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeDrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExtremeDrought</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Extinction</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#overdevelopment