It’s Earth Day!

In this episode of We Can’t Keep Quiet, Doreen and Isobel discuss the Coronavirus pandemic and its social and economic consequences.

They also talk about what you can do to mark Earth Day now that traditional celebrations and demonstrations are off the table.

Correction: Doreen meant to say that Rihanna is from Barbados, not the Bahamas.

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Coronavirus pandemic

News

'A disastrous situation': mountains of food wasted as coronavirus scrambles supply chain https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/us-coronavirus-outbreak-agriculture-food-supply-waste

The Guardian view on the future of farming: let’s think about food https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/17/the-guardian-view-on-the-future-of-farming-lets-think-about-food

Coronavirus: How Are Countries Responding to the Economic Crisis?

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/coronavirus-how-are-countries-responding-economic-crisis

Africa coronavirus cases could hit 10 million in six months: WHO

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/africa-coronavirus-cases-hit-10-million-months-200417055006127.html

The Economic Fallout of the Coronavirus in Southeast Asia https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/02/13/economic-fallout-of-coronavirus-in-southeast-asia-pub-81070

To get coronavirus bailout money, the government is forcing airlines to fly ‘ghost planes’ [US] https://grist.org/climate/the-government-is-forcing-airlines-to-fly-nearly-empty-to-get-bailout-money/

Celebrities

Celebrities, coronavirus has exposed how irrelevant you have become https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/07/coronavirus-celebrity-influence-criticism

How Celebrities, Athletes, and Civilians Are Giving Back During the Coronavirus Pandemic https://www.glamour.com/story/how-celebrities-athletes-and-regular-people-are-giving-back-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic

The Human Struggle of the Stay-at-Home Celebrity https://jezebel.com/the-human-struggle-of-the-stay-at-home-celebrity-1842944284

Jokes and memes

Escape Our Current Hell With These (Good) Coronavirus Jokes https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/the-funniest-coronavirus-jokes.html

The Best Coronavirus Memes, Jokes And Tweets To Make You A Bit Happier Right Now

https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a31693127/coronavirus-covid-19-memes-tweets-jokes/

40 Funny Quarantine Signs By People Who Haven’t Lost Their Spirits Yet https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-quarantine-signs/

Earth Day

Earth Day 2020 https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/

Isobel’s plants

Echeveria derenbergii (Painted Lady) https://worldofsucculents.com/echeveria-derenbergii-painted-lady/

Echeveria colorata https://worldofsucculents.com/echeveria-colorata/

Echeveria green velvet