examples of green rhetoric in which the catastrophe is final

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 ## 2026-05-05
 
+### Examples of green rhetoric in which the catastrophe is final
+
+Like, all of them.
+
+Obvious examples include @{xr-declaration}, @{no-one-is-too-small},
+@{greenpeace-report}. If we don't stop emitting CO2, everyone will die and/or
+civilization will collapse.
+
+@{inconvenient-truth} didn't quite have that narrative, but it did use Earthshot
+and Pale Blue Dot very prominently, which I think was to communicate that what
+is at stake is global, cosmic, total.
+
+In @{cry-of-the-wild}, the catastrophe is final for the orca, Eeschin. While we
+don't see her die, we know that her whole clan has died off, and she will refuse
+til death to join another clan: the only way it can end is death, and thus the
+total extinction of her clan.
+
 ### Meeting with David de Pomerai
 
 I met David (for the first time properly, having only seen him at the
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 - [x] Gather a list of 'core apocalyptic forms'
 - [x] Gather examples of green rhetoric using 'core apocalyptic forms'
-- [ ] Gather examples of green rhetoric in which the catastrophe is final
+- [x] Gather examples of green rhetoric in which the catastrophe is final
 - [ ] Gather examples of green rhetoric in which the audience is blamed or
       assumed to have power over the problem
 - [ ] Gather evidence that catastrophic green rhetoric causes alienation