Earth Day spotlight on water and wildlife Happy Earth Day! Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 aimed at demonstrating support for environmental protection. The main focus for the newsletter today is on water before highlighting top animal conservation stories in the ‘Climate Buzz’ section.

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With Earth Day coming up on Wednesday, our California Climate Action Corps is mobilizing across the state to plant trees and native plants, restore habitats, and feed families.

By showing up for Californians and our planet, these volunteers are creating lasting change.

In February, our Aerial Unit flew 24,000km – half the circumference of the earth. Elephant rescues, a snared zebra darted from the air, nine human-wildlife conflict responses, two fires extinguished.

Entirely donor-funded. Day in, day out.

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Earth Day began in 1970, pushing activism on pollution - United Kingdom Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir

Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark #EarthDay. It’s an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home to some 8 billion humans and assorted trillions of other organisms.

Texas-born grocer H-E-B is continuing its annual Earth Day celebration by giving away thousands of reusable bags to customers across the Lone Star State. bit.ly/4tT2z8g

San Francisco is getting ravaged by multiple viruses. Experts aren't sure why. Changing vaccine recommendations could be partly to blame.

Changing vaccine recommendations could be partly to blame.

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the Popemobile as he arrives to lead Holy Mass at the Saurimo esplanade in Saurimo, Angola on the eighth day of an 11-day apostolic tour of Africa, on April 20, 2026

Pope Leo XIV (C, L) waves to the crowd from the Popemobile as he arrives to lead Holy Mass at the Saurimo esplanade in Saurimo, Angola on the eighth day of an 11-day apostolic tour of Africa, on April 20, 2026

🇦🇴 🇻🇦 Pope Leo XIV condemned exploitation and corruption by the rich and powerful during a visit to Angola's diamond-rich northeast on Monday, returning to a theme of his 11-day tour of Africa ➡️ u.afp.com/SEzd

C.G. Jung's 1957 Interview • Enhanced & Subtitled YouTube video by The Jungian Aion

Four filmed conversations with C. G. Jung, recorded over four days in Switzerland in 1957 … The original sound was often faint or distorted, and some parts remain rough or unintelligible. To make sure meaning isn’t lost, I’ve created accurate subtitles, based on the transcript.

More than 15m oysters to be released in the North Sea for UK rewilding project Exclusive: Experts say scheme will help repair damaged marine ecosystems while sequestering large amounts of carbon

More than 15m oysters to be released in the North Sea for UK rewilding project

- Experts say scheme will help repair damaged marine ecosystems while sequestering large amounts of carbon

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Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at Cop summits, where renewable progress has been stalled by major polluters

Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock

- 50+ nations inc 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇹🇷 🇳🇬 🇲🇽 🇧🇷 🇳🇴

- Santa Marta conference born out of frustration at UN Cop summits, where progress has been stalled by major polluters

#climatecrisis
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‘Uncommon’ weather shift brings rain, thunder and possible flooding to Bay Area "We won't get this all at once."

"We won't get this all at once."

MpowerDance Project presents: Rewilding Our Creative Body for Shapeshift.

MpowerDance Project presents fun & affordable Butoh classes, each Wednesday from 12-1pm in S.F. - May 6 thru June 24 ... Our Butoh classes support centered awareness to both the internal & the external spatial environments of our own self, in space time & in relation w/ other earthlings

Butoh Changed Everything.

Butoh Changed Everything, a short narrated Butoh dance film by Mary Power ... Shifting human centric views one way or another, encompassing impermanence and the absorption of the void, the fullness of emptiness, light in the dark ...
#Butoh #Dance #BayAreaDanceWeek

Bay Area Dance Week 2026 Free Butoh Dance Class April 29

Please join us Wednesday April 29th for a directed Butoh improvisation lead by Mary Power. Our class offers embodied imagination, movement exporations in Butoh shapes, walks, balances, rolls, crawls. Be ready to make dance art together. #Butoh #Dance #BayAreaDaanceWeek

The 8 Creative Secrets of Björk YouTube video by Creative Prompts

I watched every single Björk interview to find out what makes her such a unique, ridiculously creative musician. Hope you enjoy this deep dive into her creative process, motivations and inspirations. - @creativeprompts

Rusting Rivers: Alarm Grows Over Uptick in Acidic Arctic Waters Climate change has thawed permafrost and increased rainfall in the Far North, producing sulfuric acid that is turning rivers and lakes yellow or rusty orange. Scientists are scrambling to parse the impacts on wildlife, fish, and the drinking water of Indigenous communities.

As the Arctic warms and tundra thaws, minerals once trapped in permafrost are leaching out, turning rivers orange and acidic — some as acidic as vinegar.

Experts are racing to understand the ramifications for fish, wildlife, and Indigenous people.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

- Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

#AMOC #climatecrisis
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California rattlesnake bites hiker amid 'massive increase' in run-ins Scientists explain what's driving the vipers.

Scientists explain what's driving the vipers.

Insane amount of snow! 😮

The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route in Japan has opened today for the 2026 season.

This mountain route through the Northern Japan Alps is famous for its towering spring snow walls, which can reach up to 20 metres high.

Wild horses return to Spain after 10,000 years YouTube video by CGTN Europe

Wild horses are roaming in Spain for the first time in 10,000 years. The breakthrough follows a major conservation project near Madrid.

Scientists and conservationists have successfully reintroduced the species to restore natural ecosystems.

#bioversity #Gaia #climatechange #sixthgreatextinction

Summers are getting more dangerous as average temperatures rise, but heat events are not yet included in federal disaster declarations, leaving state and local governments on their own to protect residents. Here’s what they can start doing now before it's too late:👇🧵

Quebec's maple syrup harvest weakened by climate change As the world's leading producer of maple syrup, Quebec is working to better adapt its industry to increasingly unpredictable climate conditions.

Quebec's maple syrup harvest weakened by climate change

Climate Reality Flagship US Training Learn how you can make a just clean energy future a reality by joining the Climate Reality Leadership Corps Flagship US training with former US Vice President Al Gore.

Last chance to apply for the Nashville training is TODAY!

One thing we hear often from Climate Reality Leaders is:

“I didn’t realize how much I could actually do until after the training.”

"No one anointed us rulers of this kingdom. It's not ours to own. We are simply one of the animal species on our planet. Not separate. Not superior."

These words from Dr. Jane can be seen as an invitation – to swap authority for curiosity, consumption for care, and indifference for responsibility.

I have always wanted to see the aurora borealis. After no luck in Finland in January, the skies above Norway delivered; a wonderful birthday present from the natural world.

Drought threatens myrrh tree key to luxury perfumes and African incomes Myrrh, a key ingredient in some of the world’s most well-known perfumes, is under threat in Ethiopia as a historic drought and starving livestock endanger the trees that produce the resin.

Ethiopia is a major source of myrrh, which has been used in beauty, health and religious practices since at least ancient Egypt.
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GDP 2026: Here, We Are Together. This site highlights Mpowerdance Project's work in DANCE ART PERFORMANCE FILM MUSIC SPOKEN WORD.

GDP 2026: Here, We Are Together.

"The springtide brings new history-herstory and now-future of baby earthlings born today. Sounds bubble from a rock spring near redwoods."

Every year MpowerDance offers choreographic and artistic inspiration through its Global Dance Project (GDP) ...

Here, We Are Together. Roll With It.

We, like water, erode obstacles, shiver like rain, flow like rivers, grow like tsunamis, shapeshift our presence on this living earth rock.

One pebble bounces down. Then, crumbles form the avalanche, a laughing earthquake rolling in sunlight and darkness.

The crying rain with a snow melt song ...

I love this photo of astronaut Christina Koch looking back at Earth from Artemis II.

She's the first woman to see the full sphere of our beautiful planet.

Welcome home to the crew, and thank you for reminding us of all we can discover together.

Unsettled weather, including some thunderstorms, headed for California. Also: another federal update YouTube video by Weather West

Latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather & #climate-focused "office hours" w/ Dr. Daniel Swain. 4/8/2026 topic: I'll discuss an imminent weather pattern shift toward more unsettled, and likely wetter, conditions across California & much of the West in the coming days