An absolutely terrible idea in our #drought struggling, #muskeg thawing, #powergrid threatened province. Utterly short-sighted, #foreignowned, #USA - something the #UCP are much too quick to engage in. #AIDataCenters #Alberta #moneyhungryUCP #EnvironmentDisaster #Dangerous #abpoli #cdnpoli

The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked | The Tyee Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis.

Nuclear "dreams" indeed. Some of what we need to do is more basic. #muskeg carbon capture, #rewilding #cougar and #beaver and a whole lot more #natural ways to help the earth heal while utilizing more #greenenergy #abpoli #ableg but #UCP open hunting, idiots.

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Happy #WorldBogDay!

To celebrate here is a coloured pencil drawing of #Cloudberry, a plant that can cover the surface of bogs across the boreal, creating a sea of beautiful golden berries above the soft Sphagnum moss.

#peatlands #muskeg #botanicalart #art #natureart

Not soon enough. #NotMyPremier, has destroyed the #AlbertaAdvantage and the possibilities for #Alberta to move into the emerging #green, #climateconscious game. Mismanaging #resources like our #peat #muskeg that is a #natural #carboncapture megafield and so many other innovations. #backward #fascist

Realistically we could 1) go with more solar and wind.
2) use our vast amounts of #muskeg for natural #carboncapture and lead some of the new green energy momentum! We have amazing opportunities we haven't even explored. We need to shake up the O&G culture and quit the boom/bust cycle. We can 2/

Save the Country by Burning the Planet Canada's False National "Unity" Debate

Our planet is burning and we DO have opinions, especially in #Alberta. But #Smith & #UCP need to grow some balls and look beyond O&G as our only option. #abpoli #ableg #NDP #JanIrwin #green #muskeg #restore #peat #carboncapture

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The current carbon capture #technology may NOT be all it's cracked up to be, but restoring the #peatmoss #muskeg and using THAT as a #natural carbon capture is actually climate wise. #green #carboncapture #climatewise #abpoli #cdnpoli

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"The previously mentioned muskeg was something that provided a whole host of problems. For the workers that had to build the railroad through the hundreds of kilometres of muskeg, in what we call Lake Country today, they could have never known that their own personal hell would become a tourism […]

A painting of a kidney leafed violet, Viola renifolia, with white flowers and green leaves

Viola renifolia
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#alaska #wildfood #muskeg #violarenifolia #violet
#indigenousplants #artshare #watercolor #fineart #floralart #flowers #traditionalart #painting #gallery #artist #artcommunity #pientre #boho #artistonbluesky

A painting of a sprig of low bush cranberry, with red berries and green leaves

Low Bush Cranberry
In Southeast Alaska, these are ready to pick after the first frost.
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#alaska #wildfood #muskeg #lowbushcranberry #indigenousplants #artshare #watercolor #fineart #floralart #flowers #traditionalart #painting #gallery #artist #artcommunity #pientre #boho #artistonbluesky

Still working my way through photos from my time on Lingít Aaní… Here are two of my favorite #muskeg dwellers: the round-leaved (*Drosera rotundifolia*) & great (*D. anglica*) sundews. They use the sticky traps on their leaves to lure, trap, & digest insects! #SundewSunday