Tried some new ways of editing to help bring out the colors on this great-tailed grackle.

#nature #birds #birding #backyardbirding #outside #baginnerphotographer #naturephotographer #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nikon #protectourplant #grackles #birdsoftexas #ecology #hillcountry #environment

Mapped: The areas threatened by Reform’s controversial pro-fracking agenda revealed New analysis identifies parliamentary areas that could be vulnerable to development for fracking if Nigel Farage’s party were to get into government

On top of this fracking has had other detrimental effects to our environment and human health.

We must #ProtectourPlant for our children, our grandchildren and future generations.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

“The big tree is Nature's forest masterpiece, and so far as I know, the greatest of living things.” John Muir
🌲❤️
#protectourplant #photography #oldgrowth #sitkaspruce #treelove #pnwtrees

New evidence of the benefits of arts education New findings provide strong evidence that arts educational experiences can produce significant positive impacts on academic and social development for students.

And looked again at the great Naomi Shihab Nye poem, Kindness. Here she is, reading and discussing it www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBYz...

#poetry #ecopoetry #kindness #protectourplant @mindfulness @CopperCanyonPrs @UCSUSA

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New evidence of the benefits of arts education New findings provide strong evidence that arts educational experiences can produce significant positive impacts on academic and social development for students.

Since the election, I’ve been wondering about the role of the arts in helping us be kinder and care more for each other and the planet, and I found this : www.brookings.edu/articles/new...

#poetry #ecopoetry #kindness #protectourplant @mindfulness @CopperCanyonPrs @UCSUSA

And looked again at the great Naomi Shihab Nye poem, Kindness. Here she is, reading and discussing it www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBYz...

#poetry #ecopoetry #kindness #protectourplant @mindfulness @CopperCanyonPrs @UCSUSA

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New evidence of the benefits of arts education New findings provide strong evidence that arts educational experiences can produce significant positive impacts on academic and social development for students.

And looked again at the great Naomi Shihab Nye poem, Kindness. Here she is, reading and discussing it www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBYz...

#poetry #ecopoetry #kindness #protectourplant @mindfulness @CopperCanyonPrs @UCSUSA

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