📰 New California Condors Nest
The YUROK TRIBE in the Pacific Northwest has reintroduced a pair of California Condors, who have established a nest.
🔭 Biologists with the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) determined that the female condor, known by her Yurok name Ney-gem’ […]
📰 Big Data Is Protecting Birds
Massive database, compiled by cooperating organizations, allows a rare, critical, wide-ranging multi-species synthesis to inform conservation across flyways.
🐦⬛ The information from electronic tags is combined with survey and community science data to create a […]
How Namibia’s Bird Conservation Projects Build Community Resilience
🐦⬛ Droughts and land degradation often erode communities’ social bonds, but in the Karas region of Namibia, bird conservation initiatives have become a rallying point.
🧑🧒🧒 Women and youth are at the forefront of these […]
This #solarpunksunday check out my new novella, which is on pre-order and due out on 1st July. It's my vision of the future, where I fantasize about a world without central governments, politicians, or capitalism, and it centers on an old woman who has to organize the defense of her #solarpunk […]
Recommended Reading: A compelling case from a business perspective. (Just the first four paragraphs are excellent.)
🤖 "So the real conversation...is not about artificial intelligence at all. It is about the purpose of money: Is it a tool for building things that matter, or just a way of keeping […]
Did you ever think you could be important to the survival of a rare, threatened, or endangered species?
👀 Look for an endangered species of insect that lives near you and see if you can help it out.
I'm doing this by growing and eating blueberries. 😋
🐝 Really! There is a type of native bee […]
🥕 Need a little more motivation to get a vegetable garden going this summer? How about better mental and physical health?
Katherine Alaimo, an associate professor of food science and human nutrition at Michigan State University says
✅ "...when you grow more produce, you eat more produce."
✅ " […]
👁️ Keep an eye on "Enhanced Rock Weathering", the term for applying finely crushed silicate rock on farmland.
💨 Unlike many other climate improving technologies, it is immediately applicable, and could remove up to a gigaton of CO2 per year […]
🪨 Basalt fines, rock waste from mining, are being used by North Carolina farmers as fertilizer and topsoil enhancer.
🌱 The process uses existing farm equipment to spray the dust onto farmland.
✅ This use also sequesters carbon and prevents degradation of topsoil caused by climate change.
😎 […]
It just turned midnight here so I guess it is #SolarPunkSunday and I'll plug my novella, The Blossoming of the Big Tree, about an old woman who has to organize the defense of her decentralized country when a colonizer invades to steal the technology that makes it a #solarpunk utopia. It's […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@burger_jaap/116204260672797407
Filing this away for #SolarpunkSunday!
The dead leaves of last year's overgrown japanese irises cover a flower bed. Nearby on the right is a blue-handled rake.
A garden bed in various states of planting and growth, with labels indicating the intended crops: existing mixed coreopsis, new coreopsis, native sunflowers, and tall tithonia; the ground shows areas of exposed soil, dormant grass, and dried plant matter. There is a blue-handled rake at the top.
Be Aware When Spring "Cleaning"
🐞 Check your timing when you begin clearing garden areas in the spring. Beneficial insects may still be overwintering in growth and stems.
🍂 Pic 1: This area of dead, overgrown iris leaves is a good example of a spot to […]
[Original post on mindly.social]
So this #solarpunksunday you can get an advance readers copy of my new novella, The Blossoming of the Big Tree, on BookSirens. It's the story of an old woman who has to organize the defense of her decentralized nation when a colonizer invades, to steal a technology that makes her national a […]
PREPARE FOR HUMMINGBIRDS 🐦⬛
1️⃣ USians: Update Calendars for Appearances (Next 8 weeks)
🔸 Late February to mid-March: South Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida
🔸 Early April: Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina
🔸 Mid-April: Oklahoma, Kansas […]
MINE TO MEALS
🥬 This month marks four years of harvesting from the NRG Dewey Prairie Garden, "part of a massive effort restore a 35,000-acre coal mine".
"The garden has yielded about 10,000 pounds of produce for six food pantries since it began harvesting." Nearby residents live in a 'food […]
NC ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS
for #SolarPunkSunday
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Communities Over Corporate Profits: How We Win (Mar 8, Durham)
www.ncconservationnetwork.org/events/communities-over-...
🌊 The 36th Annual Clean-Up-A-Thon (Mar 21, Haw River) […]
It #SolarPunkSunday so here is my new novella, about a 70year old woman, probably autistic and struggling to fit in because her village has a very tight sense of community. To avoid being seen as reclusive, she accepts a leadership role for it's easier to socialize over work, but things get […]
WETLAND SCIENCE WORKS TO SAVE ROSEATE SPOONBILLS
🐦 A "combination of cutting-edge research, strategic habitat restoration, and collaborative conservation efforts" made the difference.
👉 Example of record-breaking investment in restoration
🐦These Florida birds are unique early indicators of […]
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Galápagos Park Releases 158 Juvenile Hybrid Tortoises
🌳 This is part of restoring the ecosystem on Floreana after 150 years without the "giants".
📈 Breeding program has long-term plans for populations with strong lineages […]
Two brownish fish leather pieces on a table.
#fishskinleather was a topic of #solarpunkSunday a couple weeks ago. @DoomsdaysCW posted a several long posts about it and it inspired me to try it out. I've been putting skins to the freezer to try it out and I third it out this weekend, because my family […]
[Original post on kolektiva.social]
#SolarPunkSunday 🌞
Couple donates their $21.6M ranch to be conserved.
🌱 Land was donated to nonprofit Ranchers Stewardship Alliance which promotes sustainable ranching and resilient ecosystems.
🌿 Per the Land Trust Alliance, another NP: Donations like these help on multiple fronts, including […]
This #SolarPunkSunday support my short film, to enable me master the visual effects needed to bring a near future world to life. I'm telling a story set in a country without governments, politicians or police, where ordinary folk govern themselves in a direct #democracy Sharing this post with […]
Still seeking survey takers! Share your opinion on a better world and help us write the story of what a cyberpunk future could look like based on your feedback! That means you're technically a game writer! Don't you wanna be a game writer?!
#survey #utopia #solarpunk #SolarpunkSunday #planet
What will be your job in the #solarpunk future?
Your month of birth:
1. Gardener
2. Composter
3. Scavenger
4. Cultivator
5. Harvester
6. Grower
7. Farmer
8. Plantsperson
9. Rewilder
10. Crafter
11. Artisan
12. Repairperson
Your day of birth:
1. Computer
2. Digital
3. Solar panel
4. Windmill
5 […]
A sign from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, prominently displaying "NO DUMPING" with an improvised list of positive activities allowed, such as "Walking," "Singing," and "Learning" pinned next to it.
Hey #Solarpunks - do your thing!
This is a sign near a restored shoreline path along the North Branch of the Chicago River.
#Solarpunk #Hopepunk #River #Water #Chicago #Illinois #Midwest #Environment #Environnement #Joy
