🌱 Each step we take outdoors makes an impact. Here’s why it’s crucial to practice LNT:

1. Protect Wildlife: Conserve habitat.
2. Preserve Landscapes: Keep public land pristine.
3. Promote Sustainability: For future generations.

#LeaveNoTrace #EcoEthics #SustainableHiking

https://bsky.app/profile/fgusmao.bsky.social/post/3kqe7wam5rl2l

> "We can no longer take common species for granted... ... it is imperative, too, to give more resources and attention to species we have long thought of as common. If species such as kookaburras and koalas are disappearing, then the threatened species have no hope."
https://theconversation.com/why-the-kookaburras-iconic-laugh-is-at-risk-of-being-silenced-208181

#Conservation #EnvironmentalEthics #EcoEthics #Philosophy #science

In Move to Protect Whales, Polynesian Indigenous Groups Give Them ‘Personhood’ - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/world/australia/whale-personhood-polynesia-maori.html

"#Indigenous leaders of #NewZealand, Tahiti and the Cook Islands signed a historic treaty that recognizes #whales as legal persons in a move conservationists believe will apply pressure to national governments to offer greater protections for the large mammals"

#ethics #Philosophy #Conservation #EnvironmentalEthics #EcoEthics #whale

A new paper proposes #plastic removal from the #oceans is a temporary solution

According to them "ecological benefits" must "outweigh the costs", and we should prioritise #reduction in production rather than cleanup

But, what if the ecological cost of #pollution is beyond our capacity of assessment?

> Moving from symptom management to upstream plastics prevention: The fallacy of plastic cleanup technology

https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(23)00497-9

#Sustainability #Conservation #plasticpollution #ecoethics

2023 state of the #climate report: Entering uncharted territory

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad080/7319571

" #Life on planet #Earth is under siege. We are now in an uncharted #territory ... We are entering an unfamiliar domain regarding our #climatecrisis, a situation no one has ever witnessed firsthand in the history of humanity."

#EnvironmentalEthics #Ecoethics #Ethics #Conservation #Sustainability #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Environment #EnvironmentalHealth #onehealth

We are destroying #Pandora...

All-a-glow: #spectral characteristics confirm widespread #fluorescence for mammals

"We found that #fluorescence is widespread in mammalian taxa; we identified examples of the phenomena among 125 species representing all 27 living mammalian orders and 79 families"

#Conservation #EnvironmentalEthics #Ecology #Sustainability #Ecoethics #Threatenedspecies #speciesism #Biology #mammals #Extinction

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230325

Reparations for Lab animals? In addition to the 3 R’s (Replace with other methods when possible; Reduce the number used; Refine methods to minimize suffering), should we also Repay, by treating retired lab animals royally, for the benefits their suffering has granted us? What do you think? #ecoethics #science #spirituality #humane

Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/science/what-do-we-owe-lab-animals.html?unlocked_article_code=p18aOdhn5D8zaDFWm9lY35wx76OC-U-dpo2O5_bqdzdf8Fkz3JPC0rlCvX7ExAwMgtbKSh-bsugKm-RUE2LFbcT0ATnRzh2_osObedpPXb7auyWKZg5vKqRRqh3QLFL-PfF4FNrhmYNVrnOwa_Cu8098__-kGnz8PGh5SXzFN6lWO5hPJujeXbUUyh2dArxnDlfZxdz7GpK5WEqY3E_3pVAH51ymsdc-VkH82rvu_jiZMzH_yn5IIv5G8NbAI_qBviFJkHFDVal5NladzqQLHu0H7cBauZVE4WhjrfQUg1fDlhmlD7tvtCim7gSpLHUIqZVCFbidNbpUwkYmzGk2WKH8_XA&smid=url-share

If you enjoy #FinalFantasy (especially #FinalFantasyVII) and #Theology #LaudatoSi and #EcoEthics, please check out “The World of Final Fantasy VII: Essays on the Game and its Legacy, edited by Jason Cash and Craig Olsen! This book contains great scholarly essays about #FFVII including my own, “Final FantaSi’ VII: Role-Playing the Eco-Ethics of Laudato Si’”! #FF7

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-world-of-final-fantasy-vii/

"Não Mate" Poster
"Do not Kill" Poster in #Brazil

#Santos #Brasil
#AnimalRights #DireitosDosAnimais
#AnimalEthics #EticaAnimal
#EnvironmentalEthics #EticaAmbiental
#EcoEthics #EcoEtica
#Vegetarianim #Vegetarianismo
#Vegan

http://www.ecoetica.org