Nigeria, like much of the world, is losing its trees at a rapid rate. For one group of women here, enough was enough. Africa #forrests #ClimateChange https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2024/1121/deforestation-cross-river-nigeria-boki-women
Loggers were stealing the forest. These women started stealing their chain saws.

As the world’s leaders discuss the planet’s future at COP29, in Nigeria, a group of local women is defending its own forests, vigilante-style.

The Christian Science Monitor

Nigeria, like much of the world, is losing its trees at a rapid rate. For one group of women here, enough was enough. #Africa #forrests #ClimateChange

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2024/1121/deforestation-cross-river-nigeria-boki-women?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Loggers were stealing the forest. These women started stealing their chain saws.

As the world’s leaders discuss the planet’s future at COP29, in Nigeria, a group of local women is defending its own forests, vigilante-style.

The Christian Science Monitor

We can now decode the Earth’s subtle language if we care to listen

The soil symphony not only showcases the beautiful melodies of nature, but it signals the health of the environment.

Check my article to see this fascinating intersection :)

https://medium.com/p/8521ebf86bb8
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#nature #forrests #plants #music #sound #sonar #environmentalawareness #technology #environment #article #bloggers

#NowPlaying #Forrests This EP came out in 2013 just as the British TV series “Skins” was coming to an end. Their music seemed to capture the zeitgeist of a time of transition I was feeling, making the two things strangely intertwined. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_meG6evAt56i39V8bzzTKdG3wLzzzBb03A
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This southern Oregon town is buying the forest around it to confront wildfires - What a great idea. Love to see other foothills towns do the same. Very proud of my neighboring town of Butte Falls. #Oregon #Forrests #Forrest #Wildfires #FirePrevention #ButteFalls https://www.hereisoregon.com/places/2023/07/this-southern-oregon-town-is-buying-the-forest-around-it-to-confront-wildfires.html
This southern Oregon town is buying the forest around it to confront wildfires

“The idea is, we didn’t want someone else managing the forest around us,” says former mayor Linda Spencer. “We wanted to manage it ourselves.”

hereisoregon

This is why I keep the old hollowed out maple. When it falls, I'll cut it up. But for now it sustains my neighbors.

#woodpeckers #forrests #nature