Gladwyn d’SouzaLeave #OldGrowthForests alone or face #GaiaRising: Longleaf restoration is a struggle against competition. It requires careful monitoring, probably herbicides, possibly the harvesting of nearby trees, and certainly fire—blazes repeated as frequently as every two years and carefully timed for both the weather and the condition of the forest.
#DeterioratingCarbonSinks
#GaiaRising: Understanding the life cycles of different species is the first step in revealing the factors causing their decline, like habitat loss or pollution.
And climate change, he said, is an additional “huge over-arching pressure,” since it affects bird migration directly with impacts like increased severe weather, and indirectly when food resources like fruit or insects aren’t available
#COP15Biodiversity #SiblingBeingsOfLifesCycle #SixthExtinction
#GaiaRising: Understanding the life cycles of different species is the first step in revealing the factors causing their decline, like habitat loss or pollution.
And climate change, he said, is an additional “huge over-arching pressure,” since it affects bird migration directly with impacts like increased severe weather, and indirectly when food resources like fruit or insects aren’t available
#COP15Biodiversity #SiblingBeingsOfLifesCycle #SixthExtinction
https://vegnews.com/vegan-news/is-reducing-meat-enough-what-else-to-do
#GaiaRising: why a true planet-friendly diet isn’t just about what you eat, it’s about how you eat.
According to the #UnitedNations, animal agriculture is associated with 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That’s not just methane, but also carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, too.
#AllOurRelations #InThePresenceOfTheSacred
Is Reducing Meat Enough? Here’s What Else You Need To Do To Make Your Diet Planet-Friendly
Reducing meat is a good start, but multiple studies suggest that going vegan is the best thing we can do for the environment. Plus, cutting food waste and shopping locally are important environmentally friendly steps, too.
#GaiaRising: The first people Ahwaneechee, were active around Ahwiyeh, quiet water (Mirror Lake) affording a kick ass view of Tis-sa-ack (Half Dome.) Bracken Fern grew nearby, and its roots were harvested to weave ornate patterns into baskets
In an attempt to more Mirror-er, boulders were moved to dam Tenaya Creek… only allowed more sediment to collect in Ahwiyeh, causing it to shrink.
Hilary ‘reshaped the landscape’ of Death Valley; storm damage closes park, maybe for months https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-03/death-valley-national-park-faces-months-of-storm-repairs
#GaiaRising: #Hilary delivered major #damage to #roadways and reshaped some of the park’s #geology
#ChildrenToTheRescue: The finding doesn’t have the force of #law, but is notable because it is based on one of the most widely accepted international #treaties.
#gaiarising #corruptrobertscourt #SaveCarbonSinks #keepitintheground #UNisCivilSociety
#CapitalismIsKillingThePlanet #capitalismiskillingyou #GaiaRising #RightsOfNature
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14082023/texas-brazos-river-captive-and-contaminated/
Texas' Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated - Inside Climate News
This is part of Drifting Toward Disaster, a Texas Observer series about life-changing challenges facing Texans and their rivers. One January day in 1971, Sharron Stewart stood with two friends on the banks of the Brazos River in Freeport, near where the 800-mile river empties into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the stretch of the Brazos where […]
Tokitae: To my tribe, the Lhaq’ te’mish of the Salish Sea, the Qwe lhol mech ten are people. In our stories, they have societies and a culture similar to our own… Throughout history, captivity has been a major U.S. industry - Rena Priest
#MotherEarth #WaterIsLife #SiblingBeings #LivingScapes #GaiaRising #RightsOfNature #PlanetaryCrisis
#CapitalismKillsLife
