How do we create stories powerful enough, moving enough, inspiring enough - and grounded enough - to shift the trajectory of our culture onto a totally new pathway?

https://accidentalgods.life/pull-from-the-heart-dont-push-from-the-head-spreading-stories-that-work-with-matt-golding-of-antidote/

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#NarrativeChange
#ThrutopianStories
#Thrutopia

Pull from the heart, don't push from the head: Spreading Stories that Work with Matt Golding of Antidote

How do we create stories powerful enough, moving enough, inspiring enough - and grounded enough - to shift the trajectory of our culture onto a totally new pathway? 

ACCIDENTAL GODS

“Inspirational Collapses? Learning from the civilisations that tried to break down well” - resilience https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-03-11/inspirational-collapses-learning-from-the-civilisations-that-tried-to-break-down-well/

I still haven’t finished reading this, and sadly have to resume working, but still I already think it’s worth the reading, even if just for the concepts and optics it brings (such as “thrutopia”).

#JemBendell #Collapse #Thrutopia

Inspirational Collapses? Learning from the civilisations that tried to break down well

We believe that more historians and archaeologists can step into a public, reflective role, helping societies explore narratives beyond either progress and growth fetishism on the one hand, or nostalgic and fortress mentalities on the other.

resilience

Support Bird Nesting

This time: Make nesting easier for your birds; Improve your home habitat for birds. [...]

https://write.as/habitat-gardening/support-bird-nesting

Know Before You Buy Native Plant Seeds

This Time: Making sure you know germination requirements of any native plants you plan to buy; Avoiding the danger in bee houses. [...]

https://write.as/habitat-gardening/know-before-you-buy-native-plant-seeds

🪂 PARACHUTING BEAVERS
Save the Day 🦫🥇

After WW2, beavers in conflict with human neighbors had to be moved from suburbs to an Idaho mountains river basin.

✈️ No usual method of transportation worked in the dense slopes, so they attached spring-loaded boxes to parachutes, put in 76 beavers, and chunked them out of a plane.

It worked. There is video.

😲 Recent imaging of the beaver reintroduction landscape shows
🔥🧯 wildfire impacts were reduced
🌳 🌲 vegetation level was also higher

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/beaver-drop-idaho-1948

#WildlifeWednesday #SolarPunk #Biodiversity #Nature #Environment #Ecology #Thrutopia #Habitat #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation

US officials parachuted 76 beavers into the Idaho wilderness – then something astounding happened | Discover Wildlife

In post-World War II North America, beavers were wreaking havoc in rural communities. So the state department came up with an ingenious solution involving parachutes

Discover Wildlife

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🦉 Toxic Wastelands and Former War Zones Are Accidentally Becoming Some of the World’s Most Successful Wildlife Sanctuaries

🔸 Some "involuntary parks" have been designated especially for wildlife
🔸 Fish, birds, and sea mammals are among the wildlife supported by these areas
🔸 Endangered species are reappearing

#SolarPunk #Biodiversity #Nature #Environment #Thrutopia #Habitat #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation

https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/involuntary-parks

Toxic Wastelands and Former War Zones Are Accidentally Becoming Some of the World’s Most Successful Wildlife Sanctuaries

"Involuntary parks" transform Earth’s most dangerous and contaminated sites into accidental wildlife sanctuaries.

ZME Science

🏆 TOADS WIN BATTLE OF ROAD VS. TOAD

🧑‍⚖️ A court invoked Ecuador’s rights of nature laws in halting a highway project to protect the Jambato Harlequin Toad, requiring the government to prove construction won’t drive the species to extinction. 🇪🇨

#TeamToad
#WildlifeWednesday #SolarPunk #Biodiversity #Nature #Environment #Thrutopia #Habitat #Ecuador

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07012026/endangered-jambato-toad-wins-against-ecuador-highway-construction

In Ecuador’s Battle of Toad vs. Road, Toad Wins - Inside Climate News

The court invoked Ecuador’s rights of nature laws in halting a highway project to protect the Jambato harlequin toad, requiring the government to prove construction won’t drive the species to extinction.

Inside Climate News

🐦‍⬛Join the GARDEN FOR BIRDS Project to Boost Backyard Habitat

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology wants to help you see more birds out your window! Its new Garden for Birds program shows you to how to add native plants to your space.

✅ practical advice
✅actionable steps
✅support for all skill levels
✅FMI go to site below

👉 Signup Today

[Edit: U.S. and Canada only]

#WildlifeWednesday #SolarPunk #Birds #Biodiversity #HabitatGardening #NativePlants #Environment #Thrutopia #Gardening #Habitat

https://www.gardenforbirds.org/

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Let’s make smart planting choices, together. Join this initiative to support birds in our gardens.

Garden for Birds

🪰 This very small fly landed on my finger last summer. Look at the bands on its tiny, tiny wings.

📷 Pic is a little blurry (had to use one hand quickly to get the shot), but it looks like a "biting midge" (Culicoides spp.). They need a better publicist, evidently.

🍂 It's one of a population in the thick layer of decaying leaves being used as a natural mulch nearby. Bugs like these are what Brown Thrashers and other birds are after when they are looking through leaves for food. We can support declining bird populations by just keeping leaves on the ground or as mulch in beds.

#InsectSaturday #HabitatGardening #Gardening #SolarPunk #BiodiversityGardening #Thrutopia

#WildlifeWednesday

👀 Check out the latest post to Habitat Gardening.

🐦‍⬛ This time I cover where to find sources of native plants so you can prepare for the next growing season using *Keystone Plants* that are critical in your area to supply food for birds and butterflies to bolster their falling populations.

🐝 But there's more! For winter season improvement, I described how to keep a spot for ground-dwelling bees. I give you a link to a helpful guide from the Xerces Society that provides you with details.

🔗 And, as always, there are links to expert resources.

#HabitatGardening #BiodiversityGardening #Gardening #NativePlants #Nature #Environment #Conservation #Biodiversity #Invertebrates #SolarPunk #Thrutopia

https://write.as/habitat-gardening/where-to-purchase-native-plants

Where to Purchase Native Plants

This time:  Where to purchase Native Plants; How to support ground-nesting native bees. --- It is possible for you to create a habitat ...

Habitat Gardening