Taking Care to Take CareDec 28, 2024
#Bodyworkwithaera now has #FarUVC on borrow for 12 months! This is the #Bioabundance model. We will find a better spot for it (have one picked out already no need for advice, just had to find some screws) We are now one of the few #MassageTherapy places in #Seattle with FarUVC
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De afname van bio-overvloed op aarde blijft onopgemerkt en wordt overschaduwd door de aandacht over biodiversiteit.

Penny Sarchet spoort ons in The New Scientist aan om anders naar de natuur te kijken. Vestig de aandacht eens niet alleen op het aantal soorten, maar ook op het aantal individuele organismen op onze planeet.https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414876-why-bioabundance-is-just-as-important-as-biodiversity/ #newscientist #teamplanet #biodiversity #bioabundance

Why bioabundance is just as important as biodiversity

The abundance of wild birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and insects has drastically declined over the past 50 years, but the scale and seriousness of this loss is often lost when we focus on the number of species in an area

New Scientist
Ian HuntMay 30, 2023
Silent spring. This Pyracantha hedge (London, UK) last year was covered in insects . . . yesterday just a solitary Andrena scotica and a few honeybees and flies. Impressionistic records of insect population can't be more than that. Local weather conditions this year (esp that late frost) may be something to do with it -- has there been any discussion of this? But still, it's eerily silent. #insects #bees #bioabundance #ClimateDiary https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/28/conserve-insects-or-birds-will-vanish-with-them?fbclid=IwAR3BqZ1VlWy_ZsoPJD-C9sGFZJUTsGl-Pb2dts9zuT3wGDY1d-TYiCfXhH0
The vanishing swifts from the sky above my shed are a sad omen

The birds flew in on cue, but there were so few of them. The reason? The catastrophic decline in our insect populations

The Guardian
Ian HuntMay 18, 2023
Tipula vernalis -- first one I've seen, a sign of Spring -- at Gillespie Park, #Islington, reclaimed from railway and industrial land. A common cranefly with an interesting wing pattern and striking green eyes. #Bioabundance matters in different ways, and just as much, as #Biodiversity. #ClimateDiary #insects
Ian HuntMar 19, 2023
I began to take note of these calculations about the weight of wild animals, industrially raised animals and animals for human uses (which fundamentally show up the scale of the multiple disasters of human re-ordering of the planet's life), a few years ago when an Australian writer did an essay on them -- afraid I forget her name. #EverdayEcocide #ecology #biomass #bioabundance #extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/18/a-wake-up-call-total-weight-of-wild-mammals-less-than-10-of-humanitys
‘A wake-up call’: total weight of wild mammals less than 10% of humanity’s

From elephants to tigers, study reveals scale of damage to wildlife caused by transformation of wildernesses and human activity

The Guardian
Andy @RevkinDec 29, 2022
Nice productive year described here in pursuit of a sustainable relationship between H. sapiens and the rest of this living planet. Have to get @findingnature on a @columbiaclimate #sustasinwhat brainstorm in '23. More on #bioabundance: https://revkin.substack.com/?sort=search&search=biodiversity
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Sustain What | Andy @Revkin | Substack

A weekly dose of sanity and substance amid the spin around climate and sustainability challenges. Click to read Sustain What, by Andy @Revkin, a Substack publication with thousands of readers.

Show threadIan HuntNov 27, 2022
@bridgetmck I am finding it hard to work out where and how to use political energies right now, to shift thinking on #EverydayEcocide or elsewhere. My instinct is still that these gatherings (COP and others) matter and, depressing as the compromises are, they need to be logged and at least described. I am reading, now about #CoP19 -- found this good https://chinadialogueocean.net/en/conservation/explainer-why-cites-matters-for-marine-species/ but feel increasingly in need of a local focus for political work, for people and for #bioabundance
Explainer: Why CITES matters for marine species

This month, the world’s governments will meet in Panama for a major meeting on wildlife trade. We unpack the big points for marine species

China Dialogue Ocean