"Flourishing is not just about the individual subjective experience, which is important, we don't cut that out. But it's also about how are you contributing to creating the conditions for flourishing for others. So the metaphor is not the isolated flower in the pot, as beautiful as that might be, but the forest, where under the ground the roots are sharing resources. Where our sense of flourishing is enhanced when we see that we're flourishing with others and creating the conditions for others to flourish. And so we start to see the whole person within a beloved community, and then that beloved community is connected to other communities, and we can start to see an ecosystem emerging. And that ecosystem, of course, includes the natural world, but also the social and political and economic world, and also a sacred ecosystem." โ€“Matt Lee

https://www.nosmallendeavor.com/matt-lee-why-you-cant-flourish-alone

#podcast #community #flourishing #ecosystem #naturalworld

Matt Lee: Why You Can't Flourish Alone

Last nightโ€™s Golden hour to Blue hour at Lake Lanier. ๐ŸŒ…

I was parked in the car Watching this Osprey cruise across the water as the light started to fade. I always wanted a shot .
Only had my 300mm with me, so I took advantage of the soft muted pastel pink skies with this small in frame shot.

Shot by O.S. Kev ๐Ÿ“ธ
Sony A6400 - Tamron 18mm-300mm

#Wildlife #Nature #Birding #BirdsOfInstagram #Ornithology #Osprey #Raptor #BirdInFlight #Sunset #GoldenHour #LakeLanier #Georgia #Landscape #Minimalism #NatureLovers #WildLifePhotography #BirdWatcher #Outdoors #Adventure #Discovery #SonyAlpha #your_best_birds #NaturalWorld #SkyPorn #Horizon #Serene #Peaceful #Flight #Aves #WildlifePlanet
Doc screening Friday shows global travels of Canadian painter Robert Bateman and biologist Bristol Foster
In 1957, artist Robert Bateman and biologist Bristol Foster travelled the world in a Land Rover. In a documentary screening this week in Hamilton, the lifelong friends look back on the journey that cemented their desire to defend the natural world.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/art-of-adventure-9.7156768?cmp=rss

Resilience in the shadow of the stone.

ยฉ ๐“๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ก๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ซ๐”‚ ๐“š๐“ฎ๐“ฟ ๐“Ÿ๐“ฎ๐“ฒ๐“ป๐“ฌ๐“ฎ.

#Photo #Photography #Australia #SouthAustralia #GardenGrowth #GreenLeaves #NaturePhotography #SmallWonders #OutdoorDetails #PlantsOfAustralia #NaturalWorld

USGS CoNED (TopoBathy) WebMap Viewer & (Open) Data Downloader
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https://topotools.cr.usgs.gov/topobathy_viewer/ <-- shared #USGS Viewer webmap & download selector
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https://www.usgs.gov/coastal-changes-and-impacts/coned <-- shared USGS CoNED overview/entry page
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[I used to shore dive in the Straits Of Juan de Fucca, Washington State side, and Crescent Lake - so I chose that area as a CoNED example to explore; good memories, including of the 18 Wheeler Burger with pie & coffee in Joyce, WA on drizzly days]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #model #modeling #CoastalNationalElevationDatabase #CoNED #elevation #topography #bathymetry #topobathy #opendata #openscience #fedscience #publicgood #usecase #naturalworld #coastal #coast #depth #hydrospatial #hydrography #download #shoreline #inundation #sedimenttransport #sealevelrise #SLR #stormsurge #models #modeling #extremeweather #tsunami #impact #risk #hazard #assessment #climatechange #geomorphology #geomorphometry #Restoration, #redevelopment #protection #cliff #flood #flooding #webmap
@USGS

Resilience in the shadow of the stone.

ยฉ ๐“๐“ต๐“ต ๐“ก๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ซ๐”‚ ๐Ÿ ๐“Ÿ๐“ฎ๐“ฎ๐“น๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ช ๐“’๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ช.

(๐’Ÿโ„ด๐“Š๐’ท๐“โ„ฏ ๐“‰๐’ฝโ„ฏ ๐’ซโ„ฏโ„ฏ๐“…๐“ˆ, ๐’นโ„ด๐“Š๐’ท๐“โ„ฏ ๐“‰๐’ฝโ„ฏ ๐“…โ„ฏ๐“‡๐“ˆ๐“…โ„ฏ๐’ธ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‹โ„ฏ!)

#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #GardenGrowth #GreenLeaves #NaturePhotography #SmallWonders #OutdoorDetails #PlantsOfAustralia #NaturalWorld

The voice of the wilderness. ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿฆ Caught this Common Loon surfacing for a breath during yesterday's calm. That single water drop felt like the perfect punctuation to a quiet morning on the lake. Thereโ€™s nothing quite like hearing their call echo across the water.

Shot by O.S. Kev ๐Ÿ“ธ

#CommonLoon #LoonPhotography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #LakeLife #WildernessCulture #BirdWatching #Ornithology #WaterBirds #Nature_Perfection #WildlifeOnEarth #AdventureVisuals #NorthernLakes #WildlifeObservation #FeatheredFriends #NatureShooters #waterfowl #Eye_On_Wildlife #PixelFed #birdwatching #NatureFineArt #MoodyPhotography #WildlifePhotographer #AnimalPlanet #BirdLovers #OutdoorTones #Serenity #WildLifeCaptures #NaturalWorld