#environment optimization

[cherylcompton3310]

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[hope-for-the-planet]

Amazon deforestation fell over 50% in 2023 and as of August 2024 it was 46% lower than this time last year.

The Brazilian government has pledged to end Amazon deforestation entirely by 2030 and their current efforts have deforestation approaching the lowest it has been in the last six years.

[whereserpentswalk]

The current situation with climate change and how liberals talk about it is like if you had early stages of cancer, where it was still very much treatable, and instead of giving you any treatment all the doctors were talking to you about accepting death, and giving you pamphlets for the terminally ill, and explaining to your loved ones how to put everything in order for when you die. And when you said it was treatable everyone would either act like you were in denial, or explained to you how impractical any treatment was (chemo therapy, don't you know radiation is deadly). And when they talked about the future they'd talk about one where you were dead, despite the fact that it's still 100% treatable, and every day you don't get treatment it gets worse. And eventually when you tell them "fuck you I want to live" they act like you've broken some unspoken rule.

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Here, have a spark of hope.

The reality is that no single person can fix the entirety of the current ecological imbalance that has been literally centuries in the making at this point. Yet there are so, so many of us who care, and who are doing what we can to make a difference in whatever every day to day ways we're able. I often think of conservation efforts like the Loren Eiseley story "The Star Thrower" (aka, "the starfish story"). Amid a beach full of stranded starfish, one person cannot possibly save them all, but they can spend what time they have saving those they're able.

And this study shows that these efforts do, in fact, make a difference, not just for starfish but a myriad of species. This meta-analysis of almost 200 studies definitively proves that conservation preserves and restores biodiversity, keeping more species from going extinct. It's all too easy to get entangled in the losses, but we even more need to allow ourselves to celebrate the wins.

That success is crucial to convincing governmental entities and other stakeholders that putting funds toward conservation efforts makes a significant difference and is not only worth the investment, but worth increasing. And, on a personal level, it's necessary for those of us who care so deeply for this world to know when our efforts are having an impact, to buoy us up when the anxiety and grief over ecological destruction wears us down.

There is hope. Keep it up, folks; it's helping <3

[h0neyfreak]

helping “The Environment” as an individual is such a nebulous and ever changing concept and seems to be very much in the Discourse™️ at the moment so I just want to take a minute to shout into the void with some reminders I gave my enviro students when they got to the “oh dear god we’re all gonna die” phase of the class:

“Individual choices don’t matter” is like. true(?) for climate change (unless you’re a kardashian or CEO or something) but that just means you can’t reusable tote bag your way out of a private jet society. NOT that you can’t have any impact through community initiatives and activism. Advocate for municipal composting and public transit!! Get involved locally!!!!! Write weekly to your representatives! Do whatever you can to get unstuck and scrape together some modicum of hope.

Also on individual choices. There are some that “matter” but be very wary of outsized benefits promised for seemingly small choices (e.g. the straw debacle). An app is not the thing to save us from a hundred years of industry. Going out and collecting litter DOES have an impact even if that impact is just “this area of the world no longer has trash in it.” It’s not solving the issue of microplastics or whatever but it is helping local birds. And it’s helping YOU feel more connected to your local environment and getting you involved with the world and your community.

Finally, the best thing you can be is well informed, persistent, and kind. Be willing and able to help if you bump into someone who is open to the idea of not letting Shell and SHEIN pour toxic sludge directly into every river. It’s more people than you think. But most people only know how to buy things that are “better.” (Electric cars, reusable bags, expensive neutral clothing made of flax). They want to do SOMETHING but we’re all just kind of vibrating balls of anxiety all the time. Know what sort of things are going on around you and invite them! My go to’s are composting initiatives, textile recycling programs, and pollinator friendly/grass free gardens.

Again, it would be great if we were all willing to drag the Shell and Nestle CEOs out to account for their crimes but being paralyzed by fear is not gonna help. Neither is another ethical clothing brand selling $400 linen underwear (probably). I’ve found time and time again that people who have any amount of tangible connection to the world outside have a much more visceral reaction to billionaire super yachts than defeatist suburbanites who drive EVs and have a kitchen full of dubious organic snacks.

[the-merry-otter]

counterpoint to your giant cloak button plan: skip the buttons and buy yourself a cloak clasp at the festival ^_^

See, I do own a cloak pin. A decently nice one even! And you are correct, the use of that would certainly negate the need for buttons. But unfortunately I saw a reproduction of this cloak with the buttons on the shoulder and went “ooh that looks nice” and then it trap activated in my brain like one of those nets that lay around in forests in fantasy movies and haul unsuspecting protagonists in the air

[shiawasekai]

I'll be the first to laugh at how gross some of the stuff nature pulls off is, but we need to stop taking it as actual moral conundrums. Nature just Is.

[goldensunset]

diversity win! the guy trying to remake the universe in his own image is autistic

[allmylove-minh]

we can do this

climate change is not some unstoppable entity, it is something WE can fight off, sort of like video game levels

the boss level, of course, is the corporations

the intro levels are plants. the areca palm, the money tree, bamboo, and the mother in law's tongue plants are GREAT at converting carbon dioxide into oxygen. if you plant native species that helps your location's ecology very much.

pollinator friendly plant lists: https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/pollinator-friendly-plant-lists

hardy plants that survive well are: lavender, thyme, cacti. if you can, plant in visible areas.

guerilla gardening: https://www.guerrillagardening.org/ggtips.html

if you do not have the time or energy to regularly care for plants, i recommend seed bombs. like the old saying about throwing things at walls until they stick! http://www.guerrillagardening.org/ggseedbombs.html

compost. we all produce food waste. the bread that went moldy before u could eat it, the orange peels, etc. bury that shit! the stuff will break down and feed the earth. ideally bury in a community garden or yard or something.

repopulation of species. look into the methods of ppl who suceeded in helping something and follow in their footsteps: https://www.oneearth.org/climate-hero-tim-wong/#:~:text=The%20man%20behind%20the%20ornately,the%20California%20pipevine%20swallowtail%20butterfly.

remember that nothing changes, when nothing changes. we can do something about this.

i believe in you!!

[plumheadraven]

I find it so odd that even with so much depressing shit going on in my life at this very moment, I can still find light. A trait I will hold with much pride is that I can seek light in the darkest of places now. It's something I very slowly learned to pick up and I wish I could share it with others. Not always can a friend or something I love cheer me up. At times, I'll laugh, though I'm deeply sad. But it's the little things I try to hold on to. Today, though I'm going through a lot and really not feeling the best, I held on to little things like the music I was listening to, how my friends got happy over tiny things, and little thoughts in my head saying that if others are happy, I will be. I've come to realize that is the case a lot of the time. My environment heavily affects my mood. You just have to find the right people.

[hope-for-the-planet]

Endangered Species Sightings from This Year

This is thought to be the first time in over 20 years that a blue whale was spotted off the Coast of Massachusetts.

I highly recommend watching the video and listening to the reaction of the people on the whale watching boat--the cheers and emotion in some of their voices, especially the woman saying "I'm trying not to" when someone jokingly tells her not to cry.

This is the first time ever that a mother clouded leopard with two cubs has been spotted on a game cam!

"After being considered regionally extinct for over a century, giant anteaters have been spotted roaming once again in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state. Scientists have concluded these returned natives ventured over from Argentina's Ibera Park, where conservationists have released around 110 rescued and captive-bred anteaters since 2007."

Over 100 years and the anteaters are finally coming home!

[ufohio]

If all things were possible, what kinds of technologies and miraculous feats of science do you think would put mankind in harmony with the Earth?

Happy Earth Day from the Science-Fiction Nerds at Kaleidoscope World. 💕

[actual-lea]

🏠 for the emoji ask game!

🏡What is your perfect writing environment?

Ideal scenario: I take my laptop and set up at a picnic table next to the nearest lake, early in the morning before it's hot, far enough away from all the jogging paths and whatnot that I'm not paranoid of anyone accidentally catching a glimpse of a word over my shoulder.

But the actual answer is basically just like sitting at home alone on a day off with no errands to run or anything I have to do, ideally with tasty snacks nearby and music playing!

[rebeccathenaturalist]

If you've been following me for a while, you'll know I'm a sucker for stories about species reintroductions, rediscoveries, etc. And this one might be my favorite this year.

The kākāpō is this delightfully odd bird--a nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot. Because New Zealand historically didn't have any predators apart from birds of prey, their camouflage was generally sufficient to protect them in the forest. Unfortunately, Europeans brought with them weasels, rats, and free-roaming cats, all of which hunted the kākāpō to the brink of extinction. Invasive species of deer additionally competed with the kākāpō for food.

By the 1980s, the birds had all but disappeared from the main island, and the world population bottomed out at 51 birds in 1995. Since then, breeding efforts and conservation on smaller, predator-free islands have brought the population back up to 252, but this is still a critically endangered species.

The reintroduction to the main island involved setting aside 3400 acres in which all mammalian predators had been eliminated. That would allow the kākāpō a safe place to breed and recover. Right now the four birds released into this sanctuary are all male, to allow conservationists a chance to observe them in this habitat. With time, though, we'll hopefully see females added as well, so that the population can begin expanding.

(By the way, yes--this is, in fact, the species in the infamous "shagged by a rare parrot" clip from the BBC's "Last Chance to See" series some years back. Don't worry, it's less NSFW than it sounds, and it is absolutely hilarious!)

[artstationable]

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[mcbangle]

I see a lot of nihilism and, believe me, I get it. But Hank Green’s latest video is an important reminder that we’ve made so much progress and can continue to do so.