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I can’t talk right now I’m busy noticing patterns, analyzing symbolism, seeing signs in the mundane, etc.

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Natural beauty | sandraengels73

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⚜️🤎⚜️Lake mystic⚜️🤎⚜️

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(gripping the bathroom sink and staring into the mirror) i exist and i see the sun and even if I don't see the sun i know it's there and there's a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there

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Environmental Science in Academia

I often see posts about how STEM pursuits are underrepresented in the dark academia community, but as an environmental science student I get disappointed when the only sciences talked about are bio, chem, and physics. So, I decided I’d take matters into my own hands! Below is a non-comprehensive list of things you could romanticize about life as an environmental major.

(Disclaimer: some sustainable practices are also included, because of course they must be)

Airy button down tops tucked into cargo pants for field work, hair pulled back hastily to get a closer look at the specimen your professor is pointing to.

Piles of case studies and research papers stacked on your desk, the already-read ones covered in annotations

Using vintage/old technology because it’s more sustainable and cheaper to buy secondhand (plus it adds to the aesthetic—wired headphones, anyone?)

Rushing into the lab a minute late, coffee in hand, long coat billowing behind you.

Studying outdoors when the weather permits, and by a window when it doesn’t. Nature inspires you, and you make a point to get out into it as much as possible.

Thrifting clothes at your campus’s donation center (because you obviously picked a school with its sustainability priorities in order)

Reading Silent Spring by Rachel Carson; rereading it over and over, the margins now gray with pencil annotations.

Trying to identify trees as you walk across campus.

A well-worn, but sturdy, pair of lace up boots that can withstand the elements, worn with slacks and a spotless knit sweater.

Classical music while you work on research.

Pressing leaves and flowers between the pages of your books and textbooks for the next reader to discover.

Attending climate protests in the nearest city, and bringing a carefully crafted sign to hold.

Biking everywhere.

Watching nature documentaries with your friends, seeing who can do the best David Attenborough impression.

A bedroom full of plants so you can continue your personal studies and observations outside of the lab.

Scolding your friends who smoke because you’ve studied air pollution and you can list every disease smoking causes.

Closing yourself and your lab group in a small room with a humidifier to measure air quality for a lab. Later wondering whether you all just inhaled mold because the lab results showed that indoor particulate matter increases with humidity. (It should be fine… right?)

Drawing out diagrams of specimens, food webs and nutrient cycles in your notes.

Feel free to add anything else that suits your fancy!

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LunarPunk 🌙

Lunarpunk is Solarpunk for the night dwellers. Similar philosophy and movement but with a darker, bioluminescent, celestial aesthetic. With a focus on Community, Sustainability, Reducing Light Pollution, growing Native Flora and creating a livable and thriving home for the night dwelling Fauna (nocturnal animals, insects, and people too), and obviously, don't forget the Punk.

Lunarpunk is a very new and slowly growing subgenre and community, please continue to add new ideas, add to the conversation of sustainability, do research in your own area about the local flora and fauna, what you can do to help reduce light pollution, even if it's just coming from your home, how to be more energy efficient, how to reduce waste, save money on electricity, see if you can switch your lights to LEDs, speak with your neighbors about switching as well.

Any little bit counts.

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from pinterest

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“Je t’aime. Aujourd’hui. Ce soir. Demain. Pour toujours. Si je vivais mille ans, je t’appartiendrais pour tous. Si je vivais mille vies, je te ferais mienne dans chacune d’elles. I love you. Today. Tonight. Tomorrow. Forever. If I were to live a thousand years, I would belong to you for all of them. If I were to live a thousand lives, I would want to make you mine in each one.”

— The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

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concept: you and me on the wood floor of our first apartment, surrounded by unpacked boxes full of things the two of us have accumulated over our lifetimes, meeting for the first time. the light is low, the music is quiet. it’s just us and takeout and all the mystery of the first night in this new place, the life we’re building together

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i had a dream an alien princess with angel wings told me how to treat myself nicely here’s what i remember

1. close your eyes when you take warm showers and pretend you are in the rain

2. towels are for soft touches. let your hair dry slowly

3. always keep your eyes open. look for beauty everywhere

4. look at the stars every night and talk to us. we are listening

5. crying cleanses you. don’t be afraid to cry.

6. all dreams are real

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via instagram