#transformative change

[cognitivejustice]

Gardens are human-made habitats, but they mimic the woodland edge, so they also hold on to water, slow down wind, create shade and provide food and homes for wildlife. In cities they can absorb pollution and help reduce urban temperatures. Crucially, they also link together to form vast corridors that connect other ecosystems (the woodlands, peatlands and other terrestrial systems mentioned above), enabling species to move between them, potentially giving them space to adapt to climate change. Of course, they also absorb and store carbon – in lawns, in the bark of trees, in the sludge at the bottom of garden ponds, in soil, in leaf litter and compost.

Gardens are, or at least have the potential to be, an enormous but as yet untapped solution to the climate and biodiversity crisis. But what are we doing? Disappearing them beneath plastic and paving. Beneath weed-suppressant membranes and “decorative” purple slate chips. Beneath cars, beneath gravel, beneath entire new homes. Beneath large stones and driftwood to make them look like the beach (my absolute favourite).

Climate change has happened several times in Earth’s 4.6bn-year history, but it happened slowly, over thousands of years, partly because ecosystems were initially able to take the hit. What we’re facing now is the rising of temperatures alongside the chipping away of the very systems that can lessen or even slow its impact. At the exact time we should be halting habitat loss and facilitating landscape recovery (rewilding) for the good of all life on Earth, we are still taking more than we are giving back – it seems we can’t stop ourselves. Temperatures are rising and the clock is ticking.

What if the solution to these problems lies, in part, in our gardens and other green spaces? Not that gardening can stop climate change, but what if gardens could connect us with the natural world, make us more aware of the destruction all around us? What if we rise up, garden by garden, park by park, balcony by balcony and do something – anything – to help a bee or a butterfly or a bird or a hedgehog? What would our world look like if more of us were tuned into the life systems that support us? Would we stop our pesticide-laden dog from jumping into the river? Would we switch from eating factory-farmed meat, with its many layers of pollution and trauma, to something kinder and more sustainable? Could we all collectively tread that little bit lighter, for the good of all things, while still pushing for the radical change that’s needed at the top? Would more of us push for that change? I think we would.

[protoslacker]

Language is one way we make and sustain relation. Words are one way we begin the work of unmaking and changing the shape of the world.

Christina Sharpe in The Yale Review. The Shapes of Grief Witnessing the unbearable

[goodoldbandit]

“We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” - Ronald Reagan.

Sanjay Kumar Mohindroo Sanjay Kumar Mohindroo. skm.stayingalive.in Boundless Horizons: Harnessing Inner Strength to Overcome Limitations Unlock your limitless potential by transforming limitations into opportunities for growth with a mindset that inspires collective empowerment and bold action. Igniting the Inner Flame Discovering the Power Within to Challenge and Transform In a world…

[futurefatum]

Shocking Vedic Astrology Predictions for January 15-21, 2025

Big changes ahead! Vedic astrology predicts emotional highs, political shifts, and communication challenges for Jan 15-21, 2025. 🌌✨ #AstrologyPredictions

ABOUT THIS VIDEO:This video, presented by Joanie Patry, provides an in-depth look at the Vedic astrology predictions for January 15-21, 2025. Joanie analyzes the planetary movements, focusing on their sidereal Vedic placements, which she claims are more precise and astronomically accurate than Western tropical astrology. Each day’s astrological configuration is discussed in detail, along with how…

[xpurplepiex]

when i started watching g1 for the first time, i was NOT prepared for whatever the fuck its doing with Megatron's transformation😭😭

it gave me so much psychic damage

[cyber-soul-smartz]

Navigating the Era of Mental Transparency

[chamm0y]

in da clurb we all fam

aughhh i tried to fix the quality but,,, hmmm

anyways yay caravan palace!!

[cyliph]

I have a theory about @madamadamiu's cat magnus

[soapbbox]

Cogless Megatron looks like he’s demand the X-Box privileges from Starscream.

SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO GET TO 😭 Megatron is playing Strat Ball lol, he’s still bratty even with his cog

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

you mean nothing to me

[vintage-tigre]

“But maybe that’s the point…”

[dailymothanon]

Had a little idea of Soundwave having (security) camera inspired eyes 😌 I think the idea goes pretty nice. Makes sense for him, accentuates that no he is not normal apparently, also is just cool imo. I’m still figuring out how it’d look but generally I feel okay about this concept so far 😛 and also how they’d work. I also haven’t thought that far, but I’m sure u guys could think of something

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Dannymay Day 6: Transformation

Background Reference: S1Ep18 Life Lessons, 11:07

[taimanzano]

Megatronus Prime, Prima Prime.

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[xpurplepiex]

wave with his critters