“Viewed from the distance of the moon, the astonishing thing about the earth, catching the breath, is that it is alive.. Aloft, floating free beneath the moist, gleaming, membrane of bright blue sky is the rising earth, the only exuberant thing in this part of the cosmos... It has the organized, self-contained look of a live creature, full of information, marvelously skilled in handling the sun.”

~ Lewis Thomas
The Lives of a Cell

Who said we were an intelligent species?

If we took greed out of the Human equation things would be a lot better.

GREAT WORK, this important group, Nada, Thank You! ∼   

Thanks for your appreciation, Rosmarie!

Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.

Metaphysics and mushrooms: Psychedelics can change how you think ab...

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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals with “being.”

A new study finds that a single trip on a psychedelic can cause lasting changes in a person's metaphysical beliefs. 

Overall, people moved away from "hard materialism" to more transcendental, idealistic, and supernatural views of the cosmos.

That makes sense, also for those of us that have had out of the body experiences, we have to come to grips with the fact that the World is much more than what we can physical see!

I'm scared, and if you're not, you don't understand what's happening.

But, Nada, we adapt. 

I was born in Cuba, a hot island in the Caribbean, and I have lived in al kinds of temperatures, and survived them all, snow and ice and whatever else. 

Indigenous Wisdom for the Earth 

Roberto Moreira of the Mbyá Guarani original people is the chief of the Yasy Porà village in Argentina rainforest.

The Guarani began as a migratory people due both to survival needs and spiritual beliefs. They originated in the Amazonia and traveled south over thousands of years.

Due to their beliefs the conversation and video with Roberto focuses solely on his work with preserving the tree and medicinal plant species in the area he calls home. 

It is good that we all do what we can, wherever we are at!

So well said! Thanks, Nada!

Thank you for the invite.

"Floods, droughts, and extreme heat are worsening so quickly that they are likely to result in catastrophic economic losses. The Global Center on Adaptation estimates that, in just the next eight years, climate-related disasters could send 122 million more people around the world into extreme poverty, a third of them in sub-Saharan Africa."

https://www.commondreams.org/.../rich-nations-cop26...

What a perfect drawing of that situation!

And what a wonderful article, so true!

Thanks, Nada!

And yes, we all know what Jane Goodall is saying, and each one of us have to decide for ourselves, what kind of difference we can make. . 

Most people don't REALLY want to think about this. We can blame politicians and media, but the ignorance is often by choice. Those of us who have "worked hard for the money" want to enjoy our positions of privilege. Thinking about the toxic effects of our consumerism is depressing...

Scientists are warning of dramatic changes at one of the biggest glaciers in Antarctica, potentially within the next five to 10 years.

They say a floating section at the front of Thwaites Glacier, that until now has been relatively stable, could "shatter like a car windscreen".

Already it is dumping 50 billion tonnes of ice into the ocean each year.

Meanwhile, in Siberia, the highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic - 38C (100F) - has been officially confirmed, sounding "alarm bells" over Earth's changing climate.

Welcome all new people that have joined will join and enjoy it 

I have heard about the glacier, and it is obvious to me that we are undergoing a pole shift and no one is telling us!

Prairies can store much more carbon below ground than a forest can store above ground. In fact, the prairie was once the largest carbon sink in the world-much bigger than the Amazon rainforest-and its destruction has had devastating effects...

"Prairies are some of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, with the tallgrass prairie being the most endangered. Only 1-4% of tallgrass prairie still exists. Prairies are critically important, not only for the unique biodiversity they possess, but for their effect on climate... Prairies can store much more carbon below ground than a forest can store above ground. In fact, the prairie was once the largest carbon sink in the world-much bigger than the Amazon rainforest-and its destruction has had devastating effects."

Original post by Laura Lux

Photo taken by Jim Richardson

“I used to think the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought with 30 years of good science we could address those problems, but I was wrong.

The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy – and to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation and we scientists don’t know how to do that.”

~ Gus Speth, co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council

He is so right about what he is saying, Eva, unfortunately that is the sad situation in which our World is in, and most of its inhabitants, as well!

Yes, indeed!

Wild teaches us, that in nature, in all living systems, there is one constant.
That constant is change.
As wild ones, as beings of nature, we are not made to be stagnant things.
But ever shifting, growing, decomposing, rebirthing beings.
Made of the will, the beauty and alchemical nature of wild.
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• Words by Brigit Anna McNeill •
• Art by K Acedera •

OF COURE, THE IDEA IS TRUTH ITSELF, BUT I LOVE THE PICTURE, THE MOST! 

Yes, I heard of this before, and I am waiting for them to show, I hope to be one of them, as well!