Ayla Gard

Study after study show immigrants are a net positive to the US economy, and yet they don’t get the same benefits that citizens do.

Hate is in power. Hate is winning. We need to fight back. Humanist values will win. And the children of these hateful people will look at their parents in disgust.

A childhood amid bullets: Homicide rate of minors soars in Ecuador Two children were murdered every day in 2023 in Ecuador, which is suffering a wave of violence due to drug trafficking: ‘The state, society, and family, we have all failed them,’ says an expert

I wonder if they made drug education for kids less about what it could do to their own bodies, and more about what it does to the bodies of kids in the countries where some of it comes from, it would be more effective english.elpais.com/internationa...

Here’s What the Rise of Clean Energy Looks Like From Space (Gift Article) New data from a constellation of satellites 250 miles above Earth’s surface shows how solar and wind have taken off in recent years.

🌍 Spotlighted by @nytimes.com, TNC's Global Renewables Watch provides unmatched insights into the renewable energy shift. It showcases current solar and wind capacities globally and highlights growth opportunities in every nation.

guess it’s moss mushroom for my first entry

A Craze for Tiny Plants Is Driving a Poaching Crisis in South Africa South Africa’s Succulent Karoo is the most biodiverse arid region on the planet, with thousands of plants found nowhere else. But to meet a demand fueled by social media, criminal networks have been p...

Nice work, plant influencers

“Millions of plants have been illegally dug…resulting in the functional extinction of at least eight species, with hundreds more species being pushed toward the same fate.” e360.yale.edu/features/sou...

oh my god they are evil

Here in the U.S., we have Smokey Bear. In Australia, they have Blinky Bill.

(Thanks to @nrdc.org for sponsoring our winter issue, from which this breakdown on a very cool koala hails.)

https://orionmagazine.org/article/hey-hey-blinky-bill/

In the early 90s, the first season of animated series Blinky Bill inspired a new generation of Australians to care about deforestation. Some people weren’t happy about it. Today I got to write about the beloved cartoon koala for Orion. orionmagazine.org/article/hey-...

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