Megan Hume

In the US, converting turf lawn to native landscaping does save an average of $2/year, but that is once established. I spent a ton on seeds and plants, too.

I won't post my guess since I am married, but when will you reveal the answer?

Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht

Forests cover 1/3 of the global land area, provide clean air and water, store vast amounts of carbon and are home to much of the planet’s biodiversity.

Here’s how UNEP supports the protection & sustainable management of these ecosystems: bit.ly/3JGpopV

What caused the collapse of Maya civilization? The answer was hidden in a cave A cave stalagmite has captured a season-by-season record of rain shortfalls during the final centuries of the Classic Maya. The stone’s chemical layers show eight wet-season droughts between 871 and 1021 CE, including one that dragged on for 13 consecutive...

What caused the collapse of Maya civilization? The answer was hidden in a cave
->Earth.com | #Collapse | More info from EcoSearch

One river, two countries: The Indus once fed civilisations. Now it can barely feed its delta
->MSN News | #Water #River | More info from EcoSearch

A question I get often, given the moment we find ourselves in, is “what do we do?”

Here are my thoughts and what keeps me moving forward.

If supporting wildlife via sustainable landscapes is important to you, Blendon, Franklin Co. OH has plans: mandatory education, detailed site plans, payments for annual inspection/permitting fees for "Managed Natural Landscapes." Out of compliance? Face a fine of $50/day.
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The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new “camp” deep in the Florida Everglades, where officials are openly describing it as “concentrating” certain people in one area. Have you seen the photos of the flooding? This entire site is a human rights violation.

Waking someone and forcing them to move around or change location every night is torture. When we do it to kids, it's just life?

How just a single seed can kill 80,000 bees
->Environment America | #Seed #Bee | More info from EcoSearch

Every year, some 9 million deaths are attributable to pollution, making it one of the biggest environmental health risks to humans.

Explore life-saving solutions to #BeatPollution on our interactive page: www.unep.org/interactives...

Tweet from the Durham Bulls that reads "Y'all means all. #PrideNight"

Tweet from a user saying "Please delete," and Durham Bulls responding "No."

Tweet from a user saying, "Actually, no it does not! Stop dividing people." with a response from the Durham Bulls saying, "Inclusion's actually the exact opposite of division"

Tweet from someone saying "Maybe don't promote gay sex to children?" with the Durham Bulls responding, "Okay, sexyman159861581242902587231848675309"

11/10 social media work by the Durham Bulls

Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets?

I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.

How to De-Escalate Like a Street Witch - Resistance Directory Hex the heat with calm, charm, and resistance magic. Resistance Kitty teaches you how to read the vibe, defuse tension, and keep your protest circle s

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Wildfires drive multi-year water quality degradation over the western United States Beginning with a set of 51,101 custom-delineated basins with in situ stream water quality information from 1974–2022, burned and unburned basin subsets were filtered by burn extent, data availability, and land cover criteria. Initial data mining and basin delineation processes,...

Wildfires drive multi-year water quality degradation over the western United States
->Nature | #WaterQuality #Forest #Wildfire #Climate | More info from EcoSearch

This sickening disgrace showcased all that is vile about Trump
->Raw Story | #NoDecency #TrumpFascism | More info from EcoSearch

We bombed Iran without congressional approval and I still have chores and work and kids in sports and supper to make.

Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.

Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill.

Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸

Pass it on!

...disrupting natural systems and forcing the water that once fed streams and wetlands deep underground.
Lower water tables destabilize the caves and mineshafts, and hydrophobic soils increase run-off, leading to increased flash flooding.
It makes me so angry. Maybe someone will be me. (3/3)

Mountaintop and ridge removals and valley fills have reduced slopes an average of 10%, while reclamation of fill zones seem to be failures. Dams and redirection have resulted in landscapes primarily composed of invasive species of turf-grass and woody plants, (2/3)

Back in October 2024, I said that someday, someone will be credited with mapping out exactly how logging, land clearing, and topography changes like mountaintop or ridge removal, and strip mining led to more severe weather in the Eastern US.
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This is a particularly insightful piece that discusses, for instance, why solar and wind energy have expanded at a rate faster than even the most optimistic projections.

"Hold on to your socks" ☀️ 💨

It’s time for radical courage As climate collapse deepens, genocide unfolds in plain sight, and governments double down on oil and violence, millions are beginning to realise that now is the time for radical courage.

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. Food for all bellies, delights to behold.
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...

So much of where we are now can be summed up by the pervasive belief that it is worse to be called a bigot than it is to be a bigot.

What connects Nebraska and Ohio? Could be my brother. 😅

Miyawaki Method: Issaquah's first pocket forest about to take root A small plot of vacant land next to Issaquah Creek will soon become the city's first Miyawaki Forest.

A small plot of vacant land next to Issaquah Creek will soon become the city's first Miyawaki Forest, a so-called pocket forest, planted with a diverse mix of native plants and trees.
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