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Native Australian woman speaks of keeping her spirit up by being "on country" and fighting coal mines.  she won the Goldman prize.  

science news article on protecting wildlife habitat and limiting roads in order to limit pandemics- save wildlife, wild places, and prevent disease So preventing roads into wild places will save wildlife and us!   And planting food sources for stressed wildlife...

Share photos of plants and animals You take photos and share them.  Others may help you identify species.  The information collected is stored and shared.  It helps scientists find out  more about plants and animals- where are they living, what other species...

You can go on walks to survey for butterflies.  Here many of the leaders are from the local bird and Audubon groups. https://naba.org/butterfly-counts   Butterfly gardening- you can grow plants that will help butterflies :  https://naba.org/butterfly-gardens

You can help survey native bees!  Native bees have been declining because of habitat loss and the use of herbicides.  You can help find out where they are and how many there are left.  This can help guide efforts to protect them. https://www.bumblebeeatlas.org...

Beavers help prevent floods and fires.  They create habitat for other creatures and plants.  They absorb and store water and recharge the water table.  California is starting to protect beavers. Beaver artificial   intelligence software helps identify where beavers live.

Russia, China, and the US try to maintain their spheres of military, political, economic, and cultural influence. It is a form of colonialism and empire. They often invade, overthrow, declare war, impose sanctions, or bribe countries in order to control...

https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/money-finance/banks-weapons https://www.dontbankonthebomb.com/whos-financing-them/#:~:text=Deutsche%20Bank%2C%20Allianz%2C%20BayernLB%20and,Northrop%20Grumman%2C%20Safran%20and%20Serco. https://weaponfreefunds.org/funds?dsc=false&pg=5&srt=grade_military https://www.dontbankonthebomb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/PAX_Rapport_DBotB_Risky-Returns_Executive-Summary_FINAL_web_spread.pdf https://www.banktrack.org/article/dirty_profits_7_out_of_control_irresponsible_weapon_transfers_and_future_weapon_systems https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/2016-07-14/how-to-invest-in-funds-that-exclude-weapons-- https://www.triodos.co.uk/articles/2022/investing-in-arms-is-not-sustainable  https://www.divestfromwarmachine.org/

Both wars and climate catastrophes cause millions of homeless refugees.     CLIMATE CATASTROPHE   Fires, floods, heat waves, hurricanes, tornados, sea level rises kill people and destroy homes, farms, and crops.  These are made worse, more intense, and more frequent because oil,...

 Divest- move investments, bank accounts, and pension funds away from banks and institutions that finance, invest in, or fund more climate chaos.  Also, sell  shares and bonds of fossil fuel companies.   investing in climate chaos   23 biggest institutions holding bonds...

More toxic chemicals are released during plastics recycling.  And loil cos. push more plastics and recycling in order to develop a demand for more oil to pro duce plastics. They do this , in case demand for oil falls. New...

https://youtu.be/yZCFDclgDJM. from an August 2023 memorial

Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free: And Other Paradoxes of Our Broken Legal System Hardcover – February 16, 2021by Judge Jed S. Rakoff (Author)  This judge frequently writes in the NY Review of Books about problems...

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/03/book-reviews-plastic-waste Plastic recycling is greenwashing.  Plastics are part of the oil industry, and oil companies fear decreased demand for oil, so they are building more factories to make more plastic out of oil.

link   They range in size from the size of a grain of rice.  some fly at night with special eyes to navigate by the moon.

Link to interview Link to book review New book on climate chaos by Jeff Goodell, The Heat Will Kill You First-Extreme Heat Is Here to Stay- Why Are We Not More Afraid.

Dr. Ruan's ( of Purdue) white paint for roofs could lower temperature 8 degrees F in daytime and  19 degrees F at night. article

David Orr on need to teach earth climate science and rebuilding democracy about 4 minutes into the video James Balog about climate chaos- photos of receding glaciers, more and more intense fires, rising sea levels, more and more intense hurricanes...