Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝
@greenflorence.bsky.social
Passionate about the relationship between humans and the planet papatuanuku. I post about practical sustainable actions and ideas: from #peace to #gardening, #community, #trees, #oneness and everything #interconnected🌏
From Earth, with Love❣️🕉️🌳
From Earth, with Love❣️🕉️🌳
Today, I started my face oil. I cut cistus roses and calendula, added one scented peony and one rose. I put them roughly cut into a glass jar and poured apricot kernel oil and grape seed oil on it.
Leave for 3 weeks, sieve, then put in little oil containers. I use daily until next harvest season.
Leave for 3 weeks, sieve, then put in little oil containers. I use daily until next harvest season.
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Today, I started my face oil. I cut cistus roses and calendula, added one scented peony and one rose. I put them roughly cut into a glass jar and poured apricot kernel oil and grape seed oil on it.
Leave for 3 weeks, sieve, then put in little oil containers. I use daily until next harvest season.
Leave for 3 weeks, sieve, then put in little oil containers. I use daily until next harvest season.
Another doco from #foodrevolution
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The previous ones were excellent and this one sounds good too.
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The previous ones were excellent and this one sounds good too.
Redirecting...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Another doco from #foodrevolution
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The previous ones were excellent and this one sounds good too.
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The previous ones were excellent and this one sounds good too.
In case you think New Zealand is clean and green, well NO.
New Zealand is a laggard in waste management, ranked the most wasteful in the OECD in a 2012 study by the World Bank, with the highest municipal solid waste generated per person.
But progress on the way.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/24/p...
New Zealand is a laggard in waste management, ranked the most wasteful in the OECD in a 2012 study by the World Bank, with the highest municipal solid waste generated per person.
But progress on the way.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/24/p...
Producers to pay for their agrichemicals and tainted packaging
Seventeen years after a law was passed to regulate product stewardship, an ex-minister says NZ's progress has been 'rubbish' by global standards. Tina Morrison reports.
newsroom.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In case you think New Zealand is clean and green, well NO.
New Zealand is a laggard in waste management, ranked the most wasteful in the OECD in a 2012 study by the World Bank, with the highest municipal solid waste generated per person.
But progress on the way.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/24/p...
New Zealand is a laggard in waste management, ranked the most wasteful in the OECD in a 2012 study by the World Bank, with the highest municipal solid waste generated per person.
But progress on the way.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/24/p...
When I saw this new cosmetics warehouse, I saw disgusting amounts of chemicals and packaging. This hurts the planet and human health too.
And it's a terrible competition to the many small natural cosmetic producers of our country.
Now it's up to the consumers to choose local, natural products.
And it's a terrible competition to the many small natural cosmetic producers of our country.
Now it's up to the consumers to choose local, natural products.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
When I saw this new cosmetics warehouse, I saw disgusting amounts of chemicals and packaging. This hurts the planet and human health too.
And it's a terrible competition to the many small natural cosmetic producers of our country.
Now it's up to the consumers to choose local, natural products.
And it's a terrible competition to the many small natural cosmetic producers of our country.
Now it's up to the consumers to choose local, natural products.
The EPA (Environmental Plunderers Agency) has agreed with the Santana Mine in pristine central Otago.
Sad day for nature, the people now and in the future, specially in Tarras and Cromwell, well actually me too, very affected, it will destroy my landscape.
wanakaapp.nz/NewsStory/ma...
Sad day for nature, the people now and in the future, specially in Tarras and Cromwell, well actually me too, very affected, it will destroy my landscape.
wanakaapp.nz/NewsStory/ma...
‘Major milestone’ for proposed Bendigo mine
Santana Minerals’ Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project gets EPA fast-track, promising economic boost and jobs, as debate continues over environmental impacts.
wanakaapp.nz
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The EPA (Environmental Plunderers Agency) has agreed with the Santana Mine in pristine central Otago.
Sad day for nature, the people now and in the future, specially in Tarras and Cromwell, well actually me too, very affected, it will destroy my landscape.
wanakaapp.nz/NewsStory/ma...
Sad day for nature, the people now and in the future, specially in Tarras and Cromwell, well actually me too, very affected, it will destroy my landscape.
wanakaapp.nz/NewsStory/ma...
Forever chemicals are accumulating in whales bodies, that means in the ocean, that means everywhere. Leading to cancer epidemic, infertility issues, high cholesterol, etc.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
This is why I do not buy ANY chemicals, avoid packaging and buy organic as much as possible.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
This is why I do not buy ANY chemicals, avoid packaging and buy organic as much as possible.
'Forever chemicals' in New Zealand whales and dolphins
Species feeding mid-water were just as exposed to PFAS as coastal Māui dolphins or deep-diving species like beaked whales, new research found.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Forever chemicals are accumulating in whales bodies, that means in the ocean, that means everywhere. Leading to cancer epidemic, infertility issues, high cholesterol, etc.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
This is why I do not buy ANY chemicals, avoid packaging and buy organic as much as possible.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
This is why I do not buy ANY chemicals, avoid packaging and buy organic as much as possible.
One of the outcomes of #COP30 is a Tropical Forest Fund.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
Looks good as it immediately protects trees and give money to grassroots people:
Billions given by countries or people to a fund invested for profit, redistributed to investors and forest protectors...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
Looks good as it immediately protects trees and give money to grassroots people:
Billions given by countries or people to a fund invested for profit, redistributed to investors and forest protectors...
A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees - Inside Climate News
This is how the fund, which was seeded with $5.5 billion during COP30, will work—and why the Earth needs it.
insideclimatenews.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
One of the outcomes of #COP30 is a Tropical Forest Fund.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
Looks good as it immediately protects trees and give money to grassroots people:
Billions given by countries or people to a fund invested for profit, redistributed to investors and forest protectors...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
Looks good as it immediately protects trees and give money to grassroots people:
Billions given by countries or people to a fund invested for profit, redistributed to investors and forest protectors...
World inequalities due to basic colonialism and capitalism have been worsening by design of the Thatcher Reagan era (1980's) of free enterprise, less government and less tax. We are still in it and inequalities are worsening, by choice. Unless we choose to change.
theconversation.com/global-inequ...
theconversation.com/global-inequ...
Global inequality is as urgent as climate change: the world needs a panel of experts to steer solutions
There is a great institutional need for strong inequality analysis. That’s why the world needs to establish an International Panel on Inequality.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
World inequalities due to basic colonialism and capitalism have been worsening by design of the Thatcher Reagan era (1980's) of free enterprise, less government and less tax. We are still in it and inequalities are worsening, by choice. Unless we choose to change.
theconversation.com/global-inequ...
theconversation.com/global-inequ...
Delinking is an interesting concept to step out of global inequalities inherent to the capitalist colonialist world we are in.
In short, countries develop their production for their own people thus gaining sovereignty too.
Well explained in this article.
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In short, countries develop their production for their own people thus gaining sovereignty too.
Well explained in this article.
open.substack.com/pub/jasonhic...
What is delinking?
A crucial strategy for transformation in the 21st century.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Delinking is an interesting concept to step out of global inequalities inherent to the capitalist colonialist world we are in.
In short, countries develop their production for their own people thus gaining sovereignty too.
Well explained in this article.
open.substack.com/pub/jasonhic...
In short, countries develop their production for their own people thus gaining sovereignty too.
Well explained in this article.
open.substack.com/pub/jasonhic...
I just saw someone walking out of the shop with an ICE lawnmower.
I thought: 'poor guy, he will have to pull that cord, buy petrol, pollute and make noise for himself and the neighbors for years to come.'
Why not buy an electric one, as powerful, silent, free energy once you have solar panels🤔
I thought: 'poor guy, he will have to pull that cord, buy petrol, pollute and make noise for himself and the neighbors for years to come.'
Why not buy an electric one, as powerful, silent, free energy once you have solar panels🤔
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I just saw someone walking out of the shop with an ICE lawnmower.
I thought: 'poor guy, he will have to pull that cord, buy petrol, pollute and make noise for himself and the neighbors for years to come.'
Why not buy an electric one, as powerful, silent, free energy once you have solar panels🤔
I thought: 'poor guy, he will have to pull that cord, buy petrol, pollute and make noise for himself and the neighbors for years to come.'
Why not buy an electric one, as powerful, silent, free energy once you have solar panels🤔
The EMOTION That Slowly DESTROYS You… | Louise Hay
YouTube video by Infinite Shift
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Excellent article from #theconversation about trees memory and epigenetics. An old tree transmits it's knowledge and experience to its seeds, thereby helping young trees adapt to climate change.
An old tree and its genetic moves is irreplaceable. #ProtectTrees
theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
An old tree and its genetic moves is irreplaceable. #ProtectTrees
theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
What do trees remember?
Until recently, little was known about how memory functions in trees which experience decades, even centuries, of shifting environmental pressures.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Excellent article from #theconversation about trees memory and epigenetics. An old tree transmits it's knowledge and experience to its seeds, thereby helping young trees adapt to climate change.
An old tree and its genetic moves is irreplaceable. #ProtectTrees
theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
An old tree and its genetic moves is irreplaceable. #ProtectTrees
theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
Governments so far fail to reduce methane emissions. Source animal husbandry, agriculture, waste and oil&Gas production.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...
As consumers, we can immediately stop animal eating and reduce dairy therefore emissions, we can avoid packaging, we can divest from oil.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...
As consumers, we can immediately stop animal eating and reduce dairy therefore emissions, we can avoid packaging, we can divest from oil.
International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals - Inside Climate News
Methane emissions continue to climb despite a pledge by countries to curb climate pollution.
insideclimatenews.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Governments so far fail to reduce methane emissions. Source animal husbandry, agriculture, waste and oil&Gas production.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...
As consumers, we can immediately stop animal eating and reduce dairy therefore emissions, we can avoid packaging, we can divest from oil.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...
As consumers, we can immediately stop animal eating and reduce dairy therefore emissions, we can avoid packaging, we can divest from oil.
With governments levels climate action stalling internationally, local level seems an excellent way to go. Lots is already happening at cities level. Worth following.
The other available way for #climateaction is individual action. No need to wait for laws, anyone can decarbonize, consume less etc
The other available way for #climateaction is individual action. No need to wait for laws, anyone can decarbonize, consume less etc
🚨BREAKING: historic scenes at #COP30 as Colombia launches the Belém Declaration on fossil fuels, together with a first international conference on a just transition away from fossil fuels - and invites cities and subnationals.
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
With governments levels climate action stalling internationally, local level seems an excellent way to go. Lots is already happening at cities level. Worth following.
The other available way for #climateaction is individual action. No need to wait for laws, anyone can decarbonize, consume less etc
The other available way for #climateaction is individual action. No need to wait for laws, anyone can decarbonize, consume less etc
Gardening in harmony with nature is a choice. It brings fast rewards. Eg. No killing chemicals so we have immediate increase of insects and birds, variety of plants, lushness, beauty.
We ask often: "What would nature do?" So we observe, understand, appreciate nature. Sounds like love? It is😍🙏🌿🌎🐝
We ask often: "What would nature do?" So we observe, understand, appreciate nature. Sounds like love? It is😍🙏🌿🌎🐝
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Gardening in harmony with nature is a choice. It brings fast rewards. Eg. No killing chemicals so we have immediate increase of insects and birds, variety of plants, lushness, beauty.
We ask often: "What would nature do?" So we observe, understand, appreciate nature. Sounds like love? It is😍🙏🌿🌎🐝
We ask often: "What would nature do?" So we observe, understand, appreciate nature. Sounds like love? It is😍🙏🌿🌎🐝
That's cool, a collaboration between International Red Cross and World Wildlife Fund because we can't protect the people without protecting and regenerating nature too.
Of course, we are one.
I hope these big guys can be big levers for positive changes.
www.ifrc.org/our-work/dis...
#WWF #IFRC
Of course, we are one.
I hope these big guys can be big levers for positive changes.
www.ifrc.org/our-work/dis...
#WWF #IFRC
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
That's cool, a collaboration between International Red Cross and World Wildlife Fund because we can't protect the people without protecting and regenerating nature too.
Of course, we are one.
I hope these big guys can be big levers for positive changes.
www.ifrc.org/our-work/dis...
#WWF #IFRC
Of course, we are one.
I hope these big guys can be big levers for positive changes.
www.ifrc.org/our-work/dis...
#WWF #IFRC
Excellent #TEDtalk on how to motivate #change, from personal level eg. stopping bad habit to drive necessary international change.
Share positive information. Encourage good behavior with instant reward, eg. progress monitoring.
And entertaining,
worth listening 👏🌹
youtu.be/xp0O2vi8DX4?...
Share positive information. Encourage good behavior with instant reward, eg. progress monitoring.
And entertaining,
worth listening 👏🌹
youtu.be/xp0O2vi8DX4?...
How to motivate yourself to change your behavior | Tali Sharot | TEDxCambridge
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Excellent #TEDtalk on how to motivate #change, from personal level eg. stopping bad habit to drive necessary international change.
Share positive information. Encourage good behavior with instant reward, eg. progress monitoring.
And entertaining,
worth listening 👏🌹
youtu.be/xp0O2vi8DX4?...
Share positive information. Encourage good behavior with instant reward, eg. progress monitoring.
And entertaining,
worth listening 👏🌹
youtu.be/xp0O2vi8DX4?...
One of my heroes Amory Lovins, founder of the Rocky Mountain institute has been articulating the energy transition for 30+ years.
This 40-year plan is quite inspiring, if only... It does progress so hope!
www.ted.com/talks/amory_...
This 40-year plan is quite inspiring, if only... It does progress so hope!
www.ted.com/talks/amory_...
A 40-year plan for energy
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy innovator Amory Lovins shows how to get the US off oil and coal by 2050, $5 trillion cheaper, with no Act of Congress, led by business for profit....
www.ted.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
One of my heroes Amory Lovins, founder of the Rocky Mountain institute has been articulating the energy transition for 30+ years.
This 40-year plan is quite inspiring, if only... It does progress so hope!
www.ted.com/talks/amory_...
This 40-year plan is quite inspiring, if only... It does progress so hope!
www.ted.com/talks/amory_...
The UN Climate Change secretary is quite happy of the COP30 outcomes. With a call of action at all levels, this includes individual #climateaction, which is very empowering.
What more can I do now?
Gifting low-carbon experiences rather than stuff for Christmas.
unfccc.int/news/cop30-h...
What more can I do now?
Gifting low-carbon experiences rather than stuff for Christmas.
unfccc.int/news/cop30-h...
unfccc.int
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The UN Climate Change secretary is quite happy of the COP30 outcomes. With a call of action at all levels, this includes individual #climateaction, which is very empowering.
What more can I do now?
Gifting low-carbon experiences rather than stuff for Christmas.
unfccc.int/news/cop30-h...
What more can I do now?
Gifting low-carbon experiences rather than stuff for Christmas.
unfccc.int/news/cop30-h...
I thought the current NZ government treats Maori appallingly. I am not alone! Now the United Nations find it severe enough to consider a claim against indigenous people.
Hear hear!
I am looking forward to the outcomes of this committee.
The Guardian share.google/hmKB5hjrYUQK...
Hear hear!
I am looking forward to the outcomes of this committee.
The Guardian share.google/hmKB5hjrYUQK...
UN to hear human rights complaint over New Zealand’s treatment of Māori
UN committee to consider claim by prominent Māori leader Tureiti Moxon that alleges government policies have harmed Indigenous people
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I thought the current NZ government treats Maori appallingly. I am not alone! Now the United Nations find it severe enough to consider a claim against indigenous people.
Hear hear!
I am looking forward to the outcomes of this committee.
The Guardian share.google/hmKB5hjrYUQK...
Hear hear!
I am looking forward to the outcomes of this committee.
The Guardian share.google/hmKB5hjrYUQK...
An excellent Earthly Substack article about the importance of walking, to go places or leisurely. It connects with nature, it is fossil fuels free and it's slowness which is a key to a low carbon living. Oh and it's good for health. Win win win
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...
the world reveals itself to those who travel on foot
a meditation on slowness, ecological truth and why the simple act of walking can teach us how to remake a world worth living in
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
An excellent Earthly Substack article about the importance of walking, to go places or leisurely. It connects with nature, it is fossil fuels free and it's slowness which is a key to a low carbon living. Oh and it's good for health. Win win win
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...
open.substack.com/pub/theearth...
Thank you to Environmental Law Initiative to continue challenging the legality and use of Roundup Glyphosate in NZ. Precautionary approach is not radical.
Saying no to corporations seem to be.
www.thepost.co.nz/environment/...
Saying no to corporations seem to be.
www.thepost.co.nz/environment/...
Environmental group takes glyphosate fight to Court of Appeal
The battle over glyphosate isn’t over. An environmental group says the EPA is shutting the door on new science - and is now taking the fight to the Court of Appeal.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Thank you to Environmental Law Initiative to continue challenging the legality and use of Roundup Glyphosate in NZ. Precautionary approach is not radical.
Saying no to corporations seem to be.
www.thepost.co.nz/environment/...
Saying no to corporations seem to be.
www.thepost.co.nz/environment/...
Peace Movement Aotearoa published a joint statement of Pacific countries asking the US, France and UK for denuclearization.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Peace Movement Aotearoa published a joint statement of Pacific countries asking the US, France and UK for denuclearization.
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COP30 is the occasion to declare the Amazon as an exclusion zone for extractivism, particularly fossil fuels. We've done it for the Antarctic, it's possible.
Sign the petition to support the Amazon protection.
act.stand.earth/page/90638/p...
Sign the petition to support the Amazon protection.
act.stand.earth/page/90638/p...
Sign the petition and help secure a thriving future for the Amazon and its people
As COP30 unfolds in the heart of the Amazon, in Belém, Brazil, we have a real opportunity to advance a key initiative that Indigenous Peoples in the Amazon have been calling for: an Amazon free of fos...
act.stand.earth
November 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
COP30 is the occasion to declare the Amazon as an exclusion zone for extractivism, particularly fossil fuels. We've done it for the Antarctic, it's possible.
Sign the petition to support the Amazon protection.
act.stand.earth/page/90638/p...
Sign the petition to support the Amazon protection.
act.stand.earth/page/90638/p...
Sustainability illustrated is a pioneer youtube channel, doing just that: illustrating sustainability so we can understand and change plan faster. Excellent explanations.
Here is a short one to answer the #1 question. What is sustainability?
Very clear thank you.
youtube.com/shorts/2zMxQ...
Here is a short one to answer the #1 question. What is sustainability?
Very clear thank you.
youtube.com/shorts/2zMxQ...
Sustainability defined: the only 4 things we are doing wrong
YouTube video by Sustainability Illustrated
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November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sustainability illustrated is a pioneer youtube channel, doing just that: illustrating sustainability so we can understand and change plan faster. Excellent explanations.
Here is a short one to answer the #1 question. What is sustainability?
Very clear thank you.
youtube.com/shorts/2zMxQ...
Here is a short one to answer the #1 question. What is sustainability?
Very clear thank you.
youtube.com/shorts/2zMxQ...