Sushmita
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Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
On World #Wetlands Day. ~40% of the world’s aquatic species live and breed in wetlands. They act as sponges to absorb floodwater, hence key to reducing the impacts of extreme weather events in this era of #climatecrisis. Wetlands also support livelihoods for at least 1 in 8 people.
February 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
On World #Wetlands Day. ~40% of the world’s aquatic species live and breed in wetlands. They act as sponges to absorb floodwater, hence key to reducing the impacts of extreme weather events in this era of #climatecrisis. Wetlands also support livelihoods for at least 1 in 8 people.
Thank you for asking and happy to be added to the Birds Feed.
January 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Thank you for asking and happy to be added to the Birds Feed.
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Latino USA: Indigenous Science With Jessica Hernandez
Episode webpage: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
Media file: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
Episode webpage: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
Media file: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
Latino USA
As a Zapotec and Maya Ch’orti’ environmental scientist, Dr. Jessica Hernandez has always found academia to be a hostile place. She had looked forward to sharing what she learned from her grandmother a...
play.prx.org
January 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Latino USA: Indigenous Science With Jessica Hernandez
Episode webpage: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
Media file: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
Episode webpage: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...
Media file: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...
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January 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A rare and precious sighting of the Verditer Flycatcher from the balcony looking out into the green patch of my neighbour's garden, last evening just before sunset. This had to be my first post on #bluesky
#Bangkokpostcards #natureinthecity
#Bangkokpostcards #natureinthecity
January 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A rare and precious sighting of the Verditer Flycatcher from the balcony looking out into the green patch of my neighbour's garden, last evening just before sunset. This had to be my first post on #bluesky
#Bangkokpostcards #natureinthecity
#Bangkokpostcards #natureinthecity
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Tax the billionaires until there are no billionaires anymore and distribute the money amongst the rest of the populace.
We can call it the Anti-Greed Redistribution Plan. Sound good?
We can call it the Anti-Greed Redistribution Plan. Sound good?
January 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tax the billionaires until there are no billionaires anymore and distribute the money amongst the rest of the populace.
We can call it the Anti-Greed Redistribution Plan. Sound good?
We can call it the Anti-Greed Redistribution Plan. Sound good?
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Reposted by Sushmita
Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater animals are at risk of extinction due to pollution, habitat loss, overfishing, water extraction and dams.
Their presence underpins the health of whole ecosystems that countless communities, both wild and human, rely on every day.
iucn.org/press-releas...
Their presence underpins the health of whole ecosystems that countless communities, both wild and human, rely on every day.
iucn.org/press-releas...
One quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction - IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 8 January 2025 (IUCN) – The largest global assessment of freshwater animals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ to date has revealed that 24% of the world’s freshwater fish...
iucn.org
January 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater animals are at risk of extinction due to pollution, habitat loss, overfishing, water extraction and dams.
Their presence underpins the health of whole ecosystems that countless communities, both wild and human, rely on every day.
iucn.org/press-releas...
Their presence underpins the health of whole ecosystems that countless communities, both wild and human, rely on every day.
iucn.org/press-releas...