Fi Bottcher
@feigh-creates.bsky.social
Deep Ecology • Spirituality • Sustainability
Uniting Church of Australia Deacon
Sustainability Advocate
Ex-Environmental Engineer
“Hope is optimism with a broken heart” - Nick Cave (Faith, Hope and Carnage)
Uniting Church of Australia Deacon
Sustainability Advocate
Ex-Environmental Engineer
“Hope is optimism with a broken heart” - Nick Cave (Faith, Hope and Carnage)
This is where a “yes” rather than “like” button would be good….
October 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is where a “yes” rather than “like” button would be good….
This one’s my new favourite 🏆
September 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This one’s my new favourite 🏆
Thanks Mick, a great, timely reflection for this time of lent.
March 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Thanks Mick, a great, timely reflection for this time of lent.
I’m not sure what just happened…. 🍄🟫
February 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I’m not sure what just happened…. 🍄🟫
Holy fug, that’s fire! 🔥
February 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Holy fug, that’s fire! 🔥
Maybe it’s a reflection on the state of the world that this post is making me laugh so hard this morning 😂🍄 🍄🟫
January 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Maybe it’s a reflection on the state of the world that this post is making me laugh so hard this morning 😂🍄 🍄🟫
5/5
Krill, and people living with intellectual disability, shouldn’t have to prove their value to be protected, included, cherished and celebrated for what and who they are. This ranking of life is a weird and arrogant quirk of humanity that we need to resist if we truly love God’s good creation.
Krill, and people living with intellectual disability, shouldn’t have to prove their value to be protected, included, cherished and celebrated for what and who they are. This ranking of life is a weird and arrogant quirk of humanity that we need to resist if we truly love God’s good creation.
January 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
5/5
Krill, and people living with intellectual disability, shouldn’t have to prove their value to be protected, included, cherished and celebrated for what and who they are. This ranking of life is a weird and arrogant quirk of humanity that we need to resist if we truly love God’s good creation.
Krill, and people living with intellectual disability, shouldn’t have to prove their value to be protected, included, cherished and celebrated for what and who they are. This ranking of life is a weird and arrogant quirk of humanity that we need to resist if we truly love God’s good creation.
4/5
Of course, we do it to people too. As a parent of a young man with significant intellectual disability, people still like to reassure me he might contribute to society, provide value, through paid employment one day - even if that’s underpaid, mundane work that offers him little incentive.
Of course, we do it to people too. As a parent of a young man with significant intellectual disability, people still like to reassure me he might contribute to society, provide value, through paid employment one day - even if that’s underpaid, mundane work that offers him little incentive.
January 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
4/5
Of course, we do it to people too. As a parent of a young man with significant intellectual disability, people still like to reassure me he might contribute to society, provide value, through paid employment one day - even if that’s underpaid, mundane work that offers him little incentive.
Of course, we do it to people too. As a parent of a young man with significant intellectual disability, people still like to reassure me he might contribute to society, provide value, through paid employment one day - even if that’s underpaid, mundane work that offers him little incentive.
3/5
…food chains or ecosystems, he wanted acknowledgment of their importance in their own right, as unique creatures on the planet, the same way we speak about elephants and tigers. Which brings me back to krill, and our human nature to “value”creatures based on their “value” to us.
…food chains or ecosystems, he wanted acknowledgment of their importance in their own right, as unique creatures on the planet, the same way we speak about elephants and tigers. Which brings me back to krill, and our human nature to “value”creatures based on their “value” to us.
January 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
3/5
…food chains or ecosystems, he wanted acknowledgment of their importance in their own right, as unique creatures on the planet, the same way we speak about elephants and tigers. Which brings me back to krill, and our human nature to “value”creatures based on their “value” to us.
…food chains or ecosystems, he wanted acknowledgment of their importance in their own right, as unique creatures on the planet, the same way we speak about elephants and tigers. Which brings me back to krill, and our human nature to “value”creatures based on their “value” to us.
2/5
…and how entire ecosystems, and our very existence, would be screwed without them. Many years later I worked at Melbourne Zoo and applied for an Insect Keepers role. I didn’t get it. The Head Keeper told me that when he asked “why insects?” he didn’t want to hear about their importance in…
…and how entire ecosystems, and our very existence, would be screwed without them. Many years later I worked at Melbourne Zoo and applied for an Insect Keepers role. I didn’t get it. The Head Keeper told me that when he asked “why insects?” he didn’t want to hear about their importance in…
January 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
2/5
…and how entire ecosystems, and our very existence, would be screwed without them. Many years later I worked at Melbourne Zoo and applied for an Insect Keepers role. I didn’t get it. The Head Keeper told me that when he asked “why insects?” he didn’t want to hear about their importance in…
…and how entire ecosystems, and our very existence, would be screwed without them. Many years later I worked at Melbourne Zoo and applied for an Insect Keepers role. I didn’t get it. The Head Keeper told me that when he asked “why insects?” he didn’t want to hear about their importance in…
Ohhhh, I don’t wanna like this but…. Yup 🙏🙏🙏
January 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Ohhhh, I don’t wanna like this but…. Yup 🙏🙏🙏
How can I show the same loving attention to my Self? Without giving a crap about what my “contribution” is - or whether what I’m doing is any good? Permission to just be me and to create space to explore, grow, love and be loved as I am #COVID #chronicillness #love #acceptance (4 and finish!)
January 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
How can I show the same loving attention to my Self? Without giving a crap about what my “contribution” is - or whether what I’m doing is any good? Permission to just be me and to create space to explore, grow, love and be loved as I am #COVID #chronicillness #love #acceptance (4 and finish!)