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December 6

🇫🇮 Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää, Suomi
🇫🇮 Trevlig självständighetsdag, Finland
🇫🇮 Happy Independence Day, Finland

Textile artist Britta Marakatt-Labba's embroidery of Sami culture, Indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic #womensart

Winter is coming: First snow of the season falls in northwest Finland
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

If you plant Fox Seeds at the right time of year, this is the wonderful result! Super photo taken by Richard Fry of a snoozing Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes).

#FoxOfTheDay #fox #redfox #foxes #nature #wildlife #vulpes #mammal #snooze #snoozing #sleeping #wildlifephotography #wildlifenet #naturephotography

“But even if you don’t have hope, it doesn’t really matter. This is about defiance. It’s about doing the right thing, fighting for democracy and for people to not be exploited.” Luke Kemp, on his new book Goliath’s Curse.
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The nightless night ends in Utsjoki, Finland: the sun sets for the first time since May
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Ozzy Osbourne, the singular metal legend whose Black Sabbath virtually invented heavy metal and in later years became a reality TV pioneer, has died at the age of 76.

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Botanical gardens Swansea.

Swansea watching tide come in.

Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

Garden Choices Shape Urban Pollinator Havens
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Urban gardeners can make unusual niches for pollinators in their cities.

#Botany #PlantScience 🧪

"The world is looking at the body of truth that is dying and bleeding before our eyes. I beg you, if you can’t stop the bleeding, at least don’t turn away from the sight of blood.

"I am Ukrainian, and I am scared."
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The reason why I have faith in my country is that Finns are so die-hard pessimists and obsess over worst case scenarios. So pessimism that triggers preparedness (not apathy) is a powerful force that allows me to be optimist !

Snow has special meaning for many Finns, often connected to cherished memories, but a lack of snow can cause a sense of loss that researchers refer to as eco-grief.

📝 Small Urban Meadows Give Hope for City Pollinators 🧵
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Artificially planted wildflower meadows in cities can support similar numbers of bees and other pollinators as larger natural meadows.
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #InBrief

The polar night begins.
In Nordkapp, Norway, the sun will rise again on January 22.
Source: meteorologene/X
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Hello. Looking for research and innovations in urban horticulture. Guaranteed infrequent poster, but avid reader. www.theguardian.com/environment/...