Australia’s new marine reserve is bigger than TX

Marine reserves like this are key to restoring our oceans and fisheries. So Australia just protected an area twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef…

Australia’s new marine reserve is bigger than TX

I Thought We Were Better …

Filosofa's Word

In countries like Russia, China, Saudi Arabia and many others, one man or group of men (it’s always men, never women) control the people, their actions & behaviours.  But in a democracy, a true democracy, it is the voice of the majority that determines the laws of the land.  The United States was founded as a Democratic Republic, which is somewhat different than a pure democracy.  In a pure democracy, laws are made directly by the voting majority leaving the rights of the minority largely unprotected. In a democratic republic, laws are made by representatives chosen by the people and must comply with a constitution that specifically protects the rights of the minority as well as those of the majority.

Today in the United States, it is the will of the minority that is trampling all over the rights of the majority.  The majority of people (60%) in the…

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Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Deixo aqui, os votos de um dia especial a você que é mãe- filha, filha e mãe, avó e mãe, ou simplesmente ” pae “. O importante é de alguma forma, você ter conseguido suprir essa necessidade voraz de oferecer amor a si e aquele que é parte de você, que é um filho. Um filho é uma referência valiosa sua, e que fica como pagamento da vida para o dia seguinte. A verdade é que, você não seria mãe, se a a vida não tivesse a necessidade de seguir adiante.
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A maternidade é talvez, uma das ” obrigações ” que traz alguma forma de ” recompensa ” ela ” ajusta” o pagamento que você tem com a vida. A maternidade é uma espécie de contrato que nos favorece. Sim, porque se você bem observar, ainda que a vida finde, e ela finda mesmo a todos nós, você como…

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‘Forever chemicals’ may have polluted 20m acres of US cropland, study says | PFAS | The Guardian

Sludge is a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process that’s a mix of human excrement and industrial waste, like PFAS, that’s discharged from industry’s pipes. Sludge disposal can be expensive so the waste management industry is increasingly repackaging it as fertilizer because excrement is rich in plant nutrients.

EWG found Ohio keeps the most precise records of any state, and sludge has been applied to 5% of its farmland since 2011. Extrapolating that across the rest of the country would mean about 20m acres are contaminated with at least some level of PFAS. Faber called the estimate “conservative”.

EPA records show over 19bn pounds of sludge has been used as fertilizer since 2016 in the 41 states where the agency tracks the amount of sludge that’s spread, but not the location. It’s estimated that 60% of the nation’s sludge is spread on cropland or other fields annually.

The consequences are evident in the only two states to consistently check sludge and farms for PFAS contamination. In Maine, PFAS-tainted fields have already forced several farms to shut down. The chemicals end up in crops and cattle, and the public health toll exacted by contaminated food in Maine is unknown. Meanwhile, the state is investigating about 700 more fields for PFAS pollution.

Source: ‘Forever chemicals’ may have polluted 20m acres of US cropland, study says | PFAS | The Guardian

Who By Fire: Meet the Characters: Sally… (συναντήστε την Πρόσωπα: ‘H Sally…)

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Our next character from my Work In Progress: Who By Fire: I Will -Book 1, is Sally :

      "I would like to learn the Grecian language, of the Testament of Our Lord, one day."

Our quiet Sally is a free woman of great courage. She will tell us next week of why she wishes to learn Ancient Greek, rather than starting, like Hopkins, from the Beginning with Hebrew.

I am currently outlining the scenes as a historical urban portal fantasy, sub-genre of either suspense or thriller.

Who by Fire: I Will is a historical fantasy novel cycle trilogy, I currently expect.

Working Cover for historical fantasy WiP

Action Prompts in support of empathy and hope that you can take right now:

1.) Share two different reasons to write your own novel, or write your Grandmother‘s story, even if it’s not in novel form.

2.) Write a book…

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The Pond of Saraswati and Meeting With the Brahma Kamal : Nara on a four day trek to Kalpeshwar Rudranath : V — ROAD TO NARA

Continuing from FINDING Brahma Kamal: The Divine Flower Seat of Brahma: Nara on a four day trek to Rudranath : IV and The Quest for the Brahma Kamal : On a Rainy night from Delhi to Chamoli : I Pandava Forest and the Brahma Kamal : The Nights of Change in the Himalayas : II Days […]

The Pond of Saraswati and Meeting With the Brahma Kamal : Nara on a four day trek to Kalpeshwar Rudranath : V — ROAD TO NARA