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What Happens When Children Are Aware of the Need For Environmental Care — FunWritings

When children are aware of the need for environmental care, they will protect the planet and look forward to a bright future The post What Happens When Children Are Aware of the Need For Environmental Care appeared first on FunWritings.

What Happens When Children Are Aware of the Need For Environmental Care — FunWritings

Are We Willing to Heal the World? 🌎

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I believe more people than not want to see peace on earth and goodwill towards all men. I believe more people than not want to see justice and humanity abound everywhere. I think more people embrace love and humility than those who are arrogant, divisive, and hateful.

Yet, I often wonder why the few who are narcissistic, diabolical, and treacherous are the ones with the loudest voices, authoritarians who are small in numbers but the scariest we flee from or fall into their death-clenching grips. Are we finding ourselves all too often losing who we are in fear amid the turmoil? Does it feel like history is repeating itself but not in a good way? Can we be brave and fight back?

Can We Heal the World?

What is our sense of common purpose
to stand and watch the world burn
in a cantankerous inferno
and not…

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Marina Ovsyannikova — Say Her Name! | Filosofa’s Word

The first I heard of Marina Ovsyannikova was in a post by our friend, rawgod.  My curiosity piqued, I went in search of more information.  In the world of courageous people, Ms. Ovsyannikova stands out, is at the top of my list.  What did she do? She was an editor/producer at Russia’s state television Channel…
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/03/15/marina-ovsyannikova-say-her-name/

1,700-year-old arrows are revealed by melting glacier in Norway – Magic Mixture を

The ice-covered area in Norway decreased 14% in the last sixteen years, and this consequence of climate change it is yielding several discoveries to archaeologists: as glaciers melt, objects left by people who lived nearby thousands of years ago appear.

The mountainous region of Sandgrovskardet it’s an example. The first findings took place there in 2013, but a major research expedition only took place in 2018 – because the team involved had to prioritize other places with melting glaciers

Source: 1,700-year-old arrows are revealed by melting glacier in Norway – Magic Mixture を

Brazil Congress fast-tracks ‘death package’ bill to mine on Indigenous lands

  • Thousands of protesters, including celebrities, activists and 150 Indigenous people from eight ethnic groups, gathered for the biggest environment protest ever held in Brazil’s capital against a series of bills dubbed the “death package” by critics.
  • Protesters say the slate of five key bills will cause unbridled environmental damage and violate Indigenous rights by encouraging commercial activities in vulnerable regions and invasions of Indigenous territories.
  • While the protests were taking place, the lower house of Congress voted to fast-track one of those bills, which would allow mining on Indigenous lands — an activity that’s banned under Brazil’s Constitution.
  • While some lawmakers say they oppose the bills and will vote against them, the bills enjoy the support of President Jair Bolsonaro and the powerful agribusiness lobby.

As thousands of people protested in Brazil’s capital against a “death package” of bills deemed anti-environmental and anti-Indigenous, the lower house of Congress agreed to fast-track one of those bills, which would allow mining inside Indigenous lands.

The move by the Chamber of Deputies triggered a public outcry, with more than 15,000 people turning out in the biggest environmental protest ever held in Brasília.

Source: Brazil Congress fast-tracks ‘death package’ bill to mine on Indigenous lands

Turkish Tuesdays, and Two Lessons Hakan:Muhafiz/The Protector, s1e6 Teaches About Making Decisions

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

What do we learn from season 1, episode 6, and then, my impressions of this episode?

(spoilers remain untranslated…)

Lessons:
1.) Sometimes the old folks know more than you do!
2.) Make your own decisions.
Kıskanıyor, mi, Zeynep?
Hey, that’s beautiful Byzantine Greek!!!  Faysal bey, Nooo!!!
Poor kid, Curly!  No one takes care of him, no one is proud of him!!
Poor reporter guy, poor Zeynep, but at least her father is proud of her.
Well done, Hakan, means you learn to think when you work in the Grand Bazaar.
Çocuk değilsen, Hakan, ama kutsal bir görevin var.
Galata Tower!
So much history, and so much youthful stupidity.
Oh, no!  Emir!  Wife, daughter, dead, but then calls to report in!!  People!!
Kemal, this guy is not trustworthy.
But why not tell the Head of your Order?
Mazar, their relationship is none of your business!!
Bribe her with the car, then…

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Glacier Cave, Republika Srpska – Pećina Ledenjača Republika Srpska

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Ulaz u pećinu Ledenjača nalazi se u blizini sela Donje Budnje u blizini Miljevine (opština Foča). Pećina predstavlja stari ponor rječice Potok, koji ponire 40 metara istočno od ulaza u pećinu. Tokom geološke istorije riečno korito spustilo se i ostavilu Ledenjaču van aktivne hidrološke funkcije. Speleomorfološki, pećina Ledenjača sastoji se od glavnog kanala dugog oko 200 metara i nekoliko manjih, pukotinskih kanala. Ulaz u pećinu pregrađen je kamenim zidom visokim do polovine otvora, zbog vjerovanja lokalnog stanovništva da “nezdrav vjetar duva iz pećine i donosi slanu i inje, koji u lošim godinama uzrokuje sušenje voća i šume.” Crteži na ulazu otkriveni su za vrijeme sistematskih arheoloških i etnoloških istraživanja gornjeg Podrinja u drugoj polovini sedamdesetih godina prošlog vijeka. Crteži su koncentrisani na tri površine, od kojih se se dvije nalaze južno, a jedna sjeverno od ulaza. Nepoznati autori pažljivo su odabrali što ravnije površine, koje su, možda, prije urezivanja crteža…

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