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Snow Raven, Web of life
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I will never get tired of this song as long as I live. Sometimes I play it daily, with a couple others of theirs (the hits). Or on repeat a few times. Something about it. Since I first heard it when I was a kid. Fuckin magical
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This is #PicnicPond in #BrunswickMaine. It is closed to the public because of #PFAS contamination, but there is plenty of #Wildlife in the area, and the pond empties into #HarpswellCove / #CascoBay.
Image source and more info about Picnic Pond:
https://maineanencyclopedia.com/brunswick-landing/#Stormwater #Environment #PFASPollution #BrunswickLanding #BrunswickNavalAirStation #CascoBay #PollutionRunoff #OceansAreLife #WaterIsLife #WebOfLife #Superfund #PFOS
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#GoodMorning, everyone!
🎶 Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say🎶 🎙️🕺🏿@LikeItOrLumpIt
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#HaveANiceDay #SingASong #SingAlong #dance #80s #music #SundayVibes #WalkOfLife #DireStraights -
#GoodMorning, everyone!
🎶 Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say🎶 🎙️🕺🏿@LikeItOrLumpIt
٩(๑•◡-๑)۶ⒽⓤⒼ💛
#HaveANiceDay #SingASong #SingAlong #dance #80s #music #SundayVibes #WalkOfLife #DireStraights -
#GoodMorning, everyone!
🎶 Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say🎶 🎙️🕺🏿@LikeItOrLumpIt
٩(๑•◡-๑)۶ⒽⓤⒼ💛
#HaveANiceDay #SingASong #SingAlong #dance #80s #music #SundayVibes #WalkOfLife #DireStraights -
#GoodMorning, everyone!
🎶 Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say🎶 🎙️🕺🏿@LikeItOrLumpIt
٩(๑•◡-๑)۶ⒽⓤⒼ💛
#HaveANiceDay #SingASong #SingAlong #dance #80s #music #SundayVibes #WalkOfLife #DireStraights -
Took my Sony camera out to get my first rainy shots of the #v60crosscountry, a thing I always enjoy doing for the first time. I swear the car is gray. #sonyohotography #carphotos #wagon #carspotting #automotive #volvo #volvocars #wagonlife #photography
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Took my Sony camera out to get my first rainy shots of the #v60crosscountry, a thing I always enjoy doing for the first time. I swear the car is gray. #sonyohotography #carphotos #wagon #carspotting #automotive #volvo #volvocars #wagonlife #photography
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Took my Sony camera out to get my first rainy shots of the #v60crosscountry, a thing I always enjoy doing for the first time. I swear the car is gray. #sonyohotography #carphotos #wagon #carspotting #automotive #volvo #volvocars #wagonlife #photography
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Took my Sony camera out to get my first rainy shots of the #v60crosscountry, a thing I always enjoy doing for the first time. I swear the car is gray. #sonyohotography #carphotos #wagon #carspotting #automotive #volvo #volvocars #wagonlife #photography
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40 years ago today, November 16, 1985, Dire Straits entered Billboard’s Top 40 of the Hot 100 with “Walk of Life”. It went on to peak at #7 and spent a total of 15 weeks in the 40.
#vinylcommunity #music #legends #80s #classic #vinyl #recording #walkoflife #direstraits #legendary #musicislife
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hzQ0VQfx8NM
Whatever you're doing today, please take a minute and watch this video listen to the words.
#WebOfLife #WeAreAllConnected #love #life
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#ScarboroughLandTrust acquires 130 acres to expand #conservation area
The 130-acre addition to #SilverBrookPreserve expands contiguous conserved lands.
Dana Richie, July 30, 2025
"The Scarborough Land Trust is expanding its green footprint in Western Scarborough with the addition of a 130-acre parcel to the Silver Brook Preserve at 65 Hanson Road.
"This is a sizable boost to the preserve that was previously made up of a 19-acre parcel purchased in 2001 and an 18-acre parcel purchased in 2024. And it expands the contiguous block of conserved land in the area to 943 acres, 600 of which are within the SLT’s stewardship.
" 'It really rounds out 25 years of conservation efforts,' said Christine Labaree, president of the land trust’s board of directors.
"The Silver Brook Preserve is home to a variety of wildlife including wild brook trout, spotted turtles, deer, bobcats, bats and maybe even a black bear or two.
And the land directly abuts #BroadturnFarm, a 434-acre parcel under the SLT’s stewardship complete with a working farm and wooded trails — the spot where Andrew Mackie, executive director of the land trust, and Labaree met on a hot and sticky afternoon."While walking along the #MapleSugarTrail by the edge of an open field full of tall grasses speckled with trees, Mackie said that the Silver Brook Preserve is across the tree line in the distance. Plunging deeper in the woods, past a still brook surrounded by a canopy of green, he pointed to a tree that bore a sign for the Stonewall Loop, a 1-mile trail in the Western corner of the property.
"Mackie explained that the land trust plans to extend that loop into the Silver Lake Preserve property, adding about 2 miles of trails and parking onto the new parcel within the next two years.
"Right now, the Silver Brook Preserve is open to the public for activities like hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, wildlife observation, hunting and fishing, and Mackie said that the land trust is still figuring out a lot of the policies for the preserve, like whether dogs will be required to be leashed.
"Western Scarborough isn’t the only area in town where the land trust is working to 'seed and grow' its conserved areas. There are 500 acres of contiguous conserved land in Pleasant Hill, made up of the 187-acre #PleasantHillPreserve and 300-acre #RachelCarsonNationalWildlifeRefuge. And #WarrenWoods, which was originally 162 acres in 2012, is now 313 acres, with plans in the works to connect trails to The Downs.
" 'The goal is that every neighborhood in Scarborough has opportunities to have access to open land,' Labaree said. The land trust is working with the town to achieve its goal of '30 by 30' — to preserve 30% of its land by 2030. According to Labaree, the town is currently at 23%.
"And Mackie said that these larger land parcels are more attractive in the long term because they are more ecologically sustainable, provide varying habitats for #wildlife and are easier to maintain."
Archived version:
https://archive.md/qaDNC#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor #WaterIsLife #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheFarms #Maine #SouthernMaine #LandTrust #BlueCarbon #SaveTheWetlands #SaltMarshes #ScarboroughMarsh #WebOfLife #Wetlands #SaveTheForests
#PreserveNature #LandConservation #LandForMainesFuture #SpendTimeInNature #RachelCarson -
Today is a study of contrasts. #TheDisciplesWay is reflecting on #disruption (Mark 11:15-18a) while #ForwardDaybyDay reflects on #rest & the Sabbath (Hebrews 4:8). There are so many things in the world today that distract us from our #faith & the #WayofLove It’s easy to lose sight of what we are called to do & be by God. Both of these reflections remind us that we regularly need take a step back, to rest & refocus our attention on God. It sounds simple. Sometimes it is. Often, however, resting is complicated as we navigate the many things (jobs, family, media, etc.) vying for our attention. Stepping away (a news or social media fast, vacation, just going for a walk) can feel incredibly, frighteningly, overwhelmingly disruptive to our daily lives. And yet, that is what God asks us to do. Importantly, we are told to rest regularly. Perhaps, if we did, it would seem less disruptive…or maybe it would be more disruptive. Today is a study of contrasts. Or is it?
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Today is a study of contrasts. #TheDisciplesWay is reflecting on #disruption (Mark 11:15-18a) while #ForwardDaybyDay reflects on #rest & the Sabbath (Hebrews 4:8). There are so many things in the world today that distract us from our #faith & the #WayofLove It’s easy to lose sight of what we are called to do & be by God. Both of these reflections remind us that we regularly need take a step back, to rest & refocus our attention on God. It sounds simple. Sometimes it is. Often, however, resting is complicated as we navigate the many things (jobs, family, media, etc.) vying for our attention. Stepping away (a news or social media fast, vacation, just going for a walk) can feel incredibly, frighteningly, overwhelmingly disruptive to our daily lives. And yet, that is what God asks us to do. Importantly, we are told to rest regularly. Perhaps, if we did, it would seem less disruptive…or maybe it would be more disruptive. Today is a study of contrasts. Or is it?
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No hay tiempo para relajarse: Walk of Life, un simulador de vida satírico es presentado
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No hay tiempo para relajarse: Walk of Life, un simulador de vida satírico es presentado
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No hay tiempo para relajarse: Walk of Life, un simulador de vida satírico es presentado
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No hay tiempo para relajarse: Walk of Life, un simulador de vida satírico es presentado
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👇👇 crazy...
How scientists debunked one of conservation’s most influential statistics | Indigenous peoples | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/13/indigenous-factoid-nature-80-percent-false-biodiversity-aoe
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On the ballot in #ScarboroughMaine!
Council Corner: A path to continued #LandConservation in Scarborough
Posted July 18
Karin Shupe, Scarborough Town Councillor"On July 17 at 5:30 p.m. the Town Council held a workshop to discuss the potential referendum questions for this November’s ballot. One of these questions includes a request to replenish the land bond fund. The land bond fund is a town fund that was created in 2000 for the purpose of purchasing land for conservation. Unlike what a traditional bond referendum looks like, the land bond does not have an immediate impact on taxpayers, as it authorizes future bonding for land conservation.
"Scarborough voters have overwhelmingly supported every land bond referendum that has come forward since the creation of the land bond fund. The town has contributed $7.5 million towards the acquisition of land for conservation in this 24-year span. Scarborough’s commitment to land conservation has helped successfully obtain grants from the federal and state government and attract donors and matching funds from organizations like the #ScarboroughLandTrust, #LandForMainesFuture and the #MaineFarmlandTrust. These partnerships have led to conservation and preservation of land throughout the town, including #PleasantHillPreserve, #WarrenWoods, #FullerFarm, #BroadturnFarm and #SilverBrookPreserve.
"As of today, there is approximately $14,000 remaining in the town’s land bond fund. With a Town Council goal to conserve 30% of Scarborough land by 2030, more funds are needed. There are many public and economic benefits to land conservation that make this goal so important for Scarborough. The No. 1 concern expressed by our community in the recent survey was the rapid pace of growth and expansion. By conserving land, not only are we protecting our natural resources from development and preserving drinking water and water quality in our rivers, streams and marsh, we are also providing open space for our residents and visitors to enjoy.
"Historically, conserving land is cost neutral to a town budget, while residential development adds more to a town’s cost of services and infrastructure beyond the tax revenues it receives. As one of the fastest growing communities in the state, it is even more important for us to act now to protect our natural resources and maintain the open space that has attracted residents to Scarborough.
"The request before the Town Council is for a $6 million replenishment of the land bond, which accounts for the rising cost of land and the town’s 30×30 goal. This recommendation comes from the town’s Parks and Conservation Land Board, which is responsible for evaluating the applications the town receives for land bond funds. The board has developed a detailed acquisition evaluation process for properties, based on factors such as size, preservation of natural resources, location to habitat, public access and creating connectivity.
"Most recently the board recommended, and Town Council approved, the use of $800,000 towards the preservation of an additional 130 acres at Silver Brook Preserve in western Scarborough. This recent Silver Brook Preserve expansion now connects 813 acres of continuous conserved land between Scarborough, #SacoMaine and #BuxtonMaine. With no further funds available in the land bond, the town may miss opportunities like Silver Brook Preserve in the future. The town is also currently in the process of developing an Open Space Conservation Plan. This plan will guide and prioritize land conservation efforts. With no funds in the land bond, we will be unable to act on the land conservation recommendations from this plan.
"Scarborough is a leader in land conservation. No other town in Maine has spent as many local dollars on conserving their natural resources. I will try to continue our leadership in land conservation by encouraging my fellow councilors to support placing this $6 million land bond on the November ballot. To learn more about the land bond I invite residents to attend our upcoming Council Corner Live on Aug. 7 to learn more about the land bond – stay tuned for details."
#WaterIsLife #SaveTheMarshes #SaveTheFarms #Maine #SouthernMaine #LandTrust #LandConservation #BlueCarbon #SaveTheWetlands #SaltMarshes #ScarboroughMarsh #WebOfLife #Wetlands #SaveTheForests #PreserveNature #SolarPunkSunday
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The Drinking Water Crisis That North Carolina Ignored
For decades, #DuPont dumped toxic PFAS into North Carolina’s #CapeFearRiver. Today, the local community is suffering the health consequences—and fighting back.
June 7, 2021
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"The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (#NCDEQ) filed a lawsuit against #Chemours in 2017—but only in response to bad press—and last fall, the state attorney general filed another. And yet, North Carolina is currently reviewing its water quality standards, something it does every three years, but not one rule for PFAS pollution is even up for consideration. 'People know they’re being poisoned, but the state isn’t doing much about it,' Bell says.
"So residents have been taking matters into their own hands. In July 2018, #CapeFearRiverWatch, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (#SELC), sued the #NCDEQ to force Chemours to immediately stop polluting the Cape Fear River. The following month, the pair also filed a federal lawsuit against Chemours for violating the #CleanWaterAct and #ToxicSubstancesControlAct, but it was dropped later in the year as part of a $13 million #settlement among the NCDEQ, Cape Fear River Watch, and Chemours. The settlement resulted in a consent order that required Chemours to cease its discharges and add #scrubbers to its smokestacks to prevent airborne PFAS pollution. The outcome is a critical step in preventing future PFAS pollution, but NCDEQ has had to fine the company for not complying with the order, and its past contamination, still lingering in the #water, #soil, and peoples’ bodies, remains unaddressed."
Read more:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/drinking-water-crisis-north-carolina-ignored#PFASPollution #WaterIsLife
#OceansAreLife #PollutionRunoff #WebOfLife #SoilPollution #Cancer #AirPollution -
The Drinking Water Crisis That North Carolina Ignored
For decades, #DuPont dumped toxic PFAS into North Carolina’s #CapeFearRiver. Today, the local community is suffering the health consequences—and fighting back.
June 7, 2021
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"The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (#NCDEQ) filed a lawsuit against #Chemours in 2017—but only in response to bad press—and last fall, the state attorney general filed another. And yet, North Carolina is currently reviewing its water quality standards, something it does every three years, but not one rule for PFAS pollution is even up for consideration. 'People know they’re being poisoned, but the state isn’t doing much about it,' Bell says.
"So residents have been taking matters into their own hands. In July 2018, #CapeFearRiverWatch, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (#SELC), sued the #NCDEQ to force Chemours to immediately stop polluting the Cape Fear River. The following month, the pair also filed a federal lawsuit against Chemours for violating the #CleanWaterAct and #ToxicSubstancesControlAct, but it was dropped later in the year as part of a $13 million #settlement among the NCDEQ, Cape Fear River Watch, and Chemours. The settlement resulted in a consent order that required Chemours to cease its discharges and add #scrubbers to its smokestacks to prevent airborne PFAS pollution. The outcome is a critical step in preventing future PFAS pollution, but NCDEQ has had to fine the company for not complying with the order, and its past contamination, still lingering in the #water, #soil, and peoples’ bodies, remains unaddressed."
Read more:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/drinking-water-crisis-north-carolina-ignored#PFASPollution #WaterIsLife
#OceansAreLife #PollutionRunoff #WebOfLife #SoilPollution #Cancer #AirPollution -
The Drinking Water Crisis That North Carolina Ignored
For decades, #DuPont dumped toxic PFAS into North Carolina’s #CapeFearRiver. Today, the local community is suffering the health consequences—and fighting back.
June 7, 2021
[...]
"The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (#NCDEQ) filed a lawsuit against #Chemours in 2017—but only in response to bad press—and last fall, the state attorney general filed another. And yet, North Carolina is currently reviewing its water quality standards, something it does every three years, but not one rule for PFAS pollution is even up for consideration. 'People know they’re being poisoned, but the state isn’t doing much about it,' Bell says.
"So residents have been taking matters into their own hands. In July 2018, #CapeFearRiverWatch, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center (#SELC), sued the #NCDEQ to force Chemours to immediately stop polluting the Cape Fear River. The following month, the pair also filed a federal lawsuit against Chemours for violating the #CleanWaterAct and #ToxicSubstancesControlAct, but it was dropped later in the year as part of a $13 million #settlement among the NCDEQ, Cape Fear River Watch, and Chemours. The settlement resulted in a consent order that required Chemours to cease its discharges and add #scrubbers to its smokestacks to prevent airborne PFAS pollution. The outcome is a critical step in preventing future PFAS pollution, but NCDEQ has had to fine the company for not complying with the order, and its past contamination, still lingering in the #water, #soil, and peoples’ bodies, remains unaddressed."
Read more:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/drinking-water-crisis-north-carolina-ignored#PFASPollution #WaterIsLife
#OceansAreLife #PollutionRunoff #WebOfLife #SoilPollution #Cancer #AirPollution -
10 Things We’ve Learned About #PFAS in #CascoBay
Last updated: April 17, 2024
"Concerns about PFAS have surfaced as more of #Maine’s lands and waters are tested. Before 2023, no one had gathered samples from the marine waters of Casco Bay yet. Last year, #FriendsOfCascoBay and Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences partnered up to test for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Casco Bay. We’ve gathered the results from our first year of samples and have learned some interesting things about PFAS along the way.
1. We found PFAS at all 18 sites we sampled in Casco Bay in 2023.
2. Research shows PFAS to have serious and long-term health consequences.
3. PFAS have been manufactured since the 1940s.
Read more:
https://www.cascobay.org/10-things-weve-learned-about-pfas-in-casco-bay/#PFASPollution #WaterIsLife
#OceansAreLife #PollutionRunoff #WebOfLife #Maine #GulfOfMaine -
10 Things We’ve Learned About #PFAS in #CascoBay
Last updated: April 17, 2024
"Concerns about PFAS have surfaced as more of #Maine’s lands and waters are tested. Before 2023, no one had gathered samples from the marine waters of Casco Bay yet. Last year, #FriendsOfCascoBay and Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences partnered up to test for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Casco Bay. We’ve gathered the results from our first year of samples and have learned some interesting things about PFAS along the way.
1. We found PFAS at all 18 sites we sampled in Casco Bay in 2023.
2. Research shows PFAS to have serious and long-term health consequences.
3. PFAS have been manufactured since the 1940s.
Read more:
https://www.cascobay.org/10-things-weve-learned-about-pfas-in-casco-bay/#PFASPollution #WaterIsLife
#OceansAreLife #PollutionRunoff #WebOfLife #Maine #GulfOfMaine -
10 Things We’ve Learned About #PFAS in #CascoBay
Last updated: April 17, 2024
"Concerns about PFAS have surfaced as more of #Maine’s lands and waters are tested. Before 2023, no one had gathered samples from the marine waters of Casco Bay yet. Last year, #FriendsOfCascoBay and Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences partnered up to test for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Casco Bay. We’ve gathered the results from our first year of samples and have learned some interesting things about PFAS along the way.
1. We found PFAS at all 18 sites we sampled in Casco Bay in 2023.
2. Research shows PFAS to have serious and long-term health consequences.
3. PFAS have been manufactured since the 1940s.
Read more:
https://www.cascobay.org/10-things-weve-learned-about-pfas-in-casco-bay/#PFASPollution #WaterIsLife
#OceansAreLife #PollutionRunoff #WebOfLife #Maine #GulfOfMaine -
10 Things We’ve Learned About #PFAS in #CascoBay
Last updated: April 17, 2024
"Concerns about PFAS have surfaced as more of #Maine’s lands and waters are tested. Before 2023, no one had gathered samples from the marine waters of Casco Bay yet. Last year, #FriendsOfCascoBay and Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences partnered up to test for per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Casco Bay. We’ve gathered the results from our first year of samples and have learned some interesting things about PFAS along the way.
1. We found PFAS at all 18 sites we sampled in Casco Bay in 2023.
2. Research shows PFAS to have serious and long-term health consequences.
3. PFAS have been manufactured since the 1940s.
Read more:
https://www.cascobay.org/10-things-weve-learned-about-pfas-in-casco-bay/#PFASPollution #WaterIsLife
#OceansAreLife #PollutionRunoff #WebOfLife #Maine #GulfOfMaine -
There are only two possibilities: either we embrace diversity or perish. But many now deny the former.
#diversity #world #people #society #war #peace #sustainability #us #philosophy #wayofliving #invitation #power #history #education #fediverse