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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #forest, aggregated by home.social.

  1. #Finland orders halt to work on two #Google #datacentres

    by Florence Freeman, October 6, 2026

    Excerpt: "Finnish authorities have ordered a halt to building work at two planned Google data centres amid concerns over the clearance of more than 300 hectares of #forest.

    "The sites form part of Google's record €13bn (£11bn; $15bn) investment in Finland, announced less than a month ago and described by the company as its largest single investment in Europe.
    The Finnish Supervisory Agency ( #LVV ) said work at one site was carried out without a mandatory #EnvironmentalImpactAssessment and ordered measures that would 'significantly alter the environment' to be suspended by 23 October.

    "Google said it had 'fallen short of our own high standards in this instance' and would follow the agency's guidance.
    The orders relate to preparatory work carried out at the planned data centre sites in #Muhos and #Kajaani.

    "According to LVV's head of environment Tommi Muilu, work at the sites included the removal of trees and topsoil, the construction of site roads and storage areas, and changes to ditches.
    #TuikeFinland, the company behind Google's data centre projects, has been asked to provide an explanation and set out how it intends to proceed by 14 October. The agency said it could begin 'enforcement proceedings' if the company failed to comply with its demand.

    "Hanna Halmeenpaa, chair of the Finnish Association for #NatureConservation, had previously told the AFP news agency that ' #NatureSites which should be preserved' had been felled. The conservation group had previously called for work to be halted while the environmental requirements were examined."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cvj6jkx6

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/sKxA7

    #EnvironmentalDamage #ProtectTheForest #NoDatacentres #GoogleDatacenters #NoDatacenters #ProtectNature #BigTech #LandIsLife

  2. #Waldspaziergang heute Abend

    Die Natur sieht schon aus wie Herbst, das Licht sieht aus wie Herbst, aber der warme Nieselregen fühlte sich an wie Sommer.

    A #walk in the #woods tonight

    Nature already looks like fall, the light looks like fall, but the warm drizzle felt like summer.

    #heute #Wald #Natur #Jahreszeiten #Herbst #Sommer #Nieselregen #today #forest #nature #seasons #fall #autumn #summer #drizzle

  3. 🧵1/4
    August 8, 1983: The first climb was a bear, even compared to the rest of the trail in this park. By the time I reached the ridge crest I was exhausted, and I had only come little more than a mile. It was depressing. I had the idea in the back of my mind that one or two days of hiking would restore all the conditioning lost in those few days at home.

    #backpacking #hiking #landscapephotography #nature #NewYork #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

  4. Moss-covered rocks in Puzzlewood, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
    © Fulcanelli_AOS/Getty Images
    #forest #England #Mosstodon #photography

  5. Test your #botany / #tree / #forest knowledge.

    Do you recognize the tree? (grows in Europe)
    Click the link to find out if you were right! If not: please do reply with the tree species you thought it was!

    Herken jij de boom op de foto's? Klik de link om te kijken of je het goed had!

    bomengids.nl/l/sp/118.html
    posted by #bomengidsnlbot

  6. Seasons Change

    Plunge Pool, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut, three pics from 2025: April 30, June 4 and September 26.

    #hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #mountains #nature #Connecticut #spring #summer #autumn #forest #trail #pond

  7. 🧵1/3
    July 4, 1983: The first half-mile from the hut this morning climbed along the crest of the ridge forming the western rim of the ravine. This led to an interesting summit called Blackrock. It rose above the wooded ridge crest, a huge, barren mound of gray boulders smeared liberally with streaks of green paint.

    #backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Virginia #mountains #nature #forest #nationalparks #AppalachianTrail

  8. Test your #botany / #tree / #forest knowledge.

    Do you recognize the tree? (grows in Europe)
    Click the link to find out if you were right! If not: please do reply with the tree species you thought it was!

    Herken jij de boom op de foto's? Klik de link om te kijken of je het goed had!

    bomengids.nl/l/sp/203.html
    posted by #bomengidsnlbot

  9. The kids take long forest walks and send me photos. Yesterday they found a tree frog. I love them so. #siblings #friends #forest #photography #fall #music #bloomscrolling

  10. When I say “meet me outside under the trees”

    I mean *under* the trees

    #forest #imWald #bosque

  11. This one is inspired by half-joke (?) poster I saw here, with #bison attacking human and text "Do not pet fluffy cows". I tried to make something like postcard (or pictures on these fridge magnets in tourist shops), with #forest, maybe mountains, rock or something similar? and, in my case, European bison.

    #drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource

  12. Turning towards autumn, overlooking Plunge Pool, White Memorial Foundation, Morris, Connecticut. October 12, 2023, 2:34 PM.

    #hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #autumn #forest #mountains #autumnvibes #lake

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