#naturalworld — Public Fediverse posts

Yet, despite all the valid criticism they get on every toot, like..

- we don't want #MassSurveillance masquerading as #protecting children" to be rolled out
- we want the #EU to push back hard against the #fascist #regime in the #US & the #FarRight BS in the #EU
- we don't need #AI #datacenters but clean air, water, & conservation of the #NaturalWorld
- we want #EU politicians to stop sucking up to weird #sociopath #billionaries who are hellbent to oppress & exploit us and to destroy #democracy

How the #Amish Let #Technology in Without Letting It Take Over

After three years studying the community, I came to see that the real question isn't what technology can do, but what it asks us to give up.

By: Lindsay Ems, July 27, 2026

Excerpt: "I first began studying the Amish in 2012 as a doctoral researcher of media studies at Indiana University, located within a few hours of settlements in Elkhart, LaGrange, and Daviess counties. Going into the project, I knew what most everyone else did: that the Amish prized simple living, communal values, and religious discipline, while resisting certain technologies such as cars, TV, and electricity. In my initial conversations with Amish leaders, they told me that they were worried that new technology might diminish the sense of purpose people in their communities feel. They worried that new communication tools, such as smartphones and social media, would disrupt rituals, traditions, and their established communication patterns. Above all, they wanted to preserve their shared culture in which each person felt spiritually connected to their neighbors and the #NaturalWorld."

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"In Joe’s settlement, the #BlackBoxPhone was developed in response to a very specific social problem: Roughly 100 crews left the settlement daily for their construction jobs and needed a way to communicate while away from home. At the same time, several ministers believed that the cell phones already adopted by many community members should be abandoned. They worried that private text messages could facilitate extramarital relationships. And #smartphones, they feared, tempted users to access unfiltered, immoral content such as pornography, which could undermine human intimacy.

"The black-box phone, by contrast, was a happy medium that posed threats to community members’ social and spiritual health. Its design reflects that: The phone is an intentionally bulked-up contraption that enables mobile communications from a vehicle but is highly inconvenient to carry. It only allows public, audible conversations — no texting or internet access. It is also shared among the crew members. Ministers in the settlement hoped that adopting these devices would make individual cell phone ownership among their constituents unnecessary.

"As a substitute for cell phones, the black-box phone is a distinctively Amish modification of an existing technology that better aligns with their values. It forces public communicative arrangements, allowing peers to hold each other accountable for their actions. Additionally, this device enables the Amish to achieve their goals and adhere to their social norms without submitting to the individualizing, privatizing, and attention-fragmenting logic of #BigTech."

Read more:
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-amish-let-technology-in-without-letting-it-take-over/

#SolarPunkSunday #LowTech #LoTech #SmartPhoneAddiction #TechAddiction #Communication #Luddite #Connections #ConnectingWithCommunity #ConnectingWithNature

The #HonourableHarvest: Guiding Principles to Restoring Our Relationship to the #NaturalWorld

Apr 12, 2021

"We need acts of #restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world. We need to restore honor to the way we live, so that when we walk through the world we don’t have to avert our eyes with shame, so that we can hold our heads up high and receive the respectful acknowledgment of the rest of the earth’s beings."

by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Author, Environmental Educator, & Plant Ecologist

https://thegaiaproject.ca/en/the-honourable-harvest-guiding-principles-to-restoring-our-relationship-to-the-natural-world/

#SolarPunkSunday #Haudenosaunee #RegenerativeAgriculture #NaturalWorld #Restoration #LandIsLife #WaterIsLife #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

A small, black and reddish insect.
#Insect, #Fly, #Diptera, #Bug, #Macro, #Nature, #GreenLeaf, #PlantLife, #SmallInsect, #Entomology, #Wildlife, #CloseUp, #TinyCreature, #Garden, #Outdoor, #Fauna, #Arthropod, #LeafTexture, #VibrantGreen, #NaturalWorld, #InsectsOfInstagram, #BugLife, #MicroWorld, #Pest, #BeneficialInsect, #Ecosystem, #Ecology, #Summer, #Spring, #MacroPhotography, #Details, #Pattern, #Veins, #Foliage, #Botany, #Horticulture, #Diurnal, #FlyingInsect, #CuteBug, #Critter

From 2021: Guide to the Growing World of #NatureBasedLearning

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of us more than we can ever learn from books.”
John Lubbock

Excerpt: "Inspired by the Scandinavian embrace of #OutdoorLearning, the #ForestSchool movement migrated to the UK in the 1990s and has grown strongly ever since. In the US, the first nature-based preschool, the #NewCanaanNatureCenter, opened in 1967 in #Connecticut. The pace of nature-based preschools was gradual until, many say, after the publication of #RichardLouv’s #LastChildInTheWoods in 2005. Soon after, the growth of these schools went wild, experiencing a 25-fold increase over the past decade.

"Around the world, the forest school movement has also been growing strong. Whether you find forest schools in the UK, #BushKindys in #Australia, #waldkindergarten in #Germany or #MoriNoIe in #Japan, forest schools can be found in dozens of countries as parents and caretakers seek out the benefits of nature for their children, particularly for the early childhood years."

https://www.childhoodbynature.com/guide-to-the-growing-world-of-nature-based-learning/

#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #Stewardship #NaturalWorld #LearningThrougNature #TechAddiction #SmartPhoneAddiction #GreenTime #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime

Infinite Horizons https://fineartamerica.com/featured/infinite-horizons-a-voyage-of-imagination-olena-art.html?newartwork=true

captivating seascape painting titled "Infinite Horizons" with a majestic sailing ship under a vibrant sky.
seascapeart artwork #vibrantcolors #sailing #majestic #naturewonders #dreamlike #brushstroke #perpetualchange #radiantglow #naturalworld #InfiniteHorizons #art #painting #olenaart #lenaowens @FineArtAmerica
Sailing Through Time and Space and endless possibilities with "Infinite Horizons”.

#WaterfallWednesday #WaterWednesday

#BridalVeilFalls in #Alberta - shot on past documentary filming road trip.

A set of multiple #frozen #waterfalls - fed by #HuntingtonGlacier on #CirrusMountain in #Canadian #Rockies . It drains into #NigelCreek then #SaskatchewanRiver at Big Bend on #IcefieldParkway .

#RockyMountains #SightsToSee #GlacierFed #GlacialBlue #Winter #BelowZero #Jasper #RoadTrip #FromMyArchive #WorldInMyEyes #MyPerspective #Nature #NaturalWorld #water

I loved this #mossy covered #log that makes this little #forest #creek look even more interesting 🥰 The air smelled SO GOOD there.

#Mosstodon #nature #Wsanec #Saanich #Saanich #ecosystems #biodiversity #ecology #SeenOnMyHikes #WorldInMyEyes #YYJhikes #DayHikes #DisabledHiker #AdventuresWithACane #ILoveNature #ProtectWhatYouLove #vanisle #moss #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #NaturalWorld #GratitudeForNature #FrancisKingPark #CRDParks