#the ecologist

[harrypotterhousequotes]

GRYFFINDOR: “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” --Penny Bright (The Ecologist)

[thatwaywardwolf]

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.

Tyr and Foresti, probably.

[dreamboat4000]

Black absence in green spaces

People of colour in the west spend significantly less time in nature, an absence rooted in traumas of racism and loss.

[ml-pnp]

Ex-Archbishop Rowan Williams Joins Calls for Green Uprising

The former Archbishop of Canterbury has joined calls for an uprising to protest against the "global emergency" of climate change.

[mirrorontheworld]

A new study finds that the Roundup herbicide disrupts the hormonal system of rats at low levels at which it's meant to produce no adverse effects. By the same mechanism it may be causing the potentially fatal condition of 'adrenal insufficiency' in humans.

[catherinewillis]

[benvironment]

A nice quick article from The Ecologist concerning the wisdom of siting our windfarms out of sight and out of sound.  Worth reading in full but this gets to the crux of the matter for me:

"In trying to deal with an issue that has come about due to our disregard of the natural world we live in, we have fallen again into an entirely human centric approach, our hands on our wallets and our eyes on our favorite picnic spots. This is, of course, understandable. Money is tight, and the beauty of our countryside important.

But, as wind farms will continue to be built, the result is that they are moved to areas where land is cheap, and human habitation scarce. Unfortunately, these tend also to be the areas where biodiversity is rich, and endangered species populous. In trying to keep renewable energy as inconspicuous and inconsequential as possible, we end up blighting the very thing we set out to protect."

Click on the title for the full story.