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Hamish Campbell

Web search is a cesspit of algorithm-driven propaganda

The #dotcons have turned web searches into a cesspit of algorithm-driven propaganda. What was a tool for discovery and connection is now a tightly controlled funnel, pushing people towards preordained narratives and commercialized echo chambers. Nowhere is this more obvious than on Google, the go-to gatekeeper of information, where what you find is shaped not by the richness of human knowledge, but by whatever serves the interests of those with power and capital. This isn't just an […]

hamishcampbell.com/web-searche

hamishcampbell.comWeb search is a cesspit of algorithm-driven propaganda – Hamish Campbell
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#4opens#closedweb#digitalcommons
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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

who can #rewild acres of land, but it makes more of a difference than you may realize. You may just be creating a place where a #pollinating insect flying by can get some nectar, or lay her eggs. Moreover, by planting #NativeSpecies you're showing your neighbors these plants can be just as beautiful as non-native ornamentals, and they may follow suit.

In a time when #HabitatLoss is the single biggest cause

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DoomsdaysCW

8 Cities #Rewilding Their Urban Spaces

by Linnea Harris, Jun 15, 2021

"In the midst of a massive, global loss of nature, cities around the world are finding ways to protect and expand open spaces and '#rewild' their communities.

"Between 2001 and 2017, the United States alone lost 24 million acres of natural area – or the equivalent of nine Grand Canyon national parks – largely due to housing sprawl, agriculture, energy development, and other anthropogenic factors, according to a 2019 Reuters report. Every day, 6,000 acres of open space – parks, forests, farms, grasslands, ranches, streams, and rivers – are converted for other uses.

"Rewilding restores an area to its original, uncultivated state, shifting away from the centuries-long practice of controlling and managing nature for human need. It incorporates both the old and the new, allowing wildness to reclaim an area and/or incorporating new elements of architectural or landscape design, like growing greenery on the facades of buildings.

"The practice of rewilding is frequently carried out in wild areas; many projects aim to restore biodiversity in an ecosystem, often by reintroducing animal species that are high on the food chain, which in turn stabilizes lower species. One of the most famous cases of rewilding is the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995.

"Cities too have begun rewilding; but, although these were spaces were once as wild as Yellowstone, introducing apex predators to New York City or Tokyo might not be the best method for success. Rewilding in urban areas might instead include reintroducing native plant species, building parks on empty lots, incorporating more biophilic design when building new structures, or simply allowing nature to reclaim space. A major draw to rewilding in urban areas is the proven positive impact of nature on human health – particularly for city-dwellers with less access to outdoor spaces."

Read more:
ecowatch.com/cities-rewilding-
#RewildingCities #GreenCities #Greenspace #SolarPunkSunday

EcoWatch · 8 Cities Rewilding Their Urban Spaces - EcoWatchIn the midst of a massive, global loss of nature, cities around the world are finding ways to protect and expand open spaces and "rewild" their communities. Between 2001 and 2017, the United States alone lost 24 million acres of natural area – or the equivalent of nine Grand Canyon national parks – largely due to housing sprawl...
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DoomsdaysCW

#Rhinos translocated to #Zululand amid world’s largest #rewilding project

Game reserve in Zululand takes delivery of several rhinos as part of #RhinoRewild initiative

Tracey Turner, December 20, 2024

"In what is reported to be part of the largest rewilding project in the world, a northern Zululand game reserve recently welcomed several southern white rhinos to its fold.

"This latest translocation is the year-end culmination in this 10-year rewilding project, now in its second year, which aims to relocate over 2 000 rhinos across Africa.

"The relocation formed part of African Parks’ Rhino #Rewild initiative in the NPO’s bid to rescue the species from the brink of #extinction.

"This rewilding effort will supplement the reserve’s existing rhino population with new genetics, with all rhinos dehorned before their translocation [sad that has to happen].

"'We are proud to be receiving a number of white rhinos from African Parks in terms of their rhino rewilding programme,' said the chairperson of the receiving reserve, which cannot be named for protection of the rhino population.

"The project is a successful collaboration between #WeWildAfrica and the #WildlifeEmergencyFund."

citizen.co.za/zululand-observe

Zululand Observer · WATCH: Rhinos translocated to Zululand amid world's largest rewilding project | Zululand ObserverGame reserve in Zululand takes delivery of several rhinos as part of Rhino Rewild initiative
#RewildingAfrica#RewildingZululand#SolarPunkSunday
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Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)

All spring, summer & fall, I've been working to rewild a patch of my yard. (Landscapers rewilded two other patches, but this one is all mine.) I pulled invasive species, turned a dead bush into a wood pile, pulled up old landscaping fabric, & researched native plants. Today was the final step it had all led up to: sowing the seeds.

It feels like an incantation, casting these tiny seeds on a steep hill that is not ideal. It feels absurd that it could work.

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#Climate #rewild #native #plants

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DoomsdaysCW

via @verdantsquare

Alaska Tribes Appeal to International Body to Pause “Reckless” Canadian #Mining

Canada ordered the tribes be denied “participating #Nation status,” diminishing their say in the permitting process.

By Joaqlin Estus , #ICT

August 8, 2024

#Earthjustice and Re:wild join the 15 tribes that make up the commission in asking Canada to recognize the sovereign rights of Alaska tribes and consult them on all development decisions impacting their traditional territories.

Anchorage, Alaska — "A group of Southeast Alaska tribes requested on Aug. 1 that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights order a temporary pause on Canadian mining activity. They say 'reckless' mining activity violates their #HumanRights.

"That came after Canada’s Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship ordered on June 27 that the tribes be denied 'participating Nation status,'' which has the effect of diminishing their say in the permitting process.

"Lee Wagner, who is #Haida, #Tlingit and #Tsimshian, and the assistant executive director of the #Southeast =Alaska #Indigenous Transboundary Commission, said the 15 tribes in the commission did everything they could to prove their ties to Canadian lands where #GoldMining is proposed. They won a lawsuit at the Canadian Supreme Court saying tribes with traditional ties to territory within Canada qualify for participating #IndigenousNation status. That status would require agencies to consult with and accommodate them in the permitting process.

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"[Lee Wagner] said the mines are for gold, a luxury, 'They’re not a necessity, but they’re going to be endangering a whole #ecosystem and biodiverse, cultural, old, traditional, beautiful area.'

"The commission said the #UnukRiver watershed, which supports #salmon and #eulachon runs, is at stake. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the eulachon run nearly disappeared and was shut down in 2005. In 2021 the fishery was opened again but harvest was restricted to one five-gallon bucket per household."

Read more:
truthout.org/articles/alaska-t

#FirstNations #Canada #Alaska #ReWild #CulturalGenocide #GoldMine #MiningWithoutConsent
#ProtectTheSacred #Ecocide #NativeAmericanNews #IndigenousNews #NoMiningWithoutConsent #CorporateColonialism #Colonialism

Truthout · Alaska Tribes Appeal to International Body to Pause “Reckless” Canadian MiningCanada ordered the tribes be denied “participating Nation status,” diminishing their say in the permitting process.
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Mark

Backpack-wearing #dogs are being enlisted to “act like #wolves” to help #rewild an urban nature reserve in the East Sussex town of Lewes.

Before wolves were persecuted to #extinction in the #UK in about 1760, they were known to roam large areas

Wolves would inadvertently pick up #wildflower & #grass #seeds in their fur, dispersing them many miles away helping establish new colonies of plants, which is vital for #biodiversity & #ecosystems to thrive

theguardian.com/environment/ar

The Guardian · Backpack-wearing dogs enlisted to rewild urban nature reserve in LewesBy Ellen McNally
#Rewilding
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SubtleBlade ⚔️

Work starts to #rewild former #cattle #farm - BBC News -

#Ecologists have started work to turn a former livestock farm into a #NatureReserve.

#Derbyshire Wildlife Trust hopes the land attached to Common Farm in Nether Heage will become a "mosaic of habitats" for insects, birds and mammals.
bbc.com/news/articles/c728ze77
#UK #Rewilding

www.bbc.comWork starts to rewild former cattle farmIt is hoped the land attached to Common Farm in Nether Heage will become a "mosaic of habitats".
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Ms. Que Banh

5 years ago, this spot was just useless colonial lawn. Now, it's full of #biodiversity & attracts multiple pollinators, birds & beneficial insects. There's lots of buttercups, nettles, clovers, miner's lettuce, wild violets, sedges, buckwheat & tall grasses growing now. You can even see some self seeded chive flowers in background.

#Rewilding takes longtime, consistent efforts, over a few years. It's worth the time & effort! Rewilding is one way that I actively & personally contribute, locally, to essential #ClimateAction 🙌 I believe in living true to your core values & ethics. I love hearing/seeing/discussing #rewild subjects with folks - offline or online 😀

#Saanich#GrowPlantsNotLawns#Nature
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