"This one-hectare rooftop oasis has become one of the largest places for animals to touch down, uninterrupted by chemicals and humans, from Monterey Bay all the way to Marin – a distance of about 190 kilometres.
"Though the living roof is small in comparison to other whole-landscape #rewilding projects, the hidden secrets and history of this patch of green hold inspiration and lessons for small-scale rewilding efforts in cities everywhere."
The toilet and the sink are gone, as well as the 1980's tile. The vintage 1935 yellow tub will be restored.
The primary color will be jade green with accents of yellow and darker green. I had assumed the tub was a lost cause, but I found a match on my first try!
I have spec'd 13 different types of tiles in different colors and patterns. Man, leaning hard on my engineering skills when dealing with the amount of tile in a 1930's bathroom!
Yes, we have a contractor doing the work, thank goodness. I know my limits.
...to recommend someone in my family who is into gardening, sustainable farming, forest farming, rewilding, permaculture, native plants — and also photography. Geographically, North America anywhere proximate to the eastern US/Canadian border would be preferable, so Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, New York.
"Australia now has about 100 ecological communities at risk."
"Australia is an enormous contributor to global biodiversity loss. A recent study found 97 species in Australia have now gone extinct since British colonisation in 1788, with roughly 10% of all native mammal species gone forever. The numbers would be higher if invertebrate losses were included."
"What happened here? These forests have been subject to decades of intensive clearfell logging, as well extensive cutting dating back to the late 1920s."
"Our analysis found nearly 70% of these forest communities are already either severely disturbed by fire and logging or exist within 70 metres of severely disturbed areas."
"If the project seems small-scale, in one sense it is: the conservationists here are working not to return wolves to the hillsides but rather larvae to the undersides of leaves.
"And yet the journey to this point has been a long and trying one, shedding a light on the over-caution that still fetters ecological #restoration in a world that seems to be changing far more quickly than many human minds."
"Everything that birds really need is provided by a healthy ecosystem: berries, seeds, insects and other invertebrates.
"It’s diversity that makes for a well-planned bird garden, which is very different from what many people have always done: put seeds in a feeder and call it a day."
darba procesā neierasts objekts un materiāls - ādas tapete. domāsim, kā saudzīgāk noņemt zaļo krāsu no oriģinālā zeltījuma. 19.gs. otrā puse #Restaurācija#Restoration
Super slow start to this #segaswing#restoration project. I FINALLY have all of the connectors, pins, & wires to start on the harness repair. Disassembling the game to give it a thorough cleaning. #arcadeproject
New newsletter alert! Saving superb fairywrens, restoring the soil and gardening the forest, plus a book packed with inspiring stories of wildlife recovery.
Tā Tipene O’Regan, 87 years old, leaned into his carved walking stick and reached down to a large wooden box. He paused a second, then slowly lifted the lid. Out shot the hefty body of a bright turquoise bird, legs windmilling, launching from its cage like a football from a slingshot....
Climate change is an immediate threat to the majority of the world's population.
We need a local, regional, state, national, and international "moon shot" type of concentration of effort using available resources while developing and advancing new science and technologies to counteract the damage humans have caused.
Without this type of all-out, universal cooperation, human civilization, and perhaps humanity itself, are in imminent danger of extinction.
#Rewilding and #ecosystem#restoration projects may not suit zealots who believe only directly removing #carbon from the #atmosphere is beneficial for #ClimateChange mitigation but such efforts fit perfectly in an Everything, Everywhere, All at Once strategy because #decarbonization is only one goal we need to achieve, not the only goal.
[News] Prehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wild (www.theguardian.com)
Tā Tipene O’Regan, 87 years old, leaned into his carved walking stick and reached down to a large wooden box. He paused a second, then slowly lifted the lid. Out shot the hefty body of a bright turquoise bird, legs windmilling, launching from its cage like a football from a slingshot....