Hi im Rain and this is my ecology/nature related blog! |24|
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Expanding a bit on the post I just reblogged, I absolutely HATE how a surprisingly large portion of the population now thinks that feminism is synonymous with being a "girlboss". The idea that working some kind of professional job and being successful at it is the only way to do feminism is insane. People will literally say "feminism has failed us" or "I'm giving up on feminism" when they're unhappy with their jobs. Babes idk how to explain this to you but that is not a problem with feminism that is a problem with your job. You don't need a rich man to provide for you while you take care of the kids you need a goddamn union and some paid leave
Your boring, mowed lawn is ugly as shit btw
the two genders are “i no longer wish to be perceived” and “i have to be the most fuckable person at the grocery store”
So this is a really creative solution to a pernicious ecological problem! The short version is that arid ecosystems like deserts are quite fragile. For example, many have soil that is covered in a thin biocrust that can be damaged just by walking or driving on it. And because life needs water to grow and recover, these super-dry ecosystems may not be able to repair a footprint or tire track for over a century.
However, arid ecosystems are often some of the least understood because they can be difficult to access. And they suffer from P.R. issues because deserts are often seen as "bad" ecosystems full of death and nothingness, and because we do legitimately want to avoid the desertification of other native habitats.
In order to raise awareness and appreciation of these landscapes, biological surveys that tally the living beings found there help show how biodiverse they can be. And when we know more about how abundant or scarce a given species there is, it gives us more impetus to protect them, especially those that are at risk of extinction.
These paramotorists were able to fly across Peru's lomas (coastal fog deserts), which primarily receive scant amounts of moisture from mist. They collected plant samples to take back to scientists, carefully recording where they were found. And because they were able to fly long distances, they could minimize the amount of time their feet were on the ground and therefore minimize their impact on the local ecology.
At a time where it seems every interaction between motorized technology and nature is a negative one, this is a pleasant departure. yes, of course we wish we weren't in a place where we have to be worried about increasing extinction and other ecological woes. But let's take the wins where we can; the morale boost is crucial to being able to keep looking toward a better future.
Other Important Survival Skills & Information
For whatever reason you’re here, knowing survival skills can save your life or your character’s life (especially for those writers out there that are researching this topic).
Basic Rules If You Are Lost And Alone In The Wilderness
Basic Wilderness Survival Skills
Celestial Navigation & Land Navigation - Navigation without a Compass
Finding True North Without a Compass
Telling Time Without A Clock: Scandinavian Daymarks
Wilderness Survival - Field-Expedient Direction Finding
Wilderness Survival - Contact With People
Wilderness Survival - Clouds: Foretellers Of Weather
Wilderness Survival - Camouflage
Wilderness Survival - Sea Survival
Wilderness Survival - Cold Weather Survival
Wilderness Survival - Tropical Survival
Wilderness Survival - Desert Survival
Wilderness Survival - Field-Expedient Weapons, Tools, And Equipment
Wilderness Survival - Psychology of Survival
Wilderness Survival - Signaling Techniques
Morse Code
The Survivalist - Survival Gear: Make Your Own Signal Whistle
The Survivalist - Survival Skills: Signal Whistle Codes
The Survivalist - Survival Gear: How To Make A Compass
The Survivalist - Survival Skills: Folk Wisdom Weather Predictors
The Survivalist - How To Make Rope From Natural Fibers
The Survivalist - Tying Knots That Work
The Survivalist - More Knots That Work
The Survivalist - How To Make Your Own Tick And Bug Repellent
The Survivalist - How To Make A Toothbrush In The Field
The Survivalist - Insulate You Clothes To Survive The Cold
The Survivalist - Survival Skills: Find Natural Toilet Paper
Going To The Bathroom In The Woods 101
How To Go In The Woods
Plants That Repel Mosquitoes
One Green Planet - DIY Natural Insect Repellent
Preventing Bug Bites In The Woods
Homemade Natural Bug Spray Recipes
Bushcraft Camp Hygiene
Wilderness Hygiene
Preparing For Your First Year Trip — Wilderness Living
Camping and Cramping: How To Handle Your Period While You Enjoy The Great Outdoors
Hiking While Menstruating?
What Did Women Use For Menstruation In Europe and America From 1700 - 1900, And Probably Earlier?
Menstruation, Menstrual Hygiene and Woman’s Health in Ancient Egypt
Survival: Animal Attacks
How to Survive Wild Animal Attacks
I think it’s incredibly fucked how capitalism discourages learning for learning’s sake. People will have interests they’ve spent years researching then say it’s “useless knowledge” bc it didn’t go towards a college degree and isn’t part of their job. Learning is never useless! Your brain is growing and developing throughout your whole life! People would never have epiphanies or sudden lightening strikes of creativity if they weren’t learning new things! That goes double for topics like science, politics, and history, which inform your understanding of the world you live in!
some Hakea prostrata shots courtesy of my new phones macro camera!
Aruncus sylvester or goat’s beard
boooooooo i hate when educational nature videos call animals that dont do crazy shit "primitive". a slug isnt primitive. it literally does not need to be any more than what it already is. why would a slug need agriculture or complex forms of communication. it has no need for what we think of as "advanced". it loves to eat dead leaf and sleep in flower pot. a slug is so cool
Just discovered while researching Blue Jays for a commission that due to climate change, the Blue Jays' range has been expanding... which has led to instances of hybridization with Steller's Jays as their ranges overlap??
Look at you!! You are so goddamn pretty and cute!?
Cañon Pintado National Historic District, CO (No. 3)
Please Be Kind To The Rock Art
Be a friend of the past. Do not walk on boulders with Rock Art or dislodge any rocks from canyon walls.
Rock Art is a fragile and unique vestige of our Native American Heritage.
Time and weather have caused much of the treasure to disappear but the greatest destroyer of all is the vandal who defaces, chalks, and chips.
Cherish and preserve this legacy that is hundreds and, in some cases, over a thousand years old.
Principal rock art in the Rangely area is located along two corridors; Canyon Pintado (State Hwy 139) and Dragon Road (County Rd. 23, White Ave. in Rangely).
The local rock art originated from two peoples; Fremont and Ute.
The Canyon Pintado Historic District comprises eight marked sites along State Hwy 139. By starting in Rangely, travel east on Highway 64 then turn right on Highway 139 and travel south. Sites are well marked with roadway markers. For a self-guided tour, be sure and pick up a brochure when you’re in town or click on the link below for a printer-friendly map.
The Canyon Pintado Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located in northwest Colorado in the Douglas Valley south of Rangely. Canyon Pintado (Painted Canyon) has been occupied by prehistoric people for as long as 11,000 years and was repeatedly visited by a variety of cultures throughout its long history. One culture that left a visible mark on the Canyon was the Fremont. The Canyon provides the largest concentration of Fremont archaeological sites along the Dinosaur Diamond. More than fifty archaeological sites in the Canyon Pintado District were the handiwork of Fremont-age peoples. The Canyon Pintado Historic District features eight marked sites along Highway 139 south of Rangely. The sites feature petroglyphs and pictographs on the sheer sandstone walls that were left by Fremont and Ute civilizations long before Europeans explored the West.
Why did the Native Americans inscribe petroglyphs and paint pictographs on the sheer sandstone walls in so many places around Rangely and the West? Were they doodle, religious scripture, boundaries, events, hunting maps, memories, leaders, ghosts?
No one knows for sure, but studying these mysterious messages from civilizations long past may trigger your imagination and give you a feel for the history that you probably can’t fully experience in any museum.
Rock art was applied to the stone in two ways. A petroglyph is a drawing that has been “pecked”, or rubbed into the rock. The artist pecked an image by repeatedly tapping on the rock surface with another stone. A pictograph was painted onto the rock using pigments from animals, plants or minerals. In rare cases, early artists would use both methods for a single image.
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Not to sound like a fuckin hippie but please for the love of god start noticing and appreciating the natural world around you. You don’t have to go hike the entire Appalachian trail or anything and I get that not everyone has access to the outdoors for various reasons, but just fucking … look around you when you’re outside. Notice the sky and the sun and the birds and creatures. Start caring about them. I’m begging you.
did u know ur cute
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getting emotional over this painting of p. onca mesembrina. someone, sometime, perceived this gigantic beautiful thing. someone saw this gorgeous cat, alive, and they saw it was red. these people were intimately familiar with other jaguar subspecies, so much so as to leave for us drawings of yellow jaguars as well. this was not a mistake. they knew that yellow jaguars were yellow, and they knew damn well that the giant jaguar, mesembrina, was red. how lucky we are to see such a magnificent animal through the eyes of our ancestors. what a beautiful gift those long dead people have given us, to show us something about this creature we could have never known otherwise; it was red.