gaurikund.: Attraction-Magnetic effect of our emotions

Law of Attraction

We hear quite a lot about this phrase. Post my brain tumor operation, the surgeon must have put in something "out of the box". I am going to make good use of it. After all, immobility is not the end of the world. Thus, I have thinking about law of attraction.
It is a great thing, that the phrase is only used in the positive context. There is a folk tale from the great Red Indian Cherokee tribe about two wolves within each one of us, the good and bad wolf. There is a constant fight between them. Who survives? The one which we feed. The one that we dont starves to death. Applying this to every aspect of our life makes our life worthwhile every breath.

Earth is a magnetic field. All earthlings have earth in them. They thus have some magnetic power in them. According to the Scriptures, we are made up of five elements, Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether.
Every thought, speech and action can attract good or bad consequences. Good triumphs over the evil. Thus what we receive is always good. With positive thoughts, speech and action, good is strengthened and further empowered to triumph. It is said, what we throw out into the world comes back to us. Maybe, the intensity of our thought accelerates the reaction.
It is always in our own interest, that we must always be kind to all be it human or animal. Whatever we do will attract reaction according to our intent.
W always insist on positive thoughts. This will attract good things our way.
Lord Jesus Christ had said, "ask and thou shalt receive". In the Vedic religions, celestial beings and angels roams around us, unseen and they only say, "So be it", Thathaastu. When we wish negative, someday and in some way, we will have to pay the price.
What about butchering, slaughtering, torturing innocents' lives? That too, can attract, for sure. What would that attract? Killing innocent animals for food or sport or fun, Wouldnt that attract? The pathetic cries, of the animals? Some Great Being, Mother Earth must be hearing and feeling saddened. Why?
The best creature designed to protect other earthlings is out to destroy the entire planet! Isnt it akin to creating a robot to help clean the house, destroys the house and its inmates?
Let us just look at a few images:-
1)the ones where the planet is visited and used by humans
and
2)the ones which are not.

Our home planet is under extreme stress — it's unfortunate that phrases like this have become clichéd because the stakes are now higher than ever.

Humans are harming this beautiful planet in more ways than we know. In a book titled Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot (OVER), more than 170 images paint a picture of a landscape so depressing, it might just encourage some attention and change. From overcrowded megacities to oil spills and devastating deforestation, it depicts the impacts that humans have on the Earth.

"We have passed a crucial tipping point," the book says. "Our quest for greater and greater material prosperity is now impoverishing future generations. The Global Footprint Network estimates further that by 2030, we will need two planets to sustain us. Further growth simply deepens the crisis of ecological "overshoot" as we draw down Earth's carrying capacity, and it comes at the direct expense of our own children and grandchildren." Overpopulation01

"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.” —Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Indonesian surfer Dede Surinaya catches a wave in a remote but garbage-covered bay on Java, Indonesia, the world’s most populated island.

Shanghai, China is a sprawling megacity of 24 million.
Massive haul trucks support surface mining operations in the tar sands region of Alberta, Canada, one of the largest known deposits of unconventional (in this case bitumen) oil resources.

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“Even as a waste disposal site, the world is finite.” —William R. Catton Jr.
Massive quantities of waste from obsolete computers and other electronics, like these in Accra, Ghana, are typically shipped to the developing world for sorting and/or disposal.

IMAGE: PETER ESSICK
“Throughout history human exploitation of the earth has produced this progression: colonize—destroy—move on.” —Garrett Hardin
Ground zero in the war on nature—cattle graze amongst burning Amazon jungle in Brazil.

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“If our species had started with just two people at the time of the earliest agricultural practices some 10,000 years ago, and increased by 1 percent per year, today humanity would be a solid ball of flesh many thousand light years in diameter, and expanding with a radial velocity that, neglecting relativity, would be many times faster than the speed of light.” —Gabor Zovanyi
Sprawling Mexico City, Mexico, population 20 million, density 24,600/mile (63,700/square kilometer), rolls across the landscape, displacing every scrap of natural habitat.

IMAGE: PABLO LOPEZ LUZ

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“One of the great challenges today is the population explosion. unless we are able to tackle this issue effectively we will be confronted with the problem of the natural resources being inadequate for all the human beings on this earth. . . . the only choice—limited number . . . happy life . . . meaningful life. too many . . . miserable life and always bullying one another, exploiting one another.” —His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Mass rallies and other cultural events are only possible in a mass society. The “Love Parade” in Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany.

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“If you’re overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you’re creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.” —Carl Safina
A 120-meter-long pelagic trawler fishes off the coast of Mauritania in the Atlantic Ocean to support the ever-growing demand for fish protein in the world diet.

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“Do you think you can take over the universe and improve it? i do not believe it can be done. the universe is sacred. You cannot improve it. if you try to change it, you will ruin it.” —Lao TsuThe
Mir Mine in Russia is the world’s largest diamond mine.

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“I don’t understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature we call it progress.” —Ed Begley, Jr.
Depleting oil fields are yet another symption of ecological overshoot; Kern River Oil Field, California, U.S.

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“Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: as one dies, so dies the other. all have the same breath . . .” —Bible, Ecclesiastes 3:19
On Midway Island, far from the centers of world commerce, an albatross, dead from ingesting too much plastic, decays on the beach; it is a common sight on the remote island.

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“All of our current environmental problems are unanticipated harmful consequences of our existing technology. there is no basis for believing that technology will miraculously stop causing new and unanticipated problems while it is solving the problems that it previously produced.” —Jared Diamond
Aerial view of the tar sands region, where mining operations and tailings ponds are so vast they can be seen from outer space; Alberta, Canada.

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“The arctic situation is snowballing: dangerous changes in the arctic derived from accumulated anthropogenic greenhouse gases lead to more activities conducive to further greenhouse gas emissions. this situation has the momentum of a runaway train.” —Carlos Duarte
In both the Arctic and Antarctic regions, ice is retreating. Melting water on icecap, North East Land, Svalbard, Norway.

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Aerial view of New Delhi, India, population 22 million, density 30,000 per square mile.

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“We will find neither national purpose nor personal satisfaction in a mere continuation of economic progress, in an endless amassing of worldly goods.” —Robert F. Kennedy
Aggressive bargain hunters push through the front doors of the Boise Towne Square mall as they are opened at 1 a.m. on Black Friday in Boise, Idaho, USA
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Infographic by Mark Garrison and Chris Darimont

Reporting in this week’s Science, researchers from the the Hakai Institute, University of Victoria (UVic), and theRaincoast Conservation Foundation reveal new insight into humans as the planet’s dominant predator.

Drawing on data from more than 300 studies, the global meta-analysis shows that fisheries typically exploit adult fish at rates 14 times greater than does a typical non-human predator of the ocean. Although on land, hunters typically kill adult herbivores (like deer) at similar rates as a typical non-human predator, only humans turn large carnivores into highly-exploited prey, killing them at 9 times the rate.

By primarily targeting adults, humans also diverge from natural predators. “Whereas marine predators primarily target the juveniles or ‘reproductive interest’ of populations, humans draw down the ‘reproductive capital’ by exploiting adults”, says Dr Tom Reimchen, professor at the University of Victoria and science advisor to Raincoast.

The project’s development emerged from observations and ideas during four decades of Reimchen’s predator-prey research at a remote field site on Haida Gwaii. There, freshwater fish – overwhelmingly juveniles – are killed by larger fish and diving birds. Collectively, 22 predator species took no more than 2% of the adult fish as prey. Nearby, Reimchen noted, fisheries targeted adult salmon, taking 50% of the runs or more. Ecosystems around the world increasingly show signs of humanity’s predatory dominance.

“Our wickedly efficient killing technology, global economic systems, and resource management failures have given rise to the era of the human super predator” says Dr. Chris Darimont, science director for Raincoast and Hakai-Raincoast professor at the University of Victoria. “Our impacts are as extreme as our behaviour as predators, and increasingly humanity bears the burden of our predatory dominance.”

Although challenging to implement, solutions are at hand. The authors argue that natural predators, as models of sustainable exploitation, could provide behavioural guidance to managers. “Shifting our focus to juvenile prey and limiting exploitation of adults would require cultural, economic, and institutional change as pronounced as those that provided the advantages humans developed over prey and competitors,” says Dr. Heather Bryan, Hakai-Raincoast postdoctoral fellow at UVic. “This means, for example, cultivating appreciation for terrestrial carnivores and new approaches to exploitation in the oceans”, says Dr. Caroline Fox, postdoctoral fellow with Raincoast and the University of Victoria.

Citation:

Darimont, C.T., C.H. Fox, H.M. Bryan, and T.E. Reimchen. The Unique Ecology of Human Predators. Science 349 (6250): 858-860.

Contacts:

Dr. Chris Darimont, darimont@uvic.ca, office: 250-853-3287 cell: 250-589-7873 T: @Chris Darimont

Dr. Tom Reimchen, reimchen@uvic.ca, office: 250-721-7101 cell: 250-516-4869

Dr. Heather Bryan, heabry@gmail.com, 604-848-5570 T: @Heather_M_Bryan

Dr. Caroline Fox, caroline@raincoast.org, 250-812-1956 T: @CarolineHFox

Obtaining the paper:

To receive an official version of the paper, bearing the imprimatur of the Science embargo policy, please contact theScience press package team at 202-326-6440 or scipak@aaas.org. Reporters registered with Science can access the official version of the paper directly from the SciPak webpage at http://www.eurekalert.org/jrnls/sci/.

Photography and infographics:

Please feel free to use the infographic at the top of this press release. Design by Mark Garrison and Chris
Human Super Predator: Hunters and Fishers Dominate Exploitation of the Planet’s ‘Reproductive Capital
Thursday, July 16, 2015

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Common Dreams

Human Exploitation of Nature Has Driven Planetary Health to the Edge

New report says 'we have been mortgaging the health of future generations'

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Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Arid soils as a result of drought in Mauritania in 2012, when the Sahel was gripped by a food crisis. (Photo: Pablo Tosco/Oxfam/flickr/cc)

To put it bluntly, humanity has been trashing the planet like never before. And unless immediate changes take place, the prognosis for global health and the natural systems on which civilization depends is bleak.

So finds a new report from The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health, written by 15 leading academics and policymakers.

Entitled Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch (pdf), the report from the international team outlines how a new, integrated view of what prosperity means can safeguard the environment, foster equitable consumption, and offer a better outlook for human well-being.

Part of the problem thus far, the researchers write, is that nature and economy have been divorced. "We have been mortgaging the health of future generations to realize economic and development gains in the present," the study states. Instead, seeing the interconnectedness of nature and human civilization can benefit both, they write, adding that "there is a growing awareness that humanity's historical patterns of development cannot be a guide for the future."

Dr. Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, explains the gravity of the situation: "The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Planetary Health Commission has issued a dire warning: Human action is undermining the resilience of the earth's natural systems, and in so doing we are compromising our own resilience, along with our health and, frankly, our future."

Professor Andy Haines of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK, and chair of the report added: "We are on the verge of triggering irreversible, global effects, ranging from ocean acidification to biodiversity loss."

"These environmental changes—which include, but extend far beyond climate change—threaten the gains in health that have been achieved over recent decades and increase the risks to health arising from major challenges as diverse as under-nutrition and food insecurity, freshwater shortages, emerging infectious diseases, and extreme weather events," Haines stated.

To achieve planetary health—meaning taking into consideration both the health of human civilization the natural systems on which it depends—requires shift-change in several ares, but solutions are possible, the report states. Changes that help both human health and the environment can take the form of reduced air pollution, wetland and mangrove protection, more green speaces in urban areas, and more fruit- and vegetable-centered diets.

The report's executive summary concludes: "Humanity can be stewarded successfully through the 21st century by addressing the unacceptable inequities in health and wealth within the environmental limits of the Earth, but this will require the generation of new knowledge, implementation of wise policies, decisive action, and inspirational leadership."

Released in conjunction with the Commission report are two studies from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health that illustrate specific health impacts from climate change. One study focused on how pollinator loss could lead to declines in crops that help prevent non-communicable diseases; the other looked at how rising CO2 levels lower levels of zinc—key for maternal and child health—in foods, thereby threatening as many as 180 million people with zinc deficiency by around 2050.

Samuel Myers, senior research scientist in the Harvard Chan School's Department of Environmental Health, senior author of the pollinator study and lead author of the zinc study, stated: "Whether we're talking about land use, deforestation, degradation of global fisheries, disruption of the climate system, biodiversity loss, appropriation of fresh water, changes to aquatic systems—all of the changes are profound and they're accelerating, and they represent a significant challenge to global health."
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Earth 'will expire by 2050'

Our planet is running out of room and resources. Modern man has plundered so much, a damning report claims this week, that outer space will have to be colonised

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Earth's population will be forced to colonise two planets within 50 years if natural resources continue to be exploited at the current rate, according to a report out this week.
A study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to be released on Tuesday, warns that the human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life.

In a damning condemnation of Western society's high consumption levels, it adds that the extra planets (the equivalent size of Earth) will be required by the year 2050 as existing resources are exhausted.

The report, based on scientific data from across the world, reveals that more than a third of the natural world has been destroyed by humans over the past three decades.

Using the image of the need for mankind to colonise space as a stark illustration of the problems facing Earth, the report warns that either consumption rates are dramatically and rapidly lowered or the planet will no longer be able to sustain its growing population.

Experts say that seas will become emptied of fish while forests - which absorb carbon dioxide emissions - are completely destroyed and freshwater supplies become scarce and polluted.

The report offers a vivid warning that either people curb their extravagant lifestyles or risk leaving the onus on scientists to locate another planet that can sustain human life. Since this is unlikely to happen, the only option is to cut consumption now.

Systematic overexploitation of the planet's oceans has meant the North Atlantic's cod stocks have collapsed from an estimated spawning stock of 264,000 tonnes in 1970 to under 60,000 in 1995.

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The study will also reveal a sharp fall in the planet's ecosystems between 1970 and 2002 with the Earth's forest cover shrinking by about 12 per cent, the ocean's biodiversity by a third and freshwater ecosystems in the region of 55 per cent.

The Living Planet report uses an index to illustrate the shocking level of deterioration in the world's forests as well as marine and freshwater ecosystems. Using 1970 as a baseline year and giving it a value of 100, the index has dropped to a new low of around 65 in the space of a single generation.

It is not just humans who are at risk. Scientists, who examined data for 350 kinds of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish, also found the numbers of many species have more than halved.

Martin Jenkins, senior adviser for the World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, which helped compile the report, said: 'It seems things are getting worse faster than possibly ever before. Never has one single species had such an overwhelming influence. We are entering uncharted territory.'

Figures from the centre reveal that black rhino numbers have fallen from 65,000 in 1970 to around 3,100 now. Numbers of African elephants have fallen from around 1.2 million in 1980 to just over half a million while the population of tigers has fallen by 95 per cent during the past century.

The UK's birdsong population has also seen a drastic fall with the corn bunting population declining by 92 per cent between 1970 and 2000, the tree sparrow by 90 per cent and the spotted flycatcher by 70 per cent.

Experts, however, say it is difficult to ascertain how many species have vanished for ever because a species has to disappear for 50 years before it can be declared extinct.

Attention is now focused on next month's Earth Summit in Johannesburg, the most important environmental negotiations for a decade.

However, the talks remain bedevilled with claims that no agreements will be reached and that US President George W. Bush will fail to attend.

Matthew Spencer, a spokesman for Greenpeace, said: 'There will have to be concessions from the richer nations to the poorer ones or there will be fireworks.'

The preparatory conference for the summit, held in Bali last month, was marred by disputes between developed nations and poorer states and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), despite efforts by British politicians to broker compromises on key issues.

America, which sent 300 delegates to the conference, is accused of blocking many of the key initiatives on energy use, biodiversity and corporate responsibility.

The WWF report shames the US for placing the greatest pressure on the environment. It found the average US resident consumes almost double the resources as that of a UK citizen and more than 24 times hat of some Africans.

Based on factors such as a nation's consumption of grain, fish, wood and fresh water along with its emissions of carbon dioxide from industry and cars, the report provides an ecological 'footprint' for each country by showing how much land is required to support each resident.

America's consumption 'footprint' is 12.2 hectares per head of population compared to the UK's 6.29ha while Western Europe as a whole stands at 6.28ha. In Ethiopia the figure is 2ha, falling to just half a hectare for Burundi, the country that consumes least resources.

The report, which will be unveiled in Geneva, warns that the wasteful lifestyles of the rich nations are mainly responsible for the exploitation and depletion of natural wealth. Human consumption has doubled over the last 30 years and continues to accelerate by 1.5 per cent a year.

Now WWF wants world leaders to use its findings to agree on specific actions to curb the population's impact on the planet.

A spokesman for WWF UK, said: 'If all the people consumed natural resources at the same rate as the average US and UK citizen we would require at least two extra planets like Earth.'

The world's ticking timebomb

Marine crisis:
North Atlantic cod stocks have collapsed from an estimated 264,000 tonnes in 1970 to under 60,000 in 1995.

Pollution:
The United States places the greatest pressure on the environment, with its carbon dioxide emissions and over-consumption. It takes 12.2 hectares of land to support each American citizen and 6.29 for each Briton, while the figure for Burundi is just half a hectare.

Shrinking Forests:
Between 1970 and 2002 forest cover has dwindled by 12 per cent.

Endangered wildlife:
African elephant numbers have fallen from 1.2 million in 1980 to half a million now. In the UK the songbird population has fallen dramatically, with the corn bunting declining by 92 per cent in the past 30 years.
Enough is the material, All that required is to Google. Awaken O human, To this grave situation. Save the Earth for your Children, Let them also enjoy Earth's Bountiful Fun. ]Invest in making the planet as it was created. Posterity will express Gratitude Unlimited. 2)The images where human has never ventured.
There is still a chance, some natural wonders, send us into a trance. Locales beyond human reach, Lessons for humankind, they do teach. Leave us alone, Human, Do Not Interfere, We have been around, long before you were here.
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Ten incredible and mysterious places around the world untouched by mankind
Here are ten of the most stunning and intriguing. Would you want to go there?

The forest lake, Russia

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The exact location of this mysterious lake is unknown. According to some, it can be found in the Tyumen region of Russia. How did it come to sit deep inside the forest? No one knows...

Tepui, Venezuela

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The word ’Tepui’ means ’home of the gods’ in the language of the indigenous people of Gran Sabana where these incredible, ominous natural structures are located.

Honokohau Falls, Maui

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This remote place is drenched in greenery. The mere sight of it gives you a feeling of the exquisite beauty, majesty and mystery of the natural world. Just imagine what it would be like to travel there.

The Amazon rainforest

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This incredible, immense forest sprawls across nine different countries in South America: Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It’s so huge that mankind can never hope to explore all of it — or know everything that’s hiding there.

Gangkhar Puensum, Bhutan

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This is the highest mountain in the world which has not been conquered by mankind. It’s located on disputed territory between Bhutan and China and soars 7,570 metres into the sky.

Tsingy de Bemaraha, the ’stone forest’ of Madagascar

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These rocky projections and canyons formed over a period of a million years, predominantly under the ground in the form of huge caves. Over the years, monsoon rains washed away metre upon metre of limestone and thick layers of chalky sediment, creating this system of unique, mysterious looking natural bridges, spires and gorges which can reach up to 120 metres in depth.

Kerguelen Islands

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Hidden away in the southern part of the vast Indian Ocean, these islands are extremely far away from their ’home’ country of France. No planes or tourists go there, and the only way to reach them is via boat from the island of Réunion, close to Madagascar. They might as well be part of Atlantis for all humanity knows about these hauntingly beautiful islands.

Rock Islands, Palau

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For modern human civilisation, the Rock Islands are a remote area of the world we no virtually nothing about. However, at some point over the past few thousand years, we can be certain that people have set foot on them. We know this because archaeologists have found evidence of so-called ’tiny people’ — an offshoot of humanity which apparently had severely stunted growth — which used to live there.

Dallol, Ethiopia

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Today, salt mining takes place in the vicinity of the Dallol Volcano, so strictly speaking this isn’t an untouched area. But the immediate area of the volcano is, of course, uninhabitable. Fascinatingly, scientists believe the alien-like landscape of the volcano bears a striking resemblance to the surface of Io, the violently volcanic moon of the planet Jupiter.

Palmyra Atoll

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Located in the Equatorial zone of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the islands of Hawaii, this pristine island is supposedly home to a mysterious, magical force.
Now that, we can see how human interference is continually destroying the planet, does our interference have positive effect or negative repercussions? Climate change, erratic weather conditions, species going extinct, land turning infertile, air, water, noise pollution. If our planet is to be preserved for our children, we urgently need to stop this exploitation. Looking at the natural beauty, we can simply marvel. We can feel fresh air, beautiful birds chirping and the ecological cycle being maintained. Does it not cause a positive change in our health and well being? When we get a positive feeling, Doesnt it mean we create positive energy? Is it the same feeling when we look at images of human interference? What do we create? Negative energy, whether we appreciate the scene or otherwise. When it multiplies in direct proportion to population growth law of attraction would be far from positive.
Do We see a ray of hope, to aid in our attempts to cope. We have but one planet, another we cannot get. However tech advanced, we may be, This damage we can see.
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Since the dawn of human civilization, the global tree count has fallen by 46%. Drones could fix this...
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Nature teaches us of the Cycle of Life-
The most encouraging aspect of nature is resurgence -and growth.. There is a season of cessation of all activity and in Spring - as the Sun comes out new leaves and Flowers bloom.The Bougainvilla in pic 2 & 3 is 34 years old broke off at overhang branches a month ago as they had become brittle and dry--new shoots-vines and leaves with flowers have grown-The Creator and Creation is wonderful .