December

"Only by altering our habits, and by endeavouring to live less exploitatively, can we prevent the changes to the environment from becoming an unparalleled catastrophe, another Great Dying. (...) People are understandably worried that it might lower our quality of life in the short term, and involve some personal and societal effort." Yet, "without our action at the level of community, of the nation, of the globe, we will certainly suffer even more. (...) we must enter into a more mutualistic relationship with our global environment. Only then can we preserve not just their infinite variety, but also our place within them" and "we too will live in hope." Thomas Halliday (2022). Otherlands: A World in the Making.  Photos by Monica Pinheiro free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).

December

"As we notice more and more in the present moment, we come to a deeper realization that a silent observer is within us. In the primordial stillness, the silent observer witnesses everything inside and outside."  Haemin Sunim (2017). The things you can see only when you slow down. Photo by Monica Pinheiro free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).

December

"Extinction bursts through that web, breaking connections and threatening its integrity. Sever one strand, and it wavers, reshapes, but survives. Tear another, and it will still hold. Over long periods, repairs are made as species adapt, and new balances are reached, new associations made. If enough strands are broken at once, the web will collapse, drifting in the breeze, and the world will have to make do with what little remains." Thomas Halliday (2022). Otherlands: A World in the Making.  Photo by Monica Pinheiro free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).

December

And this light 

Still won't shine bright 

But there'll be enough to see right 

A thought that's handed down 

Old torn and frayed 

Mine to keep around 

Not to feel afraid 

Kept it for awhile 

A echo of the age 

A faded memory 

Waiting to change

1968 by Submotion Orchestra

Photo by Monica Pinheiro, free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).

December

"An unplanned exercise in cooperation is taking place, with animal and plant, fungus and microbe, competing and collaborating in complex ways. This is an ecosystem discovering itself, and it is here that the fundamental patterns of life on land are been established." Thomas Halliday (2022). Otherlands: A World in the Making. Photo by Monica Pinheiro free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA (CC).

December

Photo by Monica Pinheiro free to use if you respect the license CC BY-NC-SA ( CC ).