With all the bad news happening in the last few months surrounding our planet from climate change satellites deployment being halted and then ordered destroyed to the fact that we may have only a few decades to prevent total catastrophic collapse, we tend to miss the good things. So, here’s a list of some amazing victories.
– The Ozone will be completely healed by 2060.
– Biodegradable plastics are becoming popular.
– Solarpunk & Lunarpunk communities are thriving.
– Communities are starting to talk about climate change and adaptation and putting it into action. transitionnetwork.org/
– Co-op’s are popping up for everything.
– Extinction Rebellion is calling for massive change to save our planet.
– Spain wants to cut 90% of carbon by 2050.
– Scotland’s Wind Turbines generated 98% of it’s energy demands.
– We can sue the government over climate change.
– Elephants are adapting to poaching by not developing tusks.
This is just a small list of the amazing things we have done together as solarpunks, lunarpunks, and communities (not to mention the animals that are adapting). If I was to keep a log, I would be constantly adding new things to this list on a daily basis and wouldn’t be able to keep up with it all. No matter how dark and bleak our futures may seem, what’s a little darkness to Lunarpunks? We all can and will thrive. Don’t loose hope. Keep pushing for a better tomorrow and a better today. It can and it is slowly taking shape.
I had to learn more about this little guy. Turns out this is a voiced over video for comedy. His name is Wilfred Warrior. He’s a Chinchilla Persian from London, and he has an INSTAGRAM.
Although He looks like a sad goblin, He is very loved
And very happy ❤
I feel better now knowing the cat wasn’t actually being yelled at or mocked.
i’ve started letting my shibe sleep in my bed at night, and she always starts off snuggled under the blanket, then partway through the night she gets too hot and sticks her little snout out to get some fresh air. it is so cute it hurts my heart. dogs are so good. so good.
Crows are one of my favorite birds, ravens even more so. I just really like both of them. But crows, alright. Crows.
Crows will often mate and stay with their mate for most of their lives, separating at death.
They’ll pick up sticks and rocks and drop them on predators, like “haha screw you”
Crows are very emotional and do, in fact, display these emotions. Like you can tell if they’re angry, happy, sad, confused, etc
They have an excellent memory. You know all those stories we see about crows delivering presents to people who are nice to them and visiting after migrations? They remember who is nice to them and pay them back. (I hope to be friends with a flock of crows someday.)
On that note, they also remember who is mean to them, and they tell their crow families, so whatever you do do not be mean to a crow. It will come back to bite you. Maybe literally. At the very least it’ll scream when it sees you.
They can live for up to fourteen years in the wild.
They use tools.
They can solve puzzles and understand the concept of water displacement, meaning they can think in creative and abstract ways.
Unrelated, did you know that hummingbirds know what flowers they’ve already been to? Back to crows.
Oh, not only will they remember you and tell their flock, they will tell their children, and their children will tell their children, and their children will tell their children, and you get the point.
In other words, they have a very complex language. They have to be able to describe you to other crows. It isn’t just screeching – it’s language.
If you kill a crow, the entire flock will change its migration pattern to avoid you.
They steal food from each other. As a result, crows will pretend to hide their food in one place in the presence of another crow but later hide it somewhere else.
Sometimes they drop walnuts in front of moving cars so that they tires will crush the nut for them. They’ll memorize traffic patterns and everything.
Real quick some raven facts:
Ravens will, if they come across an animal (a dead one, they’re scavengers) that is too large for them to break down, mimic the sound of a wolf pack. This will bring wolves, who will tear apart most of the animal, leaving ravens with what they want – the leftovers.
They can speak. :”Quoth the raven, Nevermore” is not just Poe personifying the bird.
Like crows, they will remember you.
They have (I believe I read this somewhere) the largest brain to body ratio of any bird.
I have to get ready for work but let’s just finish this by saying corvids are very intelligent, amazing birds.
