Changing
I've learned to be careful when I write. Each word you write means something different to each person reading. If I write, "dog", for instance, every reader will see a different dog in her or his mind. If I write "So many things are changing in the world.", I guarantee you each reader will think of a different change. Some will think the changes bad, some good. Some will say nothing major is changing and go back to sleep. Here are some of what I think are major changes I think are happening, and some I hope will happen:
There are people all over the world (including in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Hazelwood) preparing for impacts of the increasing rate of climate change that's happening by gearing up the local growing of food. The wiser of them are learning to grow more in harmony with the other life forms rather than fighting e.g. mold, grubs, "weeds", "pests", "varmints", "groundhogs "(woodchucks), and insects. We are learning to be more friendly with the other creatures; we have to stop making chemical warfare on Nature.
Hazelwood is blessed to be one of the most vegetated neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. And Pittsburgh is one of the most vegetated cities in the United States. Honeybees and other pollinating insects are flourishing here; they need to be protected and nurtured. Other insects ("bugs"), including flies, pollinate the flowering plants; we should appreciate their beauty and importance rather than be afraid of them.
And yes, flies are beautiful, and there are many incredibly beautiful varieties of them. In a healthy (complex) ecosystem there are not too many of them because they get eaten by birds and frogs and toads. They and other insects have their roles to play. If all the bugs die off, what will the birds eat? The quantity and variety of birds, insects, and many other life forms are in overall decline at this time on Earth.
If we want to be a destination, we need to be welcoming - not only to all different types of people but of the diversity of life.
The web of life on this planet (Mother Nature if you like), has been providing its human part with clean air and water and food all these centuries. We have to grow up as a species now and think much more about how to nurture all the other species. We should, for instance, think deeply before cutting down a tree. Do you really need to cut that particular tree down? There are forest fires burning out of control all over the world now because of the increasing global average temperature. You might find yourself grateful for the shade that tree provides some hot day in the near future.
There are many changes coming now, and the rate of change is increasing daily. Only by cooperatively managing these changes on behalf of life in general rather than only for individuals or groups of humans can we expect to thrive.
Jim McCue
composter and biotech researcher 412-421-6496
There are people all over the world (including in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Hazelwood) preparing for impacts of the increasing rate of climate change that's happening by gearing up the local growing of food. The wiser of them are learning to grow more in harmony with the other life forms rather than fighting e.g. mold, grubs, "weeds", "pests", "varmints", "groundhogs "(woodchucks), and insects. We are learning to be more friendly with the other creatures; we have to stop making chemical warfare on Nature.
Hazelwood is blessed to be one of the most vegetated neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. And Pittsburgh is one of the most vegetated cities in the United States. Honeybees and other pollinating insects are flourishing here; they need to be protected and nurtured. Other insects ("bugs"), including flies, pollinate the flowering plants; we should appreciate their beauty and importance rather than be afraid of them.
And yes, flies are beautiful, and there are many incredibly beautiful varieties of them. In a healthy (complex) ecosystem there are not too many of them because they get eaten by birds and frogs and toads. They and other insects have their roles to play. If all the bugs die off, what will the birds eat? The quantity and variety of birds, insects, and many other life forms are in overall decline at this time on Earth.
If we want to be a destination, we need to be welcoming - not only to all different types of people but of the diversity of life.
The web of life on this planet (Mother Nature if you like), has been providing its human part with clean air and water and food all these centuries. We have to grow up as a species now and think much more about how to nurture all the other species. We should, for instance, think deeply before cutting down a tree. Do you really need to cut that particular tree down? There are forest fires burning out of control all over the world now because of the increasing global average temperature. You might find yourself grateful for the shade that tree provides some hot day in the near future.
There are many changes coming now, and the rate of change is increasing daily. Only by cooperatively managing these changes on behalf of life in general rather than only for individuals or groups of humans can we expect to thrive.
Jim McCue
composter and biotech researcher 412-421-6496
posted by St. Jim the Composter at 11:52 AM
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