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wachinyeya · 5 months

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City Creeks See Explosion in Spawning Salmon Population in San Jose After 10 Years of Habitat Cleanup https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/city-creeks-see-explosion-in-spawning-salmon-population-in-san-jose-after-10-years-of-habitat-cleanup/

#good news #environmentalism #science #nature #environment #animals #fish #salmon #urban life #urban animals #san jose #water #water is life #mni wiconi

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olowan-waphiya · 6 months

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#salmon #animal death #animal welfare #sea life #mni wiconi #usa #indigenous #west coast #cars #tires #toxic chemicals

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decolonize-the-left · 2 years

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What is the Mountain Valley Pipeline?

A 303 mile long pipeline set to carry natural gases through West Virginia and Virginia. Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC. Equitrans Midstream Corp. is the lead developer of the project. It crosses several bodies of water, puts multiple eco systems at risk (including human lives), and has already been reported to have violated the Clean Water Act several times over.

Why is it awful?

Same reasons as always. It's awful for the environment and neither the people constructing it or demanding it be constructed care about the environmental impact. The pipeline has received 55 notices of violation – 46 of those were for violating water quality standards (and that number is from 2021, it's larger now.)

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In the path of the pipeline:

The Gauley River, home of the Candy Darter, where they want to bore under the river to preserve Candy Darter habitat. Yet, there will be a total of 191 waterbody crossings within the Gauley watershed potentially flushing sediment into Candy Darter habitat.

The Elk River, the drinking water source for 6 public water systems including the City of Charleston which supplies drinking water to over 300,000 people.

The Greenbrier River, one of the longest and most technical borings will be 1,250 feet in length, will require half a million gallons of water and drilling slurry and take up to 4 months to complete.

If crossing some of West Virginia’s most cherished rivers isn’t enough, the remaining crossings are of headwater streams – over 80% of all the stream crossings are headwaters.

I couldn't find info on where to donate to protesters or things like that so if ANYONE can add those resources (or whatever other you find) PLEASE feel free to add them!!

For now spread this post and click the links.

#mountain valley pipeline #climate change #clean water #Appalachia #water is life #mni wiconi #water is sacred #pipeline #stop line 3

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queering-ecology · 2 months

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Guest Column: Queer Ecology Author(s): TIMOTHY MORTON

Queer Ecology: 'Frankensteinian meme splice' between ecological criticism and queer theory. Foundations--ecology and queer theory both demand intimacies with other beings.

"Our era requires it--we are losing touch with a fantasy Nature (capitalized to emphasize that it is less natural than nature) that never really existed" while we are losing the very real life forms in Earth's sixth mass extinction event…

Judith Butler identified how heterosexist gender performance produces the binary--inside//outside. Ideologies of Nature , are founded on inside-outside structures that resemble the boundaries heterosexism polices

when the environment becomes intimate--as in our current age of ecological crisis--it is no longer an environment since it no longer just happens around us; this is the difference between weather and climate.

society once defined itself by excluding dirt, germs, pollution but this is impossible--we must know where our waste goes. "excluding pollution is part of performing Nature as pristine, wild, immediate and pure" (274)

'science is too important to be left to scientists.' nonessentialism- Darwin; evolution=lifeforms made of other lifeforms

deconstruction--no text or lifeform is one 100% 'authentic'

'queer theory and ecology supposed a multiplication of differences at as many levels and on as many scales as possible' 275 (reminds me of infinite diversity in infinite combinations...star trek)

'life is catastrophic, monstrous, non holistic, and dislocated, not organic, coherent, or authoritative'

'life-forms are liquid; positing them as separate is like putting a stick in a river and saying, 'this is river stage x' (reminds me of mni wiconi-water is life)

life forms constitute a mesh--that blurs all boundaries between species, living/nonliving, organisms and environment.

gender diversity and biodiversity are deeply intertwined. plants and animals are hermaphroditic before they are bisexual and are bisexual before they are heterosexual. males and females of most plants and half the animals can become hermaphrodites either together or in turn, and hermaphrodites can become male or female; many switch gender constantly.

the story of evolution is a story of diverse lifeforms cooperating with one another.

evolutionary satisficing--if your body kind of works, you can keep it. gender and DNA are both performative.

speciesism- underlied with sexism, racism and homophobia

any attempt at queer ecology must imagine ways of doing justice to life-forms while respecting the lesson of evolutionary biology--that the boundary between life and nonlife is thick and full of paradoxical entities. 276

the life//nonlife binary--there isn't a rigid, narrow boundary between the two. if a virus is alive, a devil's advocate might claim, so is a computer virus.

queer ecology might abandon the term 'animal' and adopt something like 'strange stranger' (arrivant)--irreducible, whose arrival cannot be predicted or accounted for (hospitality).

instead of reducing everything to sameness, ecological interdependence multiplies differences everywhere. unmysterious and miraculous. interdependence--it is the reason life exists at all

queer ecology questions the human//nonhuman binary. queer ecology--go the end and show how beings exist precisely because they are nothing but relationality, deep down--for the love of matter.

every life form is familiar because we are related to it. we share DNA, cell structure, subroutines in the brain. collectivity--consciously choosing coexistence

we shall achieve a radical ecological politics only by facing the difficulty of the strange stranger. (we have others--rather, others have us--literally under our skin (clark))

Against Compulsory Nature

to solve our environmental problem (like global warming) we should be working with intimacy.

darwin; the engine of sexual selection is sexual display. appearances and behaviors. sexuality=sheer aesthetic display

environmentalism-tries to rise above sexuality. Loving Nature becomes enslaved to masculine heteronormativity. a performance that erases the trace of performance--"leave no trace". masculinity is 'Natural'-'Natural' is Masculine. rugged, bleak, masculine Nature defined through contrasts; outdoorsy and extraverted, heterosexual, able-bodied. aggressively healthy, hostile to self-absorption. Not feminine, no room for irony or ambiguity, nonhumorus. Masculine Nature is afraid of its own shadow, afraid of subjectivity

Organicism wants Nature untouched, 'virgin', established by exclusion, then the exclusion of exclusion. Naturalized. queer ecology--interconnectedness is not organic. mythical Nature dissolves when we look directly at it.

'dark ecology'--zombie-like quality of interconnected lifeforms, keeps going and going and going like the undead Frankenstein--queer ecological ethics might regard beings as people even when they aren't people.

vegetarian (vegan) rhetoric often obsessed with obsession, equating madness with crime, crime with disease: longing for a society without a trace--a society without people

Into the Wild novel--fatal experimentation with masculine Nature, realizes other people are important just before dying from a poisoness plant. he was not in as remote a location as he believed. his concept of wilderness overrode his survival instinct. they might think they are escaping civilization and its discontents but they actually act out its death instincts. fantasize control and order; "i can make it on my own"--myth of self made man, editing out love, warmth, vulnerability and ambiguity. Queer ecology must visualize the unbeautiful, the uncold, the 'lame', the unsplendid

joy as coexistance with coexistance

ecology and queer theory are intimate. its not that ecological thinking would benefit from an injection of queer theory from the outside. it's that, fully and properly, ecology is queer theory and queer theory is ecology: queer ecology.

#Guest Column: Queer Ecology #queer ecology #ecofeminism #queer theory #critical ecology #ecology #dark ecology #nature #environmental politics #heteronormativity #queer history #erotophobia #evolution #masculinity

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f1-unpopularopinions · 1 year

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I need to point out that the Water is Life phrasing (in Sebs vid and also on the helmet) comes from Lakota. Its a Lakota based movement - the original is Mni Wiconi (Lakota language) and it emerged in response to Standing Rock. Seb (and/or BWT and/or whoever he is working with on these issues) should give proper credit/tell the story as to where this comes from. As an indigenous woman I LOVE that he is doing this work, but I’m frustrated about the lack of attribution/acknowledgment. Said w love.

Send us your unpopular F1 opinions!

#sebastian vettel #f1 #f1 unpopular opinions

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lisandroced · 9 days

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Artist Research #6

Artists: John Willis

Name: "Recycled realities" (2006)

Date: 2006

Size: 9 x 11 inches

Medium: photography

Published in 2006 by Center for American Places, inc. Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, USA.

John Willis received his RI master of fine arts degree in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1984. John began his professional career as a professor in the same college. Later on, he continued teaching photography in various schools like Harvard University. John has supported the world of photography significantly, and a clear example of that is his act as co-founder of the In-sight Photography Project (an organization that offers free photography courses). A few of John's standout works include "Recycled Realities: Views From the Reservation," "Views from the Reservation," "Mni Wiconi - Water Is Life: Honoring the Water Protectors at Standing Rock and Everywhere in the Ongoing Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty," and "Aging in White."

Awards:

Some of his important awards include the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial, Foundation Fellowship in Photography (2011), and 2019 Gold Medal for Best Regional Book from Foreword Indies with work "Mini Wiconi: Water is Life; Honoring the Water Protectors at Standing Rock and Everywhere in the Ongoing Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty" and Open Society Institute Community Engagement Grant.

Physical description of the work:

The book has a hard cover to ensure durability. It is approximately 9 x 11 inches, and the cover design features related to the theme. The interior consists of high-quality photographs printed on thick Glossy paper. The layout balances images accompanying them with text. Overall, it is a well-crafted, visually appealing book with a messy but intriguing cover and black color.

I was carried away by appearances when choosing this book. When I saw this black book with an intriguing cover, I thought it could be a good selection. After reading a little of the content, it was confusing to understand the work, but it left me with a great reflection on our waste. Since recycling interests me, it got me thinking about the stories on paper, the life they once had, and the life they will have. After all, I liked just seeing the photographs: direct but simultaneously complicated since it was difficult to understand the shapes. Somehow, it was nice watching trash transform into something aesthetic and pleasant.

Teaching in a Variety of Settings | John Willis | Photography (jwillis.net)

Publications | John Willis | Photography (jwillis.net)

GFT Publishing - John Willis (gftbooks.com)

John Willis — Gallery Kayafas

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pcketdmnsion · 4 months

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the riverpunks , water protectors spurred into action by the Mni Wiconi (Water Is Life) movement of the early 3rd millenium.

their initial existence revolved around performance art, environmental activism and self-sacrifice. but riverpunks have branched out into different whirls (a group of riverpunks is known as a pool or whirl).

their old riparian creed..

“water lives forever. be sovereign. be a body of water. honor your mentors. learn from the seas. disturbance is only natural. bathe only in rain.”

a subculture based not on faith but on the nature of water. with genders revolving around the change of seasons, and other things.

#qillqaq.txt #really not set in stone.. just a concept #genders ✷

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tradishskinbyrd · 1 year

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Things I believe:

-Sex Work is Real Work

-No One Is Illegal On Stolen Lands

-You’re On My Peoples’ Land

-ACAB

-Indigenous Rights

-Mni Wiconi

-Fuck Chief Outlaw

-Greedo Shot First

-Making Out > Penetration

-Mascots Are Racist

-Black Lives Matter

-TERFs Should Shut Up

-😴>❤️

#pinned post

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kateonstory · 2 years

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Dakota Water Wars, Chapter Three: Money Against a Prayer from Janet Alkire on Vimeo.

The Tribes of the Oceti Sakowin are united to stop the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). Today, DAPL threatens Standing Rock’s sole source of fresh drinking water, transporting more than a million barrels of oil per day under Mni Sose, the sacred Missouri River — all without a valid permit. Meanwhile, to legally sweat in certain places on our sacred river’s edge, we’re required to have … a permit. The contrast couldn’t be more clear, and that’s why we must stay strong and keep fighting. Mni wiconi — water is life.

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stinerbros · 2 years

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Dakota Water Wars, Chapter Two: Honor the Treaties from Janet Alkire on Vimeo.

The Tribes of the Oceti Sakowin are united in our mission to stop the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL). Hundreds of years of colonization — forced migration, broken treaties, flooding our territory, and the refusal to return our homelands — has led us to this moment. We won’t stop fighting for what is right, for our People and for Unci Maka, our Grandmother Earth. Honor the treaties. Mni wiconi — water is life.

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wachinyeya · 6 months

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https://tribune.com.pk/story/2442843/global-declaration-signed-to-save-river-dolphins

In a ground-breaking development, 11 Asian and South American countries have signed a global declaration, the "Global Declaration for River Dolphins," aimed at preserving the world's six remaining river dolphin species, including the endangered Indus River dolphin exclusive to Pakistan.

#good news #science #environmentalism #nature #environment #animals #river dolphin #conservation #pakistan #indus river #rivers #water #mni wiconi #endangered animals #endangered species

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fourthworldwonders · 4 years

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Is it true Red Fawn was released from prison????? Brb imma check

#red fawn #mni wiconi #no dapl

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bagpipes-or-bust · 3 years

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Water protectors are facing off against Line 3 and camping out to stop the pipeline in Northern Minnesota. Line 3 will hurt the Anishinaabe people living there as well as all other living things. It’s harmful to water, land, and the climate. If you are financially able please help them however you can.

Gitchigumi Scouts Amazon Wishlist

Land Back Fund to Purchase Land in the Way of the Pipeline

Giniw Collective

Legal Defense Fund

Stop Line 3 Linktree for More Resources

#water protectors #water is life #mni wiconi #no more stolen sisters #no pipelines #MMIW #land back #Indigenous Issues #Anishinaabe #Ojibwe #Mutual aid #Climate action #Environment

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courtnashe · 4 years

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Hey guys please please share and donate to this wonderful project, they are only at 1% of their goal, every bit counts. Indigenous voices, especially queer voices get silenced all the time. So let's help support these voices.

Here is the blurb about what the film is all about.

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Mission Statement

The Sacred & The Snake's goal is to amplify Indigenous voices, particularly Indigenous womxn, two-spirit, and non-binary people - the people that founded and front-lined the Standing Rock movement. These are the voices that have been historically silenced and we've chosen to highlight in this film.

#indigenous people #lgtbia #non bianry #two spirit #water protectors #women #women rights #queer activism #activism #indigenous #sharethis #donate #blm movement #standing rock #mni wiconi

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rainbowxbunny · 2 years

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Water blessings, Mississippi