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David Booram
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Eco-fiction author. I want my grandkids to grow up in a world as beautiful as the one I grew up in. Spiritual director doing the sacred work of gratitude and lament in today's marginal spaces. he/him
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This war is not about “drug trafficking.” It’s about overthrowing a socialist government so the U.S. can install a puppet regime & control Venezuela’s oil

#venezuela #oil
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Join us in contemplation and lament today in support of the American Red Wolf.
www.fallcreekabbey.org/resources/ea...
#wolf #lament #endangered #prayer #contemplation
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For more than 50 years, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) has served as a cornerstone of marine conservation. But newly proposed legislation threatens to gut these critical safeguards. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #ManateeMonday #MMPA
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Satellite data show at least 27 new rare earth mines have opened across Laos since 2022, mostly in protected areas and many within the Mekong River Basin, raising transboundary pollution risks for Vietnam and the wider Mekong system.
Rare earth mining expands into Laos, threatening entire Mekong River
BANGKOK — New data show a recent proliferation of rare earth mines across river basins in Laos, potentially posing a transboundary water pollution threat to Vietnam and the entire Mekong River…
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Restoration is needed (and applauded) when protection has failed. This is good news. And impressive to boot!
Congratulations to The Restoration Initiative — newly recognized as a UN World Restoration Flagship!

Spanning 9 countries, it has already restored 320,000 ha of degraded land and benefited 420,000+ people.

Explore their #GenerationRestoration efforts: www.decadeonrestoration.org/restoration-...
I have no words. The Fermi Paradox may not be outsmarting ourselves but oustupiding ourselves.
The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation’s environmental jewels. https://to.pbs.org/3L2XI3q
Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling
The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering debate over whet...
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Will you send prayers and compassionate intentions with me for the leopards in West Africa?

#extinction #climatechange #environmentalism #animal #animals #leopards #africa #justice
Yesterday I searched for a site for global prayer/healing intentions for our Earth and her threatened biodiversity. I didn't find a site like I was looking for. Question. Would you use a site like this to participate in our planet's protection and well-being?
#environment #climatechange #nature
I was walking Flo this morning while listening to a favorite Alana Levandoski song. Only a few artists I listen to are able to give both breadth and particularity to my life; who help me feel alone with the One Who Loves Me and at the same time united in holy communion with the All Within All.
Praise the Maker
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Rupert, this is horrific. May her nightmares be calmed from the brutality of this trauma. You say you know Greta. Will you pass something along for me? She is the inspiration behind my recently released novel, The Greenling. It's set in 2060 and I hope it can inspire more young activists.
I am unflappable, but this breaks my heart.
This is profoundly dismaying to read. (I know Greta personally; she is absolutely trustworthy, and this narrative is confirmed by many many witnesses.)
The way Israel behaves is beyond grotesque. They act as if they think they are a master-race. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
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I love these photos. I took several, myself, earlier this year.
The #violence that comes from #fear is replaced by #nonviolence. The #rivalry that is based on fear is replaced by #cooperation. The #greed that is based on fear that there is not enough is replaced by #trust.

#Grateful living has an enormous #power to change us and society. Br. David Stendl-Rast
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While Mike Johnson claims he doesn’t have a strategy, we know that’s a lie. His strategy: give tax breaks to billionaires and protect the predators since he won’t release the Epstein files. All while Americans suffer.

#TrumpsShutdownDragsOn
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
So tragic. When I visited the Green Isle several years ago it was not nearly this stressed. If this is Ireland, imagine other locations. @irishrainforest.bsky.social I'd love to gift you with a copy of my new eco-fiction set in Kilkenny in 2060. DM me and let me know where to have it sent to.
"With each new breath we arrive." Yoga with Adrienne today.

#yoga #breathe #practice
This breaks my heart. EXTINCTION IS FOREVER. This is why I wrote my eco-novel, The Greenling. Free downloads on Kindle until midnight tonight. www.amazon.com/Greenling-Da...
Today, the IUCN has officially declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct 😞

This is the 1st known extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, whose range included Europe, North Africa & West Asia

The last confirmed sighting was 30+ years ago
Well, Well. My new eco-fiction novel, The Greenling, is running at #6 in Coming of Age fiction. You can grab a Kindle download free until Friday at midnight. Here's the Goodreads link to get you there: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

#comingofage #booklover #bookworm #bookish #bibliophile #YALit
Gorgeous! Well don Conny.