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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 14h

I like the lines: "Earth’s climate trajectory will be determined by the aggregation of decisions on many individual projects".

And I add "and individual actions".

So the future is in our hands. Very empowering.

Choosing, acting well. I do, it's easy, fun and feelgood when we set our mind to it.

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 14h

A robust formula can now determine the extent to which an individual fossil fuel project will warm the planet.

First example: a gas project in Australia will cause 484 deaths and destroy millions of coral. theconversation.com/for-the-firs...

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.

theconversation.com

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 1d

Not only it's extravagant to emit so much, it's also unnecessary. We ARE on paradise planet.

Isn't Earth beautiful and abundant?

We do our bit. We love, nurture and enhance the little bit of Earth we are grateful to be guardians of. We create paradise in our garden, nature gives us back tenfold🙏

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 1d

Space exploration is curiosity, science. It has been also international competition. And now it clearly becomes colonisation, continuing for the sake of economic growth with associated pollutions.

Divesting into people and Earth seems wise🦉

Via Earthables
www.facebook.com/share/p/16Qg...

Redirecting...

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 3d

How much petrol did we pay in the last 6 months? (It included a ski season and going up the mountain many times with our plugin hybrid).

Have a guess!

$66

And no petrol for any tool! They are all electric too -incl. the ride-on lawnmower.

This solar on the roof works well for us.

House surrounded with gardens and trees with solar panels on the roof.

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 3d

The Conversation NZ has power published several articles on the energy transition in NZ. As expected, the government has it wrong and scaling up solar and wind is the solution.

At home, we have gone solar over the years. How much is our bill? Zero (a credit actually).
#gosolar #nobrainer

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 5d

The government’s energy package is unnecessarily preoccupied with fossil fuels and ignores important reform work already underway.

Why does NZ’s new energy plan sideline renewables and ignore progress made already?

theconversation.com

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 4d

Our grass has been growing for 18years after decades of overgrazed pasture, becoming a deep green sponge full of insects, skinks and birds. Water is retained year long. The soil is moist, deep, dark brown with lots of worms.
We mow footpaths regularly, soft and lush.

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 4d

imagine5.com/articles/is-...

Is it time to say goodbye to pristine lawns?

Goodbye grass. Hello native garden

imagine5.com

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 4d

The end of the lawns makes sense.
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Redirecting...

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 5d

Awesome way to campaign and foster change: a photography exhibition at the parliament showing how beautiful the Denniston plateau is, therefore why it should be saved from mining.

I would go if I was near Wellington. Good one👍

events.humanitix.com/save-denniston

Denniston - a place worth fighting for.

Join us at Parliament's Banquet Hall for an engaging talk & photo exhibition showcasing the beauty of the Denniston Plateau. Wine, beer and appetisers provided.

events.humanitix.com

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 5d

Living wage is saved this time, that's a win for people and -minimum- fairness.

Well done✅

A reminder that people's power works, even with a *&#π§ government.

Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social · 5d

Through pure people power - with workers, faith, and community uniting - the Govt has decided to keep the Living Wage in its procurement guidelines for contracted cleaners, catering workers, and security guards.

Special mention to the many workers who stood up and organised for this win. #NZpol

LIVING WAGE SAVED
For workers employed by contractors in the core public service

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 8d

I look forward to share garden beauty and knowledge in a guided garden tour.

For the 6th season, I visit outstanding local private gardens with my guests in my small carbon-neutral business beautifulgardenswanaka.com

Guided Garden Tours

Beautiful Gardens of Wānaka • Ph.02102792481

beautifulgardenswanaka.com

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 8d

Feeling grateful #inthegarden, so much beauty and grandeur. And perfumes.
Look at that! The old cherry tree starts flowering, adding to the pink flowering cherry and the splashes of yellow daffodils. Spring bliss.
Looking forward to sharing this garden beauty with guests.

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 8d

Practical action for the planet, going circular. This means less stuff, less carbon, more local, all good.

#CircularMonday is a day of focus and initiatives to go circular. Join the movement on 24th of November.

www.circularmonday.com?__s=hso9tz4r...

Circular Monday - Reuse, repair & rent

www.circularmonday.com

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 9d

It's nice to be rewarded by abundant nature with grown and foraged greens for a healthy yummy lunch. Thank you, garden, for the dandelions, kale, pak choi, corn and miner's lettuce, and perfumed black current flower and leaves. #healthylunch

Colender with greens from the garden, dandelions, kale, pak choi, corn and miner's lettuce, and perfumed black current flower and leaves

Healthy vegetarian lunch, greens from the garden, raw vegetables, homemade bread with vegemite and avo, 2 slices of Camembert per person and a cup of mixed nuts. Colourful and delicious.

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 9d

With $NZ300 millions, how many grants for #solarpanels on individual roofs? How much carbon not-emitted if this was invested towards #carbonzero investments or electrification in general?
What is your choice of using 300 millions to best solve the current equity, biodiversity and climate crises?

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 9d

It's nice to have an abundance of flowers #inthegarden. Enough to cut some for in the house. I love #bouquets in spring.

Here a bunch of clematis armandii that we pruned this morning (it has fallen in the wind).

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 9d

300k, that's 483 classrooms (at the new repeatable 620k design) or quite a lot of peace practitioners or many hectares of community gardens to grow local food near urban centres...

Armament, war, fear, making enemies is the choice the government makes.

I really don't get it.

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 10d

Planetary Health Diet, I love that study results! A diet that is good for the planet AND people's health -that is solving climate and medical system crises.

abcnews.go.com/US/landmark-...

Landmark study recommends 'Planetary Health Diet' for saving lives and the planet

Changing how the world eats could reduce premature deaths, save trillions of dollars and slow the impacts of climate change, according to a new study.

abcnews.go.com

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 10d

I am gutted NZ government pays $300 millions for armament, for war, for killing people!

Why? To play with the big boys and to boost the economy.
So vain, so sad, so wasteful, and just criminal as it WILL kill someone.

I strongly disagree!

share.google/vygBw9kJGZM3...

Govt unveils defence industry push to double spending, grow Kiwi firms

Defence Minister Judith Collins and Associate Minister Chris Penk say the strategy will future-proof the NZDF and strengthen economic opportunities.

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Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 10d

An ode to enoughness, thank you.
substack.com/@gabriellefe...

Enoughness is also a solution for the climate, biodiversity and inequalities crises.

I have enough, it's enough. I don't need more, I am content, tranquil. Lucky me. I wish everyone to realize their enough.

When is enough, enough?

On integrating collapse-awareness into the ordinary rhythms of life

substack.com

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 10d

Jane Goodall believed we can live in harmony with nature, but only if each of us does our part.
youtu.be/RAvHGK_-eMg?...

It's nice to hear Jane's loving voice, what a legacy, thank you.

I am certainly committed to continue holding hope and work for the love for all living beings.

Dr. Jane Goodall: "It's been an amazing journey, this life of mine"

YouTube video by Jane Goodall Institute of Canada

youtu.be

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 12d

"What do you buy?" Jane asked often.

Where does it come from? How much packaging, pollutants? How carbon intensive? How much nature is degraded for it? How are treated people who make it?

Change is in the little things we can do. There is hope.
We continue sharing your messages🙏🫂🐵 #Gratitude

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 12d

It's not a peace deal proposal. It's a single sided T+N idea.

It's a blackmail: bombs or T as head of state. Impossible choice!

It's an ultimatum. Accept or we double down.

Cruel I think.

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 @greenflorence.bsky.social · 12d

NZ government has lifted limits on industrial fishing, along with removing the cameras etc. So fish, coral and bycatch, including endangered species, are suffering. Here is a petition to stop that. www.endangeredspecies.org.nz/petition-sto...

Not eating fish helps too😉🐬🐟🐚 #lovesea #lovesealife

Stop Bottom Trawling | Hector's Dolphin Habitat | Sign the Petition

Sign our petition to stop bottom trawling in Hector’s dolphin habitat. Together, we’re calling for a future where no dolphin dies in a fishing net.

www.endangeredspecies.org.nz