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Healthy forests are our right! Every ruined forest. Every polluted river. Enough. A key EU law to hold coffee, rubber, and palm oil giants accountable for deforestation is being weakened to protect profiteering - not our safety or ...

Forests are paying the price for corporate profit. An anti-deforestation law is being watered down - but the European Commission’s President can still hold the line. Public pressure now matters. Add your voice for forests. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-02...

Breakthroughs Hexagram 43 of the I Ching and the wars not ours to fight

My latest Substack post is up at

cathiebird.substack.com/p/breakthrou...

Ban Forever Chemicals Now Forever chemicals are poisoning Europe’s water, food, and even our blood. Chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections - but people across Europe are pushing back. Sign now to ban PFAS and put h...

PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...

Beyond Human Health: Microplastics Could Be a Big Problem for Crop Farmers - Offrange New research has found that miniscule pieces of plastic dotting cropland could be hurting the photosynthesis process and leading to lower yields.

Interesting article about microplastic pollution in relation to food crop health.
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Protect Our Food From Toxic Pesticides The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants, and a nightmare for the rest of us. A new proposal could let toxic pesticides, including glyphosate, stay on the market forever.Yes, forever approvals....

The EU is preparing a gift for pesticide giants: toxic pesticides could stay on the market forever, with no safety tests at all. Yes, forever approvals. Yes, this is real. Sign now to stop it. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...

Make Homes for People, Not for Profit Families freeze, students struggle, locals are pushed out — while investors get richer. Join thousands demanding homes for people, not profit. Add your name:

All across Europe, homes are disappearing for ordinary people. Families freeze, students struggle, locals are pushed out — while investors get richer. Sign now to tell EU leaders: Homes for people, not profit.👉 action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...

Hildegard Speaks Film YouTube video by The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard of Bingen

Happy Equinox, and other cosmic energies incoming. May you receive and integrate them with grace and ease. 💛💚💛

This film was part of my celebration earlier today:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7YL...

#equinox #hildegardvonbingen

End the Plastic Era! Plastic is flooding our oceans, bodies, and babies – and recent treaty talks failed to stop it. But the fight isn’t over. While leaders plan their next move, we have a critical window to push for an e...

Plastic is flooding our oceans, bodies, and babies – and recent treaty talks failed to stop it. While leaders plan their next move, we have a critical window to push for an end to the Plastic Era. Add your voice now! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...

We won’t let climate-deniers rest Fires rage across Europe – and extremists call climate action “madness.” Our leaders meet this month to decide our future. Tell them: lock in the 90% emissions cut and reject climate rollbacks.

Fires rage across Europe – and extremists call climate action “madness.” Our leaders meet this month to decide our future. Tell them: lock in the 90% emissions cut and reject climate rollbacks. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...

Golden Butterfly Inspirations

Protecting and promoting biodiversity in CoCreative harmony with nature Earlier this month, I was very happy to hear that the project, Radiating LushGarden, manifested in CoCreation with Nature by two Swiss friends, is a small project finalist for Mission B's Golden…

Sacred Places, Tradition and Spirituality (A Conversation with Patrick Holden) I recently spoke with Patrick Holden on the Sustainable Food Trust podcast.

Sacred Places, Tradition and Spirituality (A Conversation with Patrick Holden)
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Don’t burn care: save contraceptives, save lives $10 million in contraceptives are days from being burned in Europe – under Trump's orders. Our leaders are starting to give in to public pressure. With enough voices, we can stop this destruction and ...

$10 million in contraceptives are days from being burned in Europe – under Trump's orders. Our leaders are starting to give in to public pressure. With enough voices, we can stop this destruction and protect women’s health and dignity. Sign NOW: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...

You can see all finalists for large and small projects in Mission B's Golden Butterfly 2025 awards at this link. Voting is open for 1 project in each category until 8 Sept 25.

#biodiversity #wildgardens #communitygardens
#balconygardens #containergardens #4theEarth

missionb.ch/de/goldeners...

You can see all finalists in both categories and vote at this link. Voting is open until 8 September 2025!

missionb.ch/de/goldeners...

Radiating Lushgarden 🌿 – Grünes Herzstück voller Leben YouTube video by Mission B – für mehr Biodiversität

Finalists in Mission B's Golden Butterfly 2025 have been announced! You can help choose the winners for the large and small project categories.

#biodiversity

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🌍 #Plastic Crisis Unresolved: Historic Opportunity Missed at #UN #PlasticsTreaty Talks

After three years and six rounds of negotiations, UN Member States in Geneva failed to agree on the world's first global plastics treaty. 1/5

Make coffee fair for people and the planet Coffee farmers work in brutal conditions. And it’s certified “ethical”? Let’s expose the coffee scam! 👉Add your name to demand truly fair coffee.

Coffee farmers work in brutal conditions. No clean water. No contract. And it’s certified “ethical”? Let’s expose the coffee scam! 👉Add your name to demand truly fair coffee. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-07...

Radiating LushGarden ~ CoCreation with nature (English subtitles) YouTube video by Remembrance Sign

Sharing this video of a wonderful garden project in Switzerland that has inspired new features in my own garden. German with English subtitles.💛

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#newearth #lightworkers #iampresence #globalshift #responsibility #lemurianhighpriestess #soulpurposeguidance #earthshift

SoulFreeingSound ~ Manta ~ Graceful, sensitive acting and Being YouTube video by Remembrance Sign

We really can go through this planetary shift with more grace and ease. I found this video to help remind me of this today. Have a listen:

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#healingsound #earthascension #transformation #planetaryshift

A Great Spangled Fritillary on some Yarrow that I planted to attract butterflies and other pollinators. I think it's working!
💛🦋🐝💛

How Should Journalists Call Out Lies in the Age of Trump and AI? Journalists must find new ways to talk about false information.

How should journalists call out lies?! 🦋 www.cjr.org/analysis/jou...

New post to my photo blog.

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"We’ve refreshed a popular graphic to share—highlighting BAD, BETTER, BEST lighting examples.
By following our Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting at Night, we can reduce light pollution and protect the night for everyone. Visit bit.ly/3U0zrNy to learn more."

Messages from the Moss, NeedleTree Forests

...and the ways they support awakening Humanity during these transformational times on Earth Today, I want to share a recent video in which Corina White Feather reads part of a chapter from her book, Hermine receives global messages, which is now…

Ban Octopus Farming in the EU! 🐙Octopuses are among the smartest creatures in the ocean, but now they face torture at an industrial farm planned in Spain. Octopuses deserve freedom, not factory farms. Add your voice to help ban oct...

🐙Octopuses are among the smartest creatures in the ocean, but now they face torture at an industrial farm planned in Spain. Octopuses deserve freedom, not factory farms. Add your voice to help #BanOctopusFarming in Europe: action.wemove.eu/petition/202...

End fast-fashion’s impunity! France is ready to hold fast fashion accountable with a new eco-label. But the EU might stop it and push a weaker system shaped by big brands. Join the action to protect people and the planet 🌏❗

France is ready to hold fast fashion accountable with a new eco-label. But the EU might stop it and push a weaker system shaped by big brands. Join the action to protect people and the planet 🌏❗ action.wemove.eu/petition/202...

Chestnut-sided warbler in Oak_5Sep24 (25)

Migrating birds continue to arrive back in the Holler. Here's one from last fall -- a chestnut-sided warbler on its way south.

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#migratorybirds #phenology #birdwatchers #birdwatching

Invitation to CoCreate the New YouTube video by Remembrance Sign

If you live in Europe or have friends there, please share this video about events unfolding there soon. Thanks! 💛🌍💛

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ4E...

#newearth #spiritualawakening #iampresence #globalshift #awareness #globalshift #remembrancesign #corinawhitefeather

Stop Rio Tinto’s mine destroying Serbia’s nature! SIGN NOW! This issue is urgent and really important. We need your support - please take action now!

Stop Rio Tinto’s mine destroying Serbia’s nature! action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-03...

As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans Tribal governance takes a long view based in Native peoples’ deep history with these lands. And their legal and political status as sovereign nations – backed by the U.S. Constitution, treaties, more ...

Interesting article from Daily Dose of Resilience 🥰
www.resilience.org/stories/2025...