Garry Rogers's Blog, page 7
May 12, 2021
Animals to be Formally Recognized as Sentient Beings in UK
So little, but it’s something. Posted here just to keep the record. Set of government measures will include halting most live animal exports and a ban on hunting trophy imports Animals are to be formally recognised as sentient beings in … Continue reading →
April 21, 2021
April 6, 2021
Canada Thistle
<p value="<amp-fit-text layout="fixed-height" min-font-size="6" max-font-size="72" height="80">A WordPress glitch deleted the discussion I included with this story. Something to do with the new editor. <a href="https://onpasture.com/2021/04/05/have... a link to the original article. </a>A WordPress glitch deleted the discussion I included with … Continue reading →
March 28, 2021
Weed Appreciation Day
Today is #WeedAppreciationDay. Before humans, weeds were almost entirely beneficial for Earth’s ecosystems. Problems began when we transported weeds across natural barriers created by deserts, forests, and oceans. In their new homes without their natural consumers, some of the weeds … Continue reading →
September 10, 2020
Wildlife Decline Continues
"The Living Planet Index tracked 20,811 populations of 4,392 vertebrate species and it recorded a 68 percent decline between 1970 and 2016. Over-consumption by humans is primarily to blame, particularly deforestation and agricultural expansion--Niall McCarthy, Data Journalist. Continue reading →
July 24, 2020
Population
population's daughter product, climate change, might continue destroying life long after Humans are gone. Continue reading →
July 8, 2020
We are All Scientists
Scientists see a problem, think of solutions, and test the solutions. It doesn't matter if it's a stalled car or a shooting star. Continue reading →
June 4, 2020
Sharing the Earth
We are in a planetary recession marked by biodiversity collapse, climatic upheavals, freshwater shortages, global toxification, and unprecedented human and nonhuman displacements (Ripple et al, 2017). The only positive outlook lies in deep solutions and new narratives. Protecting at least half the Earth, terrestrial and marine, offers such an outlook. Continue reading →
April 6, 2020
Birds of Coldwater Farm
Illustrated guide to 146 bird species seen at Coldwater Farm during the first two decades of the Twenty-first Century. Continue reading →
February 20, 2020
Postscript: The Time is Growing Short
POSTCRIPT I published the blog post below in 2017. It discusses a scientific analysis and climate-change warning published in the journal Nature. The critical element of the scientists’ conclusion was the absolutely necessity to begin immediately reducing CO2 emissions. Progress … Continue reading →
