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We can no longer afford to wait for change to happen, we must take action now.

We owe it to ourselves, our children, and future generations to ensure that our planet is habitable and sustainable.

Let's demand accountability and action from our leaders, and work together towards a better, more equitable future for all.

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Happy #blackbirdersweek ! Here are some salt-marsh denizens at the Marine Nature Study Area, seen yesterday, to start the week off right (1st of 3 sets). And since this year's Black Birders Week theme is sparrows, this series starts with a Salt-marsh Sparrow and ends with a Song Sparrow. To me, the Saltie is emblematic of the plight of salt marsh ecosystems, endangered as encroachment by developers, pollution and sea-level rise due to global heating steadily erode their habitat. Preservation of salt-marsh ecosystems also connects with struggles for climate and environmental justice, as exemplified by the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and other climate disasters. We would all do well to reflect on the intimate links between environmental and social justice and ecological and social sustainability. Please see alt-text for specific info.
#birds #birding #biodiversity #naturephotography #antiracism #environmentalism #environmentaljustice #climatejustice # …

Happy #blackbirdersweek ! Here are some salt-marsh denizens at the Marine Nature Study Area, seen yesterday, to start the week off right (1st of 3 sets). And since this year's Black Birders Week theme is sparrows, this series starts with a Salt-marsh Sparrow and ends with a Song Sparrow. To me, the Saltie is emblematic of the plight of salt marsh ecosystems, endangered as encroachment by developers, pollution and sea-level rise due to global heating steadily erode their habitat. Preservation of salt-marsh ecosystems also connects with struggles for climate and environmental justice, as exemplified by the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and other climate disasters. We would all do well to reflect on the intimate links between environmental and social justice and ecological and social sustainability. Please see alt-text for specific info.
#birds #birding #biodiversity #naturephotography #antiracism #environmentalism #environmentaljustice #climatejustice #climatechange

Least Tern, an endangered species more commonly found around beaches than saltmarshes. This one "sharing the shore" with a Semipalmated Sandpiper. A small tern with a black cap that has a white patch on the forehead, unlike similar terns. Light gray body and black-tipped orange bill.

Saltmarsh Sparrow perched on a snag (note bands). Bright orange-yellow "eyebrows," black and gray striped crown, brown top dark-streaked flanks and breast, white below. In a typical erect, alert stance. Saltmarsh Sparrow, an endangered species that breeds in the high tide zone (supratidal) in salt marshes along the U.S. east coast, and is thus caught between the real estate developers and rising sea level. These birds have long maintained a breeding colony at MNSA, but with spring tide now regularly inundating the preserve, they have no-where to go.

A pair of Barn Swallows in flight. Dark upper surfaces with a purple iridescent sheen. Squared off tail with longer plumes on the outer edges and a white band

Yellow-crowned Night Heron in breeding plumage. Black head and bill thick white crown band with a long thin tassel with yellow tinge in front and white subocular stripe. Blue-gray body with darker markings on coverts.

Carmen Bailey

AND WHAT IF WE ALL JUST TOLD THE TRUTH?

That equity is easy; it’s just never been a priority.

That poverty is manufactured to keep the wealthy at the top.

That homelessness is a policy choice.

That the economy isn’t complex; it’s controlled and manipulated.

That you can’t afford a home, because the rich are hoarding them.

That hunger persists because capitalism doesn’t see feeding people as valuable.

That supermarkets exploit us, because food is a business, not a right.

That ecological collapse continues because stopping it threatens someone’s bottom line.

That billionaires exist because exploitation is legal and encouraged.

That we don’t live in democracies - we live under oligarchies dressed up as freedom.

That the system gaslights you, every time it blames you for the struggle it created.

That you can’t self-improve your way out of structural oppression.

AND THE BIGGEST LIE???

That nothing can change.

The truth... …