#Nature Advocacy

[delicatelysublimeforester]

Preserving Nature's Legacy: Sow the Seeds of Sustainability

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[uncanny-tranny]

Going to be really honest, if you're disabled, you truly don't owe people - or the world - access to your diagnoses, symptoms, accessibility needs (and why you need them), mental health history, trauma, or anything like that.

The urge to force people to lay themselves out so they can be picked apart, consumed, and feasted upon by people who demand that their comfort outweigh that of a disabled person's is an ableist pipe dream. It is the urge to control that which you feel you have no control over, and it's your right to refuse to play that game, that role.

[lovelessrage]

Pro-kink advocacy goes hand in hand with aspec advocacy and if you don't understand this you need to start.

[the-physicality]

thinking this labor day about all the athletes in women's sports who didn't have a stable league, who were only making decent money from a spot on their national team, who had to fight to get even a fraction of what they deserve. who spent their prime without a club league or the infrastructure to propel the sport. who came of age after title 9 in the usa [forcing schools to fund women/girls’ sports], the ones who fought for cbas and are only seeing big change at the end of their careers or after their careers concluded. who didn't have the media attention before, but are now showing just how much they can sell out stadiums and arenas. the players who played year round because overseas teams paid athletes what they were worth. athletes who endured and reported harassment but the league never took appropriate action. athletes who never had the media attention or ability to monetize their talent but who had careers that were just as impressive as the stars of today. who did it without the help of the science, technology, and medicine we have today. who set records with less support and fewer games in a season, which will be broken by kids who have had personal trainers since high school. athletes who played great games that are no long available to view, their talent no longer archived and accessible for young or new fans. athletes who still don't have a league or are just getting one in 2024. athletes who took it upon themselves to create change for which they will never reap the full rewards.

[neuroticboyfriend]

I lost my fear of/contempt towards bugs because when I was (involuntarily) in the psych ward, there was a fly in the unit. For anyone who doesn't know, psych ward windows don't open. They're bolted shut, and this unit was on the 3rd floor. The doors are also always locked and unless staff are coming in/out (happens less often than you think).

That fly was trapped in there as much as I was. I felt my heart break a little looking at it. We were stuck together - I wasn't alone even when it came to nonhuman living beings. In that moment, all that weird stigma against bugs vanished in me. I hope that fly found its way out, and I hope one day people don't get imprisoned in these places anymore.

[girlcalledwhatsername]

One of those "is it worth it" debates i find myself having with myself is about mental health related posts that may make good points otherwise but subscribe heavily to and reference and frame mental illness through the biomedical model and the widespread (but false) idea that a chemical imbalance causes these issues. Comprehensive explanation for this + resources here. (Also worth looking into this activist's work where she describes what paychiatric gaslighting looks like)

The thing is I do not want to spread that misinformation anymore. It was presented to me as fact despite there being little proof of it, for a long time in my life from psychology teachers to therapists to psychiatrists of course. Just treated as a natural fact when it was literally pseudoscience on the same level as most rudimentary psychoanalysis.

So I have to make the decision to either simply not reblog it and therefore not engage with the wider mental health discourse and let people be mistaken from what is possibly just an honest mistake as something that has been taught to us all so so largely, they very well might just honestly not know it not be true, and then by leaving it alone I am letting that myth perpetuate from well-meaning people...

Or...

I actually correct the person, get a bunch of people who find their worldview so suddenly challenged being angry about it and calling me anti science as often happens and get retraumatised over my experiences with Psychiatric abuse at large.

And although I mostly choose the former and simply don't engage it leaves me feeling uneasy because I know I was that person once who didn't think to question the validity of chemical imbalance theories and if someone had told me about it honestly it would have saved me a world of pain. But too many people are progressive only on the surface and hate to have to consider abolitionist approaches to oppressive systems, too many people genuinely believe a host of more stigmatised symptoms and disorders to be deserving of incarceration or erasure, and i have no way of knowing who these people would be. And this is why pop psychology and liberal mental health advocates have run the anti-psych movement into the shadows - a movement to which we owe every step of our liberation as mentally ill people.

So how do you make this a bigger conversation again?

Like. Tell me this isn't blatantly a mass misinformation campaign at this point

[linked here]

[kipskiptrip]

For the Love of God if I see one more person use the term ND as a synonym for higher-functioning ADHDtism I will take my jaws and rip out the flesh of all the people within an 100 mile radius from me starting with myself

[thestevenwickblog]

Coyote advocates argue that these contests undermine the natural balance of ecosystems, as coyotes play a crucial role in controlling rodent populations. Despite the fact that Nevada’s Department of Wildlife does not recognize these contests as a legitimate wildlife management tool, the practice persists, with no legal restrictions in place.

[shallowseeker]

Is yours the kind of chronic illness you'll recover from? You definitely don't have to answer or give personal details, but I really hope you feel better!

No, it's okay. It's likely that I won't fully recover, but in the past decade, there have been WAY more treatments available that turn down the immune system and combat scarring. And yes, I'm much better, thanks!💖 In a nutshell,

my immune system malfunctioned after an infection, and now it attacks my body in big, big ways—with a tendency to damage the muscles and lungs!

My situation got even weirder because it started attacking my nerves and heart from 2020 onward, which ... usually ppl with my diagnosis, get respiratory failure, not overt heart issues. (Long story, but I got undiagnosed, then rebiopsied, then rediagnosed the same thing *with extra notes.) Anyhoo, the new developments impacted my mobility and stamina in even crazier ways than I was used to. (I have until recently worked a full-time job and pretty much spent ~5-6 days in a gym with an expensive physical therapist just to keep my body functional. Before, I had an acquired skeletal myopathy, but I was able to run a 5k in 42 minutes... I trained like an Olympian and while had to rest a lot more than most, I could do it!)

Now... I can't even manage one day a week of light activity. It's a big adjustment, even for me! I'm having to noodle on how to best manage it going forward. It's always this confusing situation of "Is this the primary illness, secondary damage, or the side effects of toxic medications?"

I'm doing a pretty good job if I do say so myself.

[delicatelysublimeforester]

The Urgency of National Wildlife Week: A Call to Action for Biodiversity Preservation

[uncanny-tranny]

Death to the idea that people who face a traumatic situation must become empty husks of a person between the event that traumatized them and when they are ~magically~ healed. It's genuinely fucked up.

Often, people who are traumatized will interact with the world just like a "normal" person would. They might even joke about their trauma, laugh about it, even "make light" of it.

When I was a very young child, I'd been traumatized, and I was put into play therapy. From what I remember, though, I'd be a very normal child until something seemingly small triggered me, and it was like my world fell apart. And I'd cope with that in ungodly ways that to a normal person would be insane - unthinkable, perhaps. And then... I'd go back to playing, because the world continues on.

That is what many people (though not all, trauma responses are not a monolith) who face trauma will do. We're still "normal people." The world goes on even after ours stops in orbit, slows, or has a metor crash into it. The reason why it's so harmful to say that traumatized people have to "act the part" is because many of us don't, and simply, most of us can't (even if we need to).

[troythecatfish]

[essence-inked]

A resounding yes to almost all of this, but I would like to note OP's claim about relief being intentionally difficult to obtain is, at least in part, misleading. I am not an expert by any means, but with my understanding as a student in meteorology who's also gotten into emergency management, there are massive and ongoing efforts in the emergency management field to make relief as fast and all-encompassing as possible. I have zero doubt that there aren't instances where it's difficult, and I'm sure OP's experience is just as real and valid as the stories of disaster survivors I've heard who are urging people to apply for relief because they got theirs quickly, but I want to point out that OP making this broad generalization that is at least partially inaccurate, is going to make people mistakenly think it is not worth it to apply for disaster relief. If you are considering whether or not to apply, do not pass up your chance to get help. I don't know enough about FEMA to have a very solid stance on their specific operations (yet - this is why I'm a student), but I do know that it's a really bad idea to spread a narrative that makes people think you shouldn't ask for help when you have nothing to lose if you do.

So, PLEASE evacuate if you can, and apply for relief if you need it. And if you can't evacuate, you should not be blamed, and it is the job of people in charge to do everything they can to help you. And in discussions like these, remember that often the root of the problem here is that the folks in emergency management - especially local emergency management - are critically underfunded and understaffed. And we gotta make sure to distinguish between actual issues in emergency response plans and between these groups not having enough resources to begin with.

And I just want to be like, super clear here. The thing about this post is that it makes an incredibly important point about not blaming victims and about it not being possible for everyone to evacuate, and I'd be shocked if there weren't a good deal of instances where disaster aid was hard (maybe even intentionally) to get right alongside all the ones where aid did come quickly, and I am so on board with OP. But OP's wrapped all this in a "don't trust the people whose job is dealing with this stuff" bow, which (presumably accidentally) feeds into stuff like "don't trust the emergency manager telling you to evacuate" or "don't trust the scientists telling you this is dangerous," and OP I understand what it is you're trying to say, but I think this maybe is not the way to say it, especially at this moment in time, because this is very likely to lead victims to not ask for help.

we go through this every hurricane season but the way people will find any excuse to point the finger at the victims of natural disasters and say cruel shit like "fuck around and find out" like it's not horrifying having to leave behind your home and all your belongings and potentially your pets with the full knowledge that there might not be anything to come back to after... ignoring that there are people that don't have a car or the money to evacuate, ignoring disabled people who have no way to get out, ignoring people that can't find places for their pets to shelter, ignoring people that have medical equipment that can't be moved or replaced, etc... and even if someone stays behind solely because they want to, they still don't deserve to suffer.

as someone who worked extensively in disaster response previously, it is not easy to "just" evacuate, and the relief that comes afterwards is intentionally difficult to obtain. and already the forces that be are trying to spin this narrative that the victims are at fault, to put the blame on them so that if (probably when) people are forced to resort to looting (because the aid never comes) everyone will nod and agree that they're all bad people and deserved it... rather than acknowledging the fact that there was no attempt to make the evacuation accessible and safe for everyone, no guarantee that aid will be waiting for them when they return to a home that has been swept away... no empathy for the fact that these people's entire lives are potentially destroyed with no safety net to catch them.

[wild-wow-facts]

Pangolins: Nature’s Armored Marvels

Did you know pangolins are the only mammals with scales? Their unique armor keeps them safe in the wild. Discover more about these fascinating creatures!

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[frnwhcom]

Sir David Attenborough: Bridging Worlds, Inspiring Generations in Animal Science and Conservation

Sir David Attenborough has been a colossal figure in broadcasting and a fervent advocate for the natural world for over six decades. His impact on animal science, conservation efforts, and the general public’s awareness and appreciation of the natural world is immeasurable. Attenborough’s work, through groundbreaking documentaries like “Life on Earth,” “The Blue Planet,” and “Planet Earth,” has…

[hikercarl]

The Health Benefits of Hiking in Nature

Discover the incredible health benefits of hiking in nature. From boosting fitness to reducing stress, we explore how hitting the trails can transform your well-being.

Hiking is a great way to boost our health and happiness. When we explore the outdoors, we gain many benefits. It’s not just about getting fit; it’s also good for our minds. Key Takeaways Hiking improves cardiovascular health and muscle tone It helps reduce stress and anxiety, leading to better mental well-being Hiking in nature can enhance sleep quality and duration The activity can aid in…