#new island

[terycrossing]

Beginning!

24.9.2024

So here it is. Finally started a new island in 2024. I played this game back in 2020, but then my Switch broke, and I haven't found a time to buy a new one until now. I missed this game so much.

I decided to make this blog so I can connect more with people who still play this game. So I hope you are not all dead by now, haha.

[tearyeyedghost]

new beginnings ✨

[lettersfromavalon]

I’m really taking it slow with the start of the game, enjoying this peaceful and simple time.

[quenepacrossing]

after limonada i was feeling very burn out on decorating. i was craving a restart and the early game and i just wanted to fish and catch bugs. it’s been a few months of early game play and i’ve enjoyed it. i started toronja in my switch and even unearthed an old, barely functioning switch wt no nintendo online to start ginham.

but now i wanna decorate again!

it’s been so long. it almost feels like i don’t know how to do it anymore. like… i have the desire to make an island, but i dont have a clear vision. so here’s me, brainstorming.

season: it’s fall, i want fall vibes. if i manage to finish i’m picturing an early fall save when it’s still a little green, but who knows

colors: i want green, yellow, and orange, along with whites and browns. transition colors between summer and fall. they’re also citrus colors, which honors the name toronja.

theme: i want a cozy town feel. an old road, dirt paths, wheat fields, some farming, probably some halloween decorations sprinkled in. quiet, but not devoid of color.

villagers: list of potentials below, along wt the flower color palette. a mix of ppl i’ve had and loved and new guys who i want to try

[0nightwolf0]

OH MY WOOOOOLF😱😱😱

THE NEW ISLAND IS AWESOME! I CAN'T FIND THE FUCKING WORDS, IT'S JUST–

...magic

[set-sail-for-new-horizons]

Preparation is starting now, but upon the new year’s arrival (January 1st, est) I will begin resetting for my island.

In the meantime, preparation consists of deciding on an Island…:

• Name

• Theme

• Fruit

• Plane Color

• And Villager Cast!

Resetting this island is gonna be hell, but hey, it’s what you’ll do for your perfect island, I suppose!

I’m really excited! Also a little nervous, since I tend to lose motivation quickly on big things like this, but I think it’ll be a lot of fun :]

I’m even gonna do some journaling and share my process & progress on this blog. Still deciding some stuff for the blog too (title and icon will change)

Oh! Also! Credits to this guy for the count down! :]

[crossingcate]

to new beginnings 🍃

[ballerboi-ulta]

Gadzooks!!!1

[katlimeart]

If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.

Peach cosplaying as female characters from the Pokemon anime

1 - 8. Nurse Joy

9. Pokecenter Nurse (Origins)

[razorsharpwilt]

Just like herpes……..We’re coming back, Bitches!

[lofibeanie]

Okay so! I'm getting a second Switch this week so I can make a Sanrio themed island in New Horizons, and I have a question for you all~!

Excluding the official Sanrio villagers, which Animal Crossing villagers give off Sanrio vibes?

There are 6 Sanrio villagers, so I'll need 4 more ( ´∀｀ )b

[literallylapis]

first day on sirimiri , my seattlecore island !

plans for this island are rain , lots of blue , umbrellas , bus stops , pretty gardens and fish markets. ill try to keep you updated <3

[quillpe]

[zoyazoya111114]

मांस_खाना_महापाप_है

MeatEatersWillGoToHell

रहम_करो_मूक_जीवों_पर

Stopeatingmeat

[quenepacrossing]

i know this can’t possibly be an unique idea, but i really want to make a rainbow produce farm on the new island :)

[reasonsforhope]

"With “green corridors” that mimic the natural forest, the Colombian city is driving down temperatures — and could become five degrees cooler over the next few decades.

In the face of a rapidly heating planet, the City of Eternal Spring — nicknamed so thanks to its year-round temperate climate — has found a way to keep its cool.

Previously, Medellín had undergone years of rapid urban expansion, which led to a severe urban heat island effect — raising temperatures in the city to significantly higher than in the surrounding suburban and rural areas. Roads and other concrete infrastructure absorb and maintain the sun’s heat for much longer than green infrastructure.

“Medellín grew at the expense of green spaces and vegetation,” says Pilar Vargas, a forest engineer working for City Hall. “We built and built and built. There wasn’t a lot of thought about the impact on the climate. It became obvious that had to change.”

Efforts began in 2016 under Medellín’s then mayor, Federico Gutiérrez (who, after completing one term in 2019, was re-elected at the end of 2023). The city launched a new approach to its urban development — one that focused on people and plants.

The $16.3 million initiative led to the creation of 30 Green Corridors along the city’s roads and waterways, improving or producing more than 70 hectares of green space, which includes 20 kilometers of shaded routes with cycle lanes and pedestrian paths.

These plant and tree-filled spaces — which connect all sorts of green areas such as the curb strips, squares, parks, vertical gardens, sidewalks, and even some of the seven hills that surround the city — produce fresh, cooling air in the face of urban heat. The corridors are also designed to mimic a natural forest with levels of low, medium and high plants, including native and tropical plants, bamboo grasses and palm trees.

Heat-trapping infrastructure like metro stations and bridges has also been greened as part of the project and government buildings have been adorned with green roofs and vertical gardens to beat the heat. The first of those was installed at Medellín’s City Hall, where nearly 100,000 plants and 12 species span the 1,810 square meter surface.

“It’s like urban acupuncture,” says Paula Zapata, advisor for Medellín at C40 Cities, a global network of about 100 of the world’s leading mayors. “The city is making these small interventions that together act to make a big impact.”

At the launch of the project, 120,000 individual plants and 12,500 trees were added to roads and parks across the city. By 2021, the figure had reached 2.5 million plants and 880,000 trees. Each has been carefully chosen to maximize their impact.

“The technical team thought a lot about the species used. They selected endemic ones that have a functional use,” explains Zapata.

The 72 species of plants and trees selected provide food for wildlife, help biodiversity to spread and fight air pollution. A study, for example, identified Mangifera indica as the best among six plant species found in Medellín at absorbing PM2.5 pollution — particulate matter that can cause asthma, bronchitis and heart disease — and surviving in polluted areas due to its “biochemical and biological mechanisms.”

And the urban planting continues to this day.

The groundwork is carried out by 150 citizen-gardeners like Pineda, who come from disadvantaged and minority backgrounds, with the support of 15 specialized forest engineers. Pineda is now the leader of a team of seven other gardeners who attend to corridors all across the city, shifting depending on the current priorities...

“I’m completely in favor of the corridors,” says [Victoria Perez, another citizen-gardener], who grew up in a poor suburb in the city of 2.5 million people. “It really improves the quality of life here.”

Wilmar Jesus, a 48-year-old Afro-Colombian farmer on his first day of the job, is pleased about the project’s possibilities for his own future. “I want to learn more and become better,” he says. “This gives me the opportunity to advance myself.”

The project’s wider impacts are like a breath of fresh air. Medellín’s temperatures fell by 2°C in the first three years of the program, and officials expect a further decrease of 4 to 5C over the next few decades, even taking into account climate change. In turn, City Hall says this will minimize the need for energy-intensive air conditioning...

In addition, the project has had a significant impact on air pollution. Between 2016 and 2019, the level of PM2.5 fell significantly, and in turn the city’s morbidity rate from acute respiratory infections decreased from 159.8 to 95.3 per 1,000 people [Note: That means the city's rate of people getting sick with lung/throat/respiratory infections.]

There’s also been a 34.6 percent rise in cycling in the city, likely due to the new bike paths built for the project, and biodiversity studies show that wildlife is coming back — one sample of five Green Corridors identified 30 different species of butterfly.

Other cities are already taking note. Bogotá and Barranquilla have adopted similar plans, among other Colombian cities, and last year São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in South America, began expanding its corridors after launching them in 2022.

“For sure, Green Corridors could work in many other places,” says Zapata."

-via Reasons to Be Cheerful, March 4, 2024