“There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.” ― Robert Brault

Peekaboo ! #FungiFriday #FungiFriends #Shroomscrolling #Mushrooms #Moss #Sphagnum

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Even I thought this was one of mine!

On the first Wednesday of every month, many OPW Heritage Sites open their doors free of charge to visitors and families. This November, why not explore one of Ireland’s remarkable castles, gardens or historic houses? Plan your visit at:heritageireland.ie/visit/free-wednesday

#MushroomMonday #FungiFriends #Mushrooms #ShroomScrolling #Nature #Waterford

My Sassafras is looking as colourful as my Liquidamber🥰 #Autumn #AuutumnLeaves #FallColor #Trees #Gardening #Sassafras #Liquidamber

Congrats to South Korea with 69 percent

#ShroomScrolling #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

France has introduced moss covered highways designed to clean the air by absorbing pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, fine particles, and carbon dioxide. These green installations act like natural filters, turning roadways into living systems that help fight urban pollution.

On its last legs! #fungifriday #mushroom #fungifriends #countryfinds #biodiversity

Absolute shysters as wildfires worsen and devastate huge areas of Europe this Summer EU lawmakers block any collection of data on forest health www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Nobody adds a ballroom to a house they plan on leaving.

Discarded phones, laptops, servers, cables, appliances and other e-products in EU27+4 (EU, UK, Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway) annually now contain roughly 1 million tonnes of critical raw materials 100,000 tonnes of critical raw materials lost www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Looks as though Kristi Noem's ICE raids abducting over 340 South Korean engineers who were here to train Americans, taking them hostage and criminalizing them in Georgia, has cost the U.S. 350 billion $ and 8,500 blue collar jobs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#FungiFriday - under a Beech hedge, Waterford, Ireland

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make” Dr Jane Goodall, DBE 3 April 1934 - 1 October 2025

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Rest in power, Dr. Jane Goodall

EU environment boss tests positive for 'toxic' forever chemicals in her blood Chronic exposure to even low levels has been linked to liver damage, high cholesterol, reduced immune responses, low birth weights and several kinds of cancer www.thejournal.ie/forever-chem...

#thicktrunktuesday #thicktrunkthursday Central square, Leskovik, Albania #Albania #planetree #ancienttrees #Melisemawinery

This is an Irishman that was kidnapped by ice bc they thought he looked like “a Mexican”. Listen to his horribly sad & traumatizing story and the next time a maga says that only criminals are being detained or bad people or whatever tell him about this lad. #OnYourSide 🎥 @belfasttelegraph.co.uk

The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections. Deadline to stop it: 10 September ⏰ Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

So after quite a few weeks investigating Ireland’s culling of badgers to control TB, I found data that shows that a staggering 80% of the protected species killed by the Department of Agriculture were TB free. jrnl.ie/6709659

Ireland no place for Trees -yet another majestic Tree gets the chop in a country with less than 1% native Trees remaining Iconic Letterkenny oak tree over 90 years old felled under the cover of darkness by local council despite opposition www.donegaldaily.com/2025/09/03/i...

Venezuelan strike or ANOTHER DISTRACTION, FOR THE EPSTEINTH TIME.

#MushroomMonday #fungifriends Tiny grass mushroom

This sounds insane to speak out loud, but is a real statistic: The global seafood industry kills at least 1 trillion wild fish every year to supply 1% of the world’s food. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My lovely lawn!😁 #gardenflowers #bloomsscrolling #gardening #nativeflowers #weeds

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

#MacroMonday #knapweed #biodiversity #nature #wildflowers

Environmental impact of common pesticides seriously underestimated and far more harmful and persistent than previously thought finds research envirotecmagazine.com/2025/07/16/e...

#MushroomMonday #fungifriend

Rich countries dumping their rubbish in poorest countries Discarded U.K. Clothing Dumped in Protected Wetlands in Ghana Items from retailers Marks & Spencer, Primark, H&M, Zara, and Next were found piled up along the Densu River in Ghana e360.yale.edu/digest/ghana...

Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).

Even worse Another report has suggested that a cruise ship's emissions are the same as 1 million cars: And the reason for this is that their engines run 24/7. Even if they're in the ports, they have to keep running their engines, because it's not only a transport mode www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Mass surveillance - privacy gone - even stuff you delete remains recorded A court ordered OpenAI to "indefinitely" retain all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats, of millions of users arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Children in Gaza dying of thirst after trucks carrying water blocked - UNICEF

An Irish seashell😁 #Ireland #WildAtlanticWay #Shells #Kerry

More than 4 out of 10 insect species face extinction. Others are declining badly. We can help in our gardens and community spaces by not being too tidy, planting nectar-rich flowers & trees, and not using weedkillers and pesticides. More: bit.ly/2FCEJYz

‘Wild’ Atlantic Way this am #WWW #WildAtlanticWay #Kerry #Ireland

#MushroomMonday #veterantrees #fungifinds #nature