@BathysphereHat so, in general, I don't provide a lot of guidance on my poll questions while the poll is running. I can reply tomorrow though. Just think about it and give it the best answer you can.
@BathysphereHat after that, contributing money to conservation non-profits, making political contributions, writing letters, and keeping native plants in your garden.
@BathysphereHat after *that*, I'd say reducing red meat, since cows and sheep and pigs take up a lot of space that could be used for wildlife preserves.
It's great, native plants look WAY better than the lawn. Then I noticed I was getting all these native bees showing up, so I put up a Solobee.com bee house for them too. So now we have nesting native bees too.
I have not planted any monocultures. But I try to help people understand that nature and biology are messy, diverse and weird. I'm also an advocate for dynamic environmentalism where it's trying to help plants and animals (including us human ones) adapt and migrate with climate change and not some unnatural idea of nature as static and unchanging. We need to help nature move instead of trying to stop it being dynamic. We have to dance with nature not fence it in.
I suppose so given that I provide the public and private sector the instruments used for research and or clinical testing that can be hand in hand. 🤷♂️
My (qualified) yes was because of a plant-based diet. Plus advocating for biodiversity in many ways through research, education, creative projects, training etc. Directly, I don’t do enough - occasional volunteering for rewilding / planting schemes.
It was a choice 1) to help biodiversity 2) to piss off our Malicious Meldrew like neighbour 3) for me to avoid mowing the damn thing 4) to continue to piss off our Malicious Meldrew like neighbour 5) and because many "weeds" look nice
I've thought about this for a few hours, and this is exactly the kind of question that has me evaluating larger life choices and day-to-day routine.
For example, consuming an avocado is very different from where I came from (California) and where I am now (Germany).
Also, is it helpful to provide a non-native habitats to endangered plants, or will the energy it takes to maintain various microclimates cause more harm down the road?
which honestly- is beautiful, interesting and not at all suited to be a houseplant. The natural habitat range is small and getting smaller over time from climate change, land development and poaching.
However, they are greenhouse grown here in Germany and ethically-sourced. But to keep them alive when you get them home takes extra effort and energy (including 0/low TDS water) so they do not die right away.
@chillicampari is there any place you could put native German plants? They contribute to your local food web, supporting insects, birds and small mammals. Let Californians grow those Californian plants where they're needed!
Researchers at the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research have conducted the most comprehensive assessment of plants in Germany that has ever been carried out.
where I live I probably can't do much better than the river itself for local flora (I live at the Danube), so the bigger picture is everyone invested in protecting the river. But I can find out more when I visit the university botanical garden probably.
Plants native to California (and Australia, Africa, so on...) are everywhere here EU-wise already (you can get them in grocery stores here, Italy, Austria, etc.) and I was a bit surprised about that when I moved here.
@chillicampari I think you might consider this is a hobby... a healthy one. The german diversity problem is a different OSI Layer, probably 10. Our government(s) have been punished by the EU government because we dont have enough nature preserves and too much urban sprawl and too many new roads. Apart from political engagement, there's not much ordinary people can do here. But these little plants, as I said, are a hobby, and many friends have benefited from plant gifts, raising awareness.
I did not think I had done anything for biodiversity until I read the comments and saw people saying things they had done that I also have done that I did not think counted, such as keeping cats inside or removing invasive plants.
we put native plants in all our flower beds, and weed out invasive when we have replacements ready to go. We also have a family of skinks living under our front step! Added some rocks along their paths for hiding spots.
In so many ways, it’s easier, more fun, and more tangible than dealing with climate. You can so often see the direct benefits of your actions. I recommend to everyone to learn a little and do a little. I’m sure you’ll end up loving what you try. And it’ll help with climate too.
Find out what you can do to help enhance and protect biodiversity. Whether you’re a land manager, business owner, teacher or concerned citizen, you can do your bit.
I spent a lot of time in my civil service removing invasive plants. We have no pet. We will change our garden in our newly aquired home more biodiversity friendly and of course eat more often vegetarian. Like no red meat and a lot less milk that some years ago. But there ist still room for improvement. It would help if this things were systemic encouraged.
Evan Prodromou
•Rabbit Cohen
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•Rabbit Cohen
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•Rabbit Cohen
•Evan Prodromou
•Probably the easiest and most impactful thing is keeping cats indoors and encouraging friends and neighbours to do the same.
Outdoor cats are absolutely disastrous for birds and small mammals.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/moral-cost-of-cats-180960505/
The Moral Cost of Cats
Rachel E. Gross (Smithsonian Magazine)Rabbit Cohen
•Evan Prodromou
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•Anyways, there's a lot an individual can do.
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Darwin Woodka
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•Darwin Woodka
•Fifi Lamoura
•aeva
•Evan Prodromou
•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity
degree of variation of life forms
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)reaply Pop&NetBSD🚩
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•Gina
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•bridgetmck
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•Mech Mouse
•It was a choice
1) to help biodiversity
2) to piss off our Malicious Meldrew like neighbour
3) for me to avoid mowing the damn thing
4) to continue to piss off our Malicious Meldrew like neighbour
5) and because many "weeds" look nice
Brian Hawthorne
•Evan Prodromou
•DeeAnn Little
•For example, consuming an avocado is very different from where I came from (California) and where I am now (Germany).
Also, is it helpful to provide a non-native habitats to endangered plants, or will the energy it takes to maintain various microclimates cause more harm down the road?
Things like that. In short, I still don't know.
DeeAnn Little
•which honestly- is beautiful, interesting and not at all suited to be a houseplant. The natural habitat range is small and getting smaller over time from climate change, land development and poaching.
However, they are greenhouse grown here in Germany and ethically-sourced. But to keep them alive when you get them home takes extra effort and energy (including 0/low TDS water) so they do not die right away.
Darlingtonia californica (California Pitcher Plant, Chrysamphora, Cobra Lily, Cobra Orchid, Cobra Plant) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
plants.ces.ncsu.eduEvan Prodromou
•https://www.earth.com/news/plant-diversity-is-declining-at-a-steady-rate-across-germany/
Plant diversity is declining at a steady rate across Germany • Earth.com
Chrissy Sexton (Earth.com, Inc.)DeeAnn Little
•Plants native to California (and Australia, Africa, so on...) are everywhere here EU-wise already (you can get them in grocery stores here, Italy, Austria, etc.) and I was a bit surprised about that when I moved here.
Markus Feilner :verified:
•Evan Prodromou
•Evan Prodromou
•I'm glad to see how much people feel they are doing or have done for biodiversity.
Let's keep it up!
Also, the comments here are qualitatively different than the ones on my climate change post.
Autumn the Red Sage
•Charles Roper
•Evan Prodromou
•Rogs
•Charles Roper
•https://www.nature.scot/scotlands-biodiversity/biodiversity-what-can-you-do
In so many ways, it’s easier, more fun, and more tangible than dealing with climate. You can so often see the direct benefits of your actions. I recommend to everyone to learn a little and do a little. I’m sure you’ll end up loving what you try. And it’ll help with climate too.
Biodiversity - what can you do?
NatureScotRoman Schaller
•But there ist still room for improvement. It would help if this things were systemic encouraged.