SUCCESSFUL GLASS RECYCLER ALSO BUILDS WETLANDS

🍾 Franziska Trautmann started a recycling facility in a backyard 5 years ago. Now she's Louisiana's biggest glass recycler.

✋ She has fought against the many obstacles that keep glass recycling in the U.S. to only around 30%.

🦉 The facility operates 3 days a week. Her team uses the other days, with some of their glass, to build coastal wetland islands. And wildlife is returning: Birds, gators, crabs, otters.

✨ Need some positive environmental news? Watch this 13-minute video.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-louisianas-recycler-rebuilds-wetlands-with-crushed-glass-2026-1

#SolarPunk #SolarPunkSunday (Belated)
#EnvironmentalConservation
#WasteManagement #Environment #Biodiversity #Wetlands #CoastalConservation #Recycling

Evolution’s minimalist design 🧠✒️: Palawan flycatcher (Cyornis plateni) balancing visual signaling with forest camouflage🌳🔬🟠. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Evolution’s minimalist design 🧠✒️: Palawan flycatcher (Cyornis plateni) balancing visual signaling with forest camouflage🌳🔬🟠. Photo: Shanmugavel Murugesan. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 254

Male #bumblebees can’t #sting - even if they wanted to!
They don’t have a stinger.
All females (queens and workers) develop a stinger but the equivalent part of the body in males develops into the genital capsule.
Ouch!
#bees
#nature
#biodiversity
#environment
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife #science #education

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 254

Male #bumblebees can’t #sting - even if they wanted to!
They don’t have a stinger.
All females (queens and workers) develop a stinger but the equivalent part of the body in males develops into the genital capsule.
Ouch!
#bees
#nature
#biodiversity
#environment
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife #science #education

‘Everything is quagga mussel now’: can invasive species be stopped? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/feb/05/everything-is-quagga-mussel-now-can-invasive-species-be-stopped-podcast #Science #InvasiveSpecies #Wildlife #Environment #Conservation #Biodiversity #Europe

‘Everything is quagga mussel now’: can invasive species be stopped? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2026/feb/05/everything-is-quagga-mussel-now-can-invasive-species-be-stopped-podcast #Science #InvasiveSpecies #Wildlife #Environment #Conservation #Biodiversity #Europe

What if polluters could demand a payout just for being told to stop polluting? That’s what the Government is proposing in its rewrite of our core environmental law – the Resource Management Act (RMA). The public should never have to pay companies to stop polluting drinking water, cutting down ancient native forests, killing wildlife, or emitting dangerous toxins into the air.
#climatecrisis #biodiversity
https://greenpeace.nz/8wvc71

Sometimes nature just needs a little time to surprise us! 🌿

After almost 200 years, a "long-lost" plant species believed to be extinct has been rediscovered in South Africa. It’s a wonderful reminder of the resilience of the natural world and our incredible shared biodiversity.

https://www.news24.com/southafrica/good-news/mystery-solved-long-lost-plant-rediscovered-in-sa-after-200-years-20260204-1079

#Nature #Conservation #GoodNews #SouthAfrica #Biodiversity

Sometimes nature just needs a little time to surprise us! 🌿

After almost 200 years, a "long-lost" plant species believed to be extinct has been rediscovered in South Africa. It’s a wonderful reminder of the resilience of the natural world and our incredible shared biodiversity.

https://www.news24.com/southafrica/good-news/mystery-solved-long-lost-plant-rediscovered-in-sa-after-200-years-20260204-1079

#Nature #Conservation #GoodNews #SouthAfrica #Biodiversity

Sometimes nature just needs a little time to surprise us! 🌿

After almost 200 years, a "long-lost" plant species believed to be extinct has been rediscovered in South Africa. It’s a wonderful reminder of the resilience of the natural world and our incredible shared biodiversity.

https://www.news24.com/southafrica/good-news/mystery-solved-long-lost-plant-rediscovered-in-sa-after-200-years-20260204-1079

#Nature #Conservation #GoodNews #SouthAfrica #Biodiversity

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 253

Keeping with the male bumblebee theme:
Male #bumblebees do not forage for #pollen and #nectar for the colony but rather forage exclusively for nectar for themselves to maintain energy for mating flights and mating!
#bees

#nature
#knapweed
#environment
#biodiversity
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 253

Keeping with the male bumblebee theme:
Male #bumblebees do not forage for #pollen and #nectar for the colony but rather forage exclusively for nectar for themselves to maintain energy for mating flights and mating!
#bees

#nature
#knapweed
#environment
#biodiversity
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife

Legacy PFAS in North Atlantic pilot whales have fallen 60% over the past decade, reflecting earlier phaseouts of the most toxic “forever chemicals.”

But researchers warn of “regrettable substitution,” as similar replacements may cause comparable harm. Meanwhile, human samples show organofluorine levels holding steady or rising — suggesting newer PFAS could be accumulating mainly on land.

by Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/lower-levels-of-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-north-atlantic-whales-show-regulations-work-study/

#news #biodiversity #environment #marineconservation #oceans

Legacy PFAS in North Atlantic pilot whales have fallen 60% over the past decade, reflecting earlier phaseouts of the most toxic “forever chemicals.”

But researchers warn of “regrettable substitution,” as similar replacements may cause comparable harm. Meanwhile, human samples show organofluorine levels holding steady or rising — suggesting newer PFAS could be accumulating mainly on land.

by Liz Kimbrough
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/lower-levels-of-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-north-atlantic-whales-show-regulations-work-study/

#news #biodiversity #environment #marineconservation #oceans

What if polluters could demand a payout just for being told to stop polluting? That’s what the Government is proposing in its rewrite of our core environmental law – the Resource Management Act (RMA). The public should never have to pay companies to stop polluting drinking water, cutting down ancient native forests, killing wildlife, or emitting dangerous toxins into the air.
#climatecrisis #biodiversity
https://greenpeace.nz/8wvc71

"No, you may not tickle the white belly" -- white-bellied woodstar

🤣

#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #Pollinator #Woodstar #Biodiversity #Nature #Neotropics #Photograph #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography

"No, you may not tickle the white belly" -- white-bellied woodstar

🤣

#Bird #Birding #Hummingbird #Pollinator #Woodstar #Biodiversity #Nature #Neotropics #Photograph #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography

zweimal dasselbe kurzbüchsenmoos Brachythecium rutabulum, einmal mit tiefenschärfe, einmal ohne.
welches bild findet ihr besser, ganz subjektiv?
poll im 1. kommentar
teilen wär toll

#mosstodon #macro #nature #biodiversity