I totally blame globalisation (and inherently capitalism). We are naturally tribal for a reason and that is because it is a survival method against communicable diseases. Many animals have fatal communicable diseases but their species survive because they aren't globalised but we are even interfering in that process.
We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn
I was reading yesterday that 670 dolphins were found washed up on the French coast last month. Last year in the first three months 1,100 washed up on the French coast , dead, badly mutilated and many with their fins cut off. This seems to be a regular happening but the numbers are increasing year on year and threatening their survival, at least in this part of the world .
Due to mans behaviour and the fishing vessels being unselective, the fishing nets catch them, and the dolphins, being mammals need to get to the surface for air. In the panic they struggle and cause themselves injury.
By the time we've finished , every species on earth will be threatened and the current levels of fishing will drive the dolphins to extinction anyway.
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Only a few weeks ago the worst case of multitudes of locusts were stripping the crops in Africa and beyond. I;m not sure if that has passed now, but they were very wide spread globally.
** Just checked on the locust situation and a second wave has just been reported in Kenya, which is said to be 20 times worse than the last.
Today is reported that a deadly olive tree disease across Europe could cost $billions. Spread by insects and particularly threatening the plantations of Spain and Greece at this moment. The same insect can also affect cherry, almond and plumb.
When conditions are right, nature will rise up.
Apparently new cases of Ebola have also been registered.
One thing I've been thinking about are the earth worms. Once upon a time they would be in every spade of soil we dug. I haven't seen any that I can recall over the last couple of years. They used to be big fat juicy ones.. where have they gone ?
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Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
There's a lot of things going on in the World, Chile is in its 10th year of severe drought, fourteen African countries are in severe drought with South Sudan and Ethiopia being worse effected which has brought on famine as well.
Over 50% of England is in drought, including us which may explain you earth worm problem. We had plenty of worms under a lawn we dug up a couple we of weeks ago where the grass had kept the soil a bit damper.
We don't do charity in Germany, we pay taxes. Charity is a failure of governments' responsibilities - Henning Wehn
Still hunting for earth worms. Maybe the hedgehogs are eating them ? Even the blackbirds don't appear to be digging for them.
Locusts
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
