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12/15/2025

YES! WE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FARMERS & THE FARMERS MARKET! 💯

12/14/2025

Another great idea for Malls being revitalized! 👏 Sharing, just in case someone wants to open one! 🤗💝

Dead malls are coming back to life in the most unexpected way. Picture this: the shopping centers that once defined suburban America are now feeding entire communities. These vacant spaces are being transformed into high-tech farms that grow fresh produce year-round using zero pesticides. The result is fresher food, more jobs, and neighborhoods reclaiming their future. Keep reading to see how this genius solution is turning retail graveyards into sustainability powerhouses.

12/14/2025

What a great idea, especially for Malls that are going out of business. We'd definitely support this! 👏🤗💖

In Sweden, sustainability has been given a permanent retail home. A pioneering mall called ReTuna, located in the city of Eskilstuna, is the world’s first shopping center entirely dedicated to repaired, reused, and upcycled items. Every store inside specializes in secondhand goods—clothing, electronics, furniture, toys, and more—but with a twist: each one also operates a repair workshop on-site, breathing new life into items that would otherwise be discarded.

The mall partners with a local recycling center, where residents drop off unwanted goods. Staff sort and assess what can be refurbished, and those items are then sent to stores where skilled craftspeople repair, redesign, or repackage them for resale. The result is a retail environment that feels both familiar and revolutionary—a place where shopping doesn’t mean waste, and every item has a story.

Visitors can find vintage denim turned into modern jackets, salvaged wood made into designer tables, and broken electronics restored to function. Some stores also offer classes, teaching the public how to mend clothes, fix appliances, or build sustainably. ReTuna isn’t just about buying—it’s about changing habits.

This model reimagines consumption from the ground up, proving that sustainability can be stylish, affordable, and community-driven. In a world flooded with fast fashion and single-use products, Sweden’s repair mall stands as a beacon of circular economy in action—where every broken thing is seen as a new beginning, not an end.

12/13/2025

HOW PRECIOUS! SHARING. 🤗💓

Ahh, how very precious this family connection is! 🤗 The otters also take care of the other young ones as their own! Now, that's what TRIBE is! 💝

12/13/2025

Well, isn't this interesting! 🤔 It's so wonderful that many young people are learning how to live in a more sustainable world. Growing our own food, learning how to can and dry food and making good organic yogurt! 👏 YES! LET'S GO! 🤗💓

A class-action lawsuit against Chobani Yogurt was filed in California. Despite the company's claim of "only natural ingredients," independent lab tests revealed the yogurt contains multiple phthalates, a class of endocrine disrupting chemicals linked to breast cancer, developmental issues, decreased fertility, obesity and asthma.

It's most likely the chemicals are leaching into the yogurt from the plastic packaging. Still, ALL food companies know that plastics leach toxic chemicals and toxic microplastics into the food. The choice of packaging is intentional, so if toxic chemicals end up in the food, then those chemicals, theoretically, should be considered as intentionally added. Chobani should just stop making "natural" claims if they want to keep using toxic plastic containers.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15349731/Chobani-yogurt-toxic-chemicals-cancer.html

12/13/2025

Let's get involved with this amazing realization. Seems so obvious when you follow the research. 💓

Nature already gives us sustainable materials that heal the soil, grow quickly, and leave little waste behind. H**p, bamboo, and mushrooms have supported communities for generations.
These plants can replace many modern materials, offering stronger fibers and biodegradable options that protect the earth rather than harm it.
The solutions exist — all we need is the will to choose them. 🍄🌿

12/13/2025

👏 YES, cotton vs h**p and here's the facts friends. Good to know.🤔👏💓

🌿 The Fabric Fight: Why Your T-Shirt Choices Matter More Than You Think 👕

We’ve all heard about "fast fashion," but have you ever looked at the raw numbers behind the fabric? I recently came across this comparison between Cotton and H**p, and I decided to dig into the data to see if it holds up.

The results? The difference is even crazier than the graphic suggests.

Here is the breakdown of the "Cotton vs. H**p" showdown, fact-checked and tested:

1. The Chemical Warfare ☠️

Image Claim: Cotton uses 26% of the world's pesticides.

The Reality: Cotton is often called the "dirtiest crop" in the world. While exact percentages fluctuate (some sources say ~16% of insecticides), it is undeniably chemical-heavy.

The H**p Advantage: H**p is naturally pest-resistant. It grows like a w**d (literally). While "no chemical pesticides" is the ideal scenario, the reality is that h**p requires significantly less intervention. It outcompetes w**ds naturally, meaning fewer herbicides and a cleaner planet.

2. The Thirst Trap 💧

Image Claim: 720 gallons of water for one cotton shirt vs. 180 gallons for h**p.

The Reality: This is true. Cotton is an incredibly thirsty crop, often grown in water-scarce regions. It takes roughly 2,700 liters (about 713 gallons) to make a single cotton tee.

The H**p Advantage: H**p requires about half the water of cotton (or less) and thrives on rainwater in many climates. It protects our freshwater reserves.

3. Speed to Harvest ⏱️

Image Claim: Cotton takes 8-9 months; H**p takes 3-4 months.

The Reality: Cotton has a long growing season (typically 150-180 days).

The H**p Advantage: H**p is a sprinter. It’s ready to harvest in just 90-120 days. This means farmers can potentially grow multiple cycles or rotate crops faster, keeping the soil active and healthy.

4. Efficiency Per Acre 🚜

Image Claim: H**p produces nearly double (or more) fiber per acre.

The Reality: H**p is a high-yield biomass champion. Because it grows tall and dense, you get much more usable fiber from the same patch of land compared to the spreading, delicate cotton bush. This means we can clothe more people using less land, leaving more room for forests and food.

🌱 The Bonus Fact (Not in the image!):
H**p is a "regenerative" crop. It actually returns nutrients to the soil and can remove toxins (a process called phytoremediation). Cotton, largely due to the chemicals used, often degrades soil quality over time.

The Verdict?
Cotton is soft and familiar, but h**p is the powerhouse of sustainability. It’s stronger, uses less water, and heals the earth.

👇 Question for you: Have you ever tried h**p clothing? Is the "roughness" a myth, or have you found soft h**p gear? Let me know in the comments!

12/13/2025

FYI 🤔 How fascinating! Sharing another AHA MOMENT! 🤗💓

Even slight temperature shifts can push entire turtle nests toward one s*x, reshaping future populations before hatchlings reach the water.

A small rise in heat becomes a quiet force that can tilt an entire generation.

12/13/2025

Why not use ALL the water around to power our communities!? LOVE the creativity that's happening, we actually could MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 👏🤗🌎💓

This seems like a wonderful opportunity to get FREE power by harnessing the ocean! 👏 Guess the word FREE is a relative term here. There's always 'strings' attached someway, but we can still IMAGINE a WORLD where greed doesn't exist. 🪄🌎 Love and blessings Dear FRIENDS. 🙏💞💖

12/13/2025

In the Brdy Protected Landscape Area in the Czech Republic, officials spent about seven years planning a project to restore wetlands and improve water flow. The plan was delayed again and again by permits and bureaucracy.

Then nature stepped in.

A family of European beavers moved into the area and, within just two days, built several dams — almost exactly where engineers had planned to place them. The dams naturally slowed the stream, blocked polluted runoff, and quickly created healthy wetlands.

The result? The landscape was restored without construction work, and authorities avoided spending what would have been millions of Czech crowns on the project.

Ecologists confirmed that the beavers’ dams achieved the same goals as the human plan — faster, cheaper, and entirely naturally. It became a real-world example of how wildlife can sometimes outperform years of human planning.

Sometimes, the best engineers don’t use blueprints at all — they use instinct. 🦫

12/13/2025

SEE, more about how important H**P can be! 👏🤗

H**p grows extremely fast, reaching maturity in 90–120 days, compared to 20–80 years for trees used in commercial pulping, such as pine or eucalyptus.

Because h**p is an annual crop that can be harvested every year, while trees are harvested on long rotations, the comparison is usually framed in terms of annual yield per acre rather than a single harvest.

When processed into paper, h**p’s bast fibers (the long outer fibers) and hurds (the woody inner core) both yield usable cellulose.

Studies and historical data from the 1930s USDA trials and later European h**p-paper operations show that well-managed h**p typically produces 3–8 dry tons of fiber per acre per year, with an average around 4–6 tons under good conditions.

Modern tree plantations for pulp (fast-growing southern pine or eucalyptus) yield roughly 6–10 dry tons of wood per acre per year when averaged over a 7–15-year rotation.

Since it takes about 2.5–3 tons of wood to make one ton of pulp, and slightly less h**p (around 2–2.5 tons) because of higher cellulose content and less lignin, the effective annual pulp output from one acre of h**p can indeed match or exceed the annualized output from four acres of average tree plantations.

Thus the “four-to-one” ratio is a reasonable rule-of-thumb approximation when comparing sustainable annual production rather than one-time harvests.

It becomes even more favorable for h**p when multiple harvests per year are possible in warm climates or when superior varieties and farming practices are used.

The figure is therefore grounded in agronomic reality, not myth, though exact ratios vary with species, soil, climate, and processing efficiency.

12/13/2025

Did you know this?? 🤭 FASCINATING planet we live on. Sharing. 🤩🌎

In nature’s long list of strange and brilliant survival strategies, the dung beetle holds one of the most unbelievable titles. Scientists discovered that these tiny insects — only a few centimeters long — can 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐲. When rolling their dung balls across the savanna at night, they look up at the sky and orient themselves using the band of starlight stretching across the heavens. No other insect has ever been found to use a galaxy as its guiding compass.

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 this by placing dung beetles under different night skies: some with stars visible, some without, and even inside small planetariums. Each time, the beetles rolled perfectly straight only when they could see the Milky Way. This ability helps them escape predators and competing beetles by moving quickly in a direct line. The moment the galaxy disappears from view, they lose direction.

This discovery shows how deeply 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡’𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐬. Even one of the smallest insects depends on the stars — not just for beauty, but for survival. It’s a reminder that nature is far more intelligent and mysterious than we often imagine, with secrets written across the sky itself.