If you are looking for something positive you can do right now for the #environment (that is also #antiFascist), because #ClimateChange and land use (habitat loss) are two sides of the same coin, find a 'Friends of _____' group and start to learn about #RestorationEcology. It's hard to see and interact with climate, but its very possible to develop relationships with the landscape, no matter where we live.

Restoration is a lovely, impactful way to build community around local natural spaces. The idea is to create and support (diverse) refuge areas that are resistant to human pressures. Patches of wilderness that can serve as a bridge between larger conservancies. Imagine a pit stop for #bees, #plants, #fungi, and #birds. Urban or rural. No matter how small. There are many approaches and no right one. It combines seamlessly with #NatureEducation and appreciation. Search for conservancies, natural areas, land trusts, state, county, or city parks. It doesnt have to be swanky: it can be the drainage way behind your neighborhood (the more local, the better).

There are also many many different roles to get involved in that can make it #accessible! Nature education and land use planning are severely under-utilized areas, as is citizen wildlife monitoring. You can grow plants for restoration in your garden or in your window. (Responsibly) collect native seed from areas of abundance and scatter it in bare places. If you dont know where to start, just learning plant names and their relationships is hugely rewarding, because you will start to see patterns in the landscape that will allow you to interpret and share with others (*chills*).

I know people are stretched really thin right now, but #nature is so restorative and #EcologicalRestoration connects me to my neighbors. It provides an easy platform for broader community organizing, which seems relevant right now. We aren't separate from nature: we are a part of it. It always gives back more than we put in

#Ecology #Bloomscrollling #NaturePhotography

**Levend Lichtje** @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art · Mar 21 *

Mar 21 *

Levend Lichtje @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art

I put this dandelion light up for sale! It’s the last one available, as the others have already been reserved. I’m offering a 25% discount because it flickers a little when touched or moved, but it generally stays steady when left in place.
I could have destroyed it, but it’s still a beautiful light. So, I offer anything with small defects at a discount instead.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1877562486/seconds-sale-taraxacum-laneum-ii-3

#dandelion #BloomScrollling #art

**Levend Lichtje** @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art · Mar 20

Mar 20

Levend Lichtje @LevendLichtje@mastodon.art

For #spring, my little snowdrop. It glows softly (there's a light in the flower), but its glow is best seen at night. See the second pic for a bit of the glow.

I haven’t shared much about this piece yet - maybe because it’s a little different from my usual embroidery work. But I like how delicate it turned out.

@fiberarts

#springequinox #fruhlingsanfang #BloomScrollling

**regina_nyckelharpista** @regina_nyckelharpista@sunny.garden · Mar 4 *

Mar 4 *

regina_nyckelharpista @regina_nyckelharpista@sunny.garden

Something not music-related today! A couple of years ago I fell deeply in love with ceramics. I love shaping clay with my hands I love recycling and reusing it again and again. I love that I can shape it into almost every shape I can imagine and create art pieces for everyday use.

It is not a very accessible craft though since it requires a lot of space and some very expensive equipment - at least if you want to be making food-safe and watertight ceramics. So it took me a long time to get going and start creating the pots I imagined. My process is very slow and careful, sometimes it takes me months to finish a mug, bowl, palette or figurine. I am happy to have found a ceramic artist close to where I live who fires my work and happy to have a partner who is unbothered by the fact that I use our bathroom as a pottery studio sometimes, throwing wheel and all!

If you want to check out some of my creations, feel free to take a peek at my etsy shop: https://radiculacrafts.etsy.com

For now I want to present you with my new logo I designed, inspired by snowdrops, some actual snowdrops I spotted today and my most popular ceramic item: a small travel palette you can take on all your creative adventures

I'll be sharing more in the future, but am thinking about a separate pottery account for that, but maybe not? What do the more mastodon-savvy people among you you think?

#ceramics #pottery #springtime