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Rena's avatar

It's heartbreaking, but we must be and remain aware. Thank you, Alexander.

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Bernardi's avatar

β€œThe major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.”

- Gregory Bateson

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Aida Brunell's avatar

Gregory Bateson’s book an ecology of the mind is difficult but inspiring . What a good surprise to find a quote !

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Bernardi's avatar

Quoted from Ecology of Mind. A documentary film done by his daughter Nora Bateson. A friend of mine recorded it. There is a clip on YouTube.

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Aida Brunell's avatar

Thanks 😊

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Evelyne Luethy's avatar

Sobering ... I had heard about the lynx in France, but not about the cacti in Switzerland. Valais is one of the driest regions, so I'm not surprised that's where it's found to be invasive. I will need to read up on that. Thank you for this collection of news stories. Sad, but necessary.

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I can find news stories about the cacti in English, French and Italian. None in German. This is weird. Valais is bilingual (French/German) and German is the most widely spoken language in Switzerland. I'm gonna need to dig a bit deeper.

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Aida Brunell's avatar

We must retain this from your worrying climate change newsletter : "because it is clearly here now, and if we do not act, it will get worse.". The mission is clear!

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Judith L Hubbard's avatar

I hope you will write β€œthe more” tomorrow if you can tolerate the pain it must surely bring. These are the facts we must have to share/ pummel our governments into immediate action to save the β€œgem of the Universe.”

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Mischa Geracoulis's avatar

πŸ’” The final quote from Shaw seems to really capture the essence of this newsletter. Indeed, all the messages this time are tragic (to say nothing of those we didn't cover), but for some reason, the threat to edelweiss flowers feels especially sad. Maybe it's my association from childhood to The Sound of Music. *sigh*

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