As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
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As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
as we lose languages, that loss is reflected in plant and animal extinctions. As we create an increasingly homogenous human culture, we are rapidly losing the broad diversity of knowledge necessary to our tending of the land upon which we are dependent, as well as the ability to commune with and protect the other beings who call it home.
Toko-pa Turner • Belonging: Remembering Ourselves home
The world is becoming less colourful. Across Brazil and much of the tropics, butterflies are fading as forests give way to industrial plantations. Once vibrant with flashes of red, blue and gold, their wings are now turning brown and grey. New research shows that colourful species struggle to survive in eucalyptus plantations where the light is... See more
instagram.comThe loss of ancestral language not only means the extinction of cultural heritage, it is directly linked to our worldwide ecological collapse.