wonder | wander | women feel good to get back to regular sunny walks around the neighborhood, even if it's been slow and erratic to warm up. A year of lock down and sheltering in place has made the winter seem colder and gloomier than usual.
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| at the corner of Gregory & Highpoint, Union City NJ |
at the New York Botanical Garden, 2021
However limited or closed in, being in nature is always an expansive immersive experience. Mother I feel you under my feet. Mother I feel your heart beat.
Now more than ever the need to stay present, rather than worrying about an unknown future, is a wise option for us to focus on.
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| at the corner of 20th Street & Palisade Avenue, Union City NJ |
COVID has given us the opportunity to put the brakes on and change behavior that is not sustainable and does not contribute to a better world.
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| at the corner of 18th & Manhattan, Union City NJ |
What seeds are we planting to make this a future reality? This may be the best time to turn lawns into edible community gardens.
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| at the corner of Mountain Road & Palisade Avenue |
Cities that take down old trees because it's simpler and less expensive need to find more natural and collaborative ways to repave roads and sidewalks.
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| at the corner of 18th & Mountain Road |
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| crab apple blooms |
Do we really need to be constructing more ginormous edifices? If so, surely we have the technology and know how to incorporate greener and more eco friendly ways to build them?
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| tall trees in small plots |
It's time we all give up the mindset of commercialized consumerism and seriously apply ourselves to being regenerative restorers.
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| lovely lavender & their hive of healthy bees |
The time is now and humans have been given the best reset opportunity to do so. Let's not waste it.
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| UK cherry blossoms in bloom, 2019 |
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