Hello and welcome to my second post on Substack. The last session of the nature writing class I've been teaching for a local mental health project took place last week at Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens. The focus was on insects and pollination. It had been raining all day and was still very windy so I wasn't sure we would see many insects. However, we were pleasantly surprised! We walked around the area near the Botanic Cottage and saw most of the common species of bumblebees, two species of hoverflies, two species of butterfly, common wasps and a damselfly. We spent a lovely few minutes standing in the sunshine enjoying the sight of a whole crowd of bumblebees of different species buzzing around amongst lavender bushes. Many insect species are suffering devastating declines in their populations, so places like the Botanics, which offer lots of nectar bearing flowers are more important than ever.
funny how long it has been. I started following you, or was it the other way around on blogspot, then Facebook and now here we are on Sub stack. I have 1 entry only. Trying to dung out 41 yrs at this old house and not able to get consistent with writing. Good to find you here!
Insect declines lead to avian declines and so forth down the line. When our Earth organism is out of balance, the Earth has to react. To achieve homeostasis. This is what is taking place.
The insect loss is worrying and the Gulf Stream shut down more so. I have no idea why more people aren’t talking about this. It’s so frustrating when we have so many of the answers, yet Governments aren’t prepared to take action.
Congratulations on the poetry gig. Would come if I were closer.
funny how long it has been. I started following you, or was it the other way around on blogspot, then Facebook and now here we are on Sub stack. I have 1 entry only. Trying to dung out 41 yrs at this old house and not able to get consistent with writing. Good to find you here!
Hi Kay, yes I remember! Good to find you here too! Thanks for subscribing!
Insect declines lead to avian declines and so forth down the line. When our Earth organism is out of balance, the Earth has to react. To achieve homeostasis. This is what is taking place.
The insect loss is worrying and the Gulf Stream shut down more so. I have no idea why more people aren’t talking about this. It’s so frustrating when we have so many of the answers, yet Governments aren’t prepared to take action.
Congratulations on the poetry gig. Would come if I were closer.
Yes, I agree, governments in so-called democracies, are supposed to be responsive to the people, so they should act more in this area.
Well done and very interesting!
Thanks Tom!