Email: Dad’s 75th birthday. Loves the sea, boats, art. (UAE)
Happy Birthday!
Author: Creatively Curious
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The sea around us…
The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about our natural world. Rachel Carson shows her ability to combine scientific insight with poetic prose.
Evokes power & primacy of bodies of water. Visualises earth cooling under an endlessly overcast sky, centuries of non-stop rain that created oceans, giant squids battling whales hundreds of fathoms below the sea, fury of tides moving 100 billion tons of water daily in a bay, seismic tsunamis that remind of oceans overwhelming potential.
Today, oceans are endangered by dumping of waste, ecological disasters like oil spill in Alaska, gradual death of Great Barrier Reef, melting of polar ice caps. A timely reminder of both the fragility & centrality of oceans, life that abounds both within & around. Anyone who loves the sea would love reading this classic work.
Love trees…
Yellow umbrella…
Blue mountains…
Liszt…
The nature of spring…
Email: Mom’s birthday. Loves books, spring season. (Austria)
Happy Birthday!
Spring is nature’s season of re-birth & rejuvenation. Jim Crumley chronicles the wonder, tumult & spectacle of this natural, mesmerising transformation. Lays bare the impact of global warming, urges for a more careful conservation vision that embraces everything from mountains to tree-lines, to butterflies & birds, to buds & blossoms.
Lace curtains…
In the red…
A million species could face extinction within decades, while we’re grappling with the urgency of what it means to lose species, bio-diversity on such a massive scale.
IUCN Red List – Threatened Species
75% of our terrestrial environment, 66% of our marine environment has been significantly altered by humans. 85% of wet-lands have been lost by 2000. 33% of reef forming corals, sharks, marine mammals, 40% of amphibians are threatened with extinction.
Next species to go extinct may be a snail in Hawaii, a tree in New Zealand, a grass-hopper in Africa, a frog in Amazon, a bee that pollinates tomatoes, a bald-headed eagle soaring in skies, a mangrove forest that stops floods, our favourite wild cat.
We can think globally, act sensitively, understand bio-diversity & carbon footprint impact, support green non-profit’s that protect plants & animals, practice responsible tourism, raise awareness in communities. Small efforts can make a big difference!
Balloons…
Email: Kid is autistic, bullied in neighbourhood. Stressed. (Scotland)
Empathetic. Really sorry to hear about challenges faced by family. Highly recommend seeking professional guidance, counselling. Supportive resources & helpline numbers to find an urgent solution, an effective way forward:
National Bullying Helpline – UK
Hope this helps a little. All the very best. We are all unique.
