No One is powerless to Save Life on Earth

     We now frequently read and hear of species extinctions, and wildlife population decline.  Many people are concerned about possible food shortages.  As much anxiety that we may have about life, no one of us is powerless. As Sylvia Earle (marine biologist) said, "Most of the positive and negative things that bring about change in human civilization start with someone. Some "one"." That is as much true here in Jericho as anywhere else. 

Yellow-banded Bumble Bee 

Although the Yellow-banded Bumble Bee was historically distributed throughout the Upper Midwest, Northeast, and Eastern Seaboard, recent range-wide studies have estimated that B. terricola has declined by ~50% (Williams and Osbourne 2009, Colla et al. 2012), and warrants “endangered” status under IUCN protocols (Williams and Osbourne 2009). Vermont Center for Eco Studies

"It isn't too late to take the best hope we will ever have of having a home in this universe. To respect what we've got, to protect what remains, don't let any of the pieces escape.

Most of the positive and negative things that bring about change in human civilization start with someone. Some "one." And no one can do everything, but every one can do something. And sometimes, big ideas make a big difference. That's what we can do. That's what you can do right now. Look in the mirror, figure it out. Go for it."

Slyvia Earle, marine biologist, explorer, author, lecturer. 

Some one can save Life on Earth

Bernie Paquette

We are not powerless, we are one 

together we are many.

What holds us together

is love for one another

what keeps us alive 

is the biodiversity of this planet.

Threats to biodiversity

are threats to our own life-support systems.

We depend on the work of ecosystems

of plants and animals.

Ignoring their peril

is to ignore our own. 

What lies between us

and insects, birds, and other wildlife

may simply be a lack of knowledge.

Open the door to your backyard

meet your nearest neighbors

explore their vast uniqueness

kaleidoscope of colors, behaviors;

learn how they contribute to the web of life

that feeds us.  

Every day we learn of another species

that is no more

or that is a mere shadow of its former presence.

We close the door 

and tell ourselves the world is falling to pieces.

Interspecies communication or at least respect 

can form mutualism.

Those (life forms) that are different

are all linked to each other and to us. 

Open your eyes to all life

from plants to insects to birds and mammals

getting to know them

shows there is nothing to fear

from the timid deer

to a dancing dragonfly or butterfly

welcome your neighbors - wildlife.

Please do not shut your eyes

to their demise

tragic as that is, ours will be more so

after they are gone.

Listen to their call

from the spring creepers

to the tiniest of creatures

going about their lives

as we do ours.

Respect what we've got

to protect what remains

don't let any of the pieces escape.

You are the answer

heed the call

none of us is powerless

life is not endless

we live on earth together

all life intertwined.

Look in your backyard

meet your wildlife neighbors

discover life abound

honor the food web

that feed each other

that then feed us.

Grow habitat that 

shelters and protects

wildlife

that's what you can do

in your backyard

right now

to have great effect. 

We are not powerless, we are one 

everyone can do something

together we are many.

 

Bernie

Observing life in nature.

Connecting native habitat, wildlife, and community.