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[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Most butterfly gardens are built to feed butterflies. The good ones are designed to make more butterflies.

A yard full of nectar flowers is a snack bar for the adults, and that's a fine thing to offer. But flowers alone make a rest stop, not a home. A few other pieces turn it into the real thing.

The big one is host plants. Caterpillars don't drink nectar, and most won't eat just any leaf. Monarch caterpillars need milkweed; black swallowtails want dill, parsley, or fennel. Without the specific plant a species lays its eggs on, your garden raises no butterflies of its own.

Then the small stuff. A flat rock or two in full sun gives them somewhere to bask, since a butterfly can't fly until the sun has warmed its wings. A shallow dish of wet sand lets them "puddle," pulling up the salts and minerals nectar doesn't provide. A wind-sheltered corner, with a few stems and leaves left standing through winter, gives them places to rest and overwinter.

And no spray, not even the organic kind, since most of it kills caterpillars just as readily as the pests.

This is how your butterfly garden stops being a place they pass through and starts being a place they come from.

[Annie O'Garra Worsley @RedRiverCroft]

I love seeing the croft come to life, revealing old stories, full of hope for the future. On the high steep river terrace are dozens of pretty pink heath spotted orchids, on the modern rapidly rewilding riverbank, bluebells (memories of old woodland) & broad-leaved marsh orchids.

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

It was either me or Muhammad Ali!
Hedgehogs Rule https://t.co/4bwbhkgBcG

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

Palestinianism: A New Lens for Understanding Resistance and the Defense of Human Dignity https://t.co/mB1QTIXMDe

[MoEF&CC @moefcc]

Only 2 days until World Environment Day 2026.

Every tree planted, every drop saved and every sustainable choice made today helps shape a better tomorrow.

Let's come together to protect the planet we all share.

#WED2026

[WeeRide UK @weeride]

Happy World Bicycle Day. 🚴🌍

This year’s theme is Cycling for a Greener Future.

Every family bike ride means cleaner air, less traffic, more time outdoors and memories that last a lifetime. ❤️

Start them young. Ride together. Build a greener future.

#GreenerFuture

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

At an aquarium in Japan, after closing time, some clever little otter pups help their grandpa tidy up their toys. As a reward, he gives them ice cubes

[Bernhard Mueller @muellerberndt]

Everybody knows the landscape problem: Which string theory is the right one? Here is the answer.

https://t.co/AeeMv9UAjH

[Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺 @Axaxia88]

Exhausted after spending hours trapped in a fishing net, this beaver was fortunate to be spotted and rescued by kind-hearted people just in time. Once freed, he didn’t rush back into the water. Instead, he lingered on the boat, quietly looking back at the people who had saved him.

In that touching moment, it felt as though he was trying to say “thank you” in his own special way. 🦫❤️

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

National Community Week 2026 starts june 21st
Check out this post https://t.co/wVMvcMnvS7

[The potting shed @GardenerFliss]

When I am asked, Is there anything people can do at home to help bees, whether they have a garden, patio, window box, or local green space?

Absolutely. One of the simplest and most meaningful things we can do is grow flowers.
Over the past century, England has lost around 97% of its wildflower meadows. These once-vibrant landscapes provided food and shelter for countless pollinators, and their disappearance has had a profound impact on bee populations across the country.
The good news is that even the smallest space can make a difference. Whether you have a large garden, a few pots on a patio, a window box, or access to a community green space, planting bee-friendly flowers creates valuable feeding stations for pollinators. Individually, these may seem like small acts, but together they form a network of habitats that help bees thrive.
By choosing native wildflowers, you’re not only bringing beauty and colour into your surroundings, you’re helping to restore a tiny piece of the landscape that bees have lost.

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

The Human Resonator — Part 2: Cosmic Currents and the Bandwidth of Consciousness https://t.co/qegXPfXox2

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

enjoy our latest Newsletter
- it includes links to freely download a new article on #QuantumAppreciation!
How quantum Physics connects to Appreciative Inquiry #Quantum
https://t.co/KWprCRe2qk

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

enjoy our latest Newsletter
- it includes links to freely download a new article on #QuantumAppreciation!
How quantum Physics connects to Appreciative Inquiry #Quantum
https://t.co/KWprCRe2qk

[AHDB @TheAHDB]

The AG Show team catch up with filmmaker James Dawson and Derek Banbury, one of the two farmers at the heart of his new doc, Derek vs Derek.

The film explores a Devon lane where a single hedge separates two very different versions of British farming ➡️ https://t.co/3QAefJpZPD

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

A 🦬 Traffic Jam…

Just a massive Bison causing a traffic jam in the beautiful Yellowstone National Park in the US, where bison often cause "traffic jams" by wandering onto roads.

A classic wildlife encounter. Nature is beautiful, let’s enjoy it!

🎦 Credit: Nature Is Beautiful.

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

Great Song -
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Get On Board the Train to the New Earth Now https://t.co/FSAsEB1Ed1 via @YouTube

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

Today, pause and notice three small details around you that usually go unnoticed—the way light hits a wall, a sound you normally tune out, or the texture of something you touch. —Brooke #dailydoseofkindness https://t.co/femYcHf0cs via @RAKFoundation

[Appreciating People @AppreciatingP]

Did you know that thousands of energy-hungry AI data centres are coming to Europe? Our electricity bills could go up fast unless Big Tech is forced to run them on 100% new, renewable energy. Join me in signing👇 https://t.co/z3dQyStlE4

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

A bricklayer in East Yorkshire has spent 35 years putting up barn owl nest boxes on weekends. This year, the region saw 308 owlets hatch.

His name is Robert Salter. He's 56 and does bricklaying full time. In 1990, he saw a piece on the news about a man in Lincolnshire installing barn owl boxes, and decided he'd do the same. He started with five.

He now has more than 350 boxes scattered across fields, farms, outbuildings, and trees in East Yorkshire. Every June, he takes four weeks off from bricklaying and visits them with his wife Sue. Scrambling up ladders, ringing chicks, cleaning boxes, repairing the ones the weather got to. He's a licensed bird ringer for the British Trust for Ornithology.

In 2024, the region ringed 95 owlets. In 2025, the count was 308. The Barn Owl Trust says that nationally, this year was "pretty poor" for barn owl breeding, but east Yorkshire is the exception, and it's the exception because of one man with a ladder.

The barn owl population in the UK was estimated at 4,000 pairs in the mid-2000s and crashed to roughly 1,000 by the early 2010s. The species is still recovering.

Most of conservation is one person who refuses to give up.