Biodiversity Is The Tapestry Of Life May 21, 2021, 6:39 PM IST
A former associate editor of The Times of India, leader writer and editor of The Speaking Tree, Narayani Ganesh writes on issues concerning the environment, science and technology, travel and tourism, heritage, philosophy, spirituality and health. LESS. MORE
Browsing through images of other species, you may begin to think that perhaps no other species is more ugly and useless than the human. Most birds can boast of their splendid plumage; that they facilitate seed propagation and soil enrichment and that they never foul their own nest. They are happy creatures, chirping away, eating what they can find, taking care of their young ones, and winging across oceans and mountains, dales and valleys.
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The 2021 World Biodiversity Forum Returns Virtually this May with TEALEAVES, Presenting Vital Dialogues for Living in Harmony with Nature
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The Forum has identified and isolated critical sectors in society including policy, finance, and food systems and will demonstrate their relationship to biodiversity in order to awaken transformative action from non-state actors across specialties and industries. DAVOS, Switzerland (PRWEB) April 26, 2021 The World Biodiversity Forum, organized by the University of Zurich, bioDISCOVERY, and supported by TEALEAVES, will return with a series of virtual events bringing together global authorities across disciplines, societal actors, and youth representatives. The purpose is to inspire action on the part of non-state actors in order to achieve the goals of the new global biodiversity framework and the 2050 Vision of the Convention on Biological Diversity: Living in Har
From paper to piano
The initial impetus came from theologian Harvey Cox, whose preaching had inspired her to write her first oratorio, The City is Burning. He was talking about the shaking up of the Spirit, and how the spirit of God is often portrayed as this peaceful, quiet thing, [but] when the Spirit really shakes us hey, we need to do something, she said. I feel this idea very strongly in terms of earth justice and taking care of our planet.
Scarcely had she completed and performed that work when Cox suggested that she read
Laudato Si . I was just blown away. It was so beautiful, said Chase, who teaches at the Berklee College of Music and New England Conservatory in Boston.