#opensource = choice, flexibility, lower costs & security! #opensource is the equalizer to IT #monoculture! Explore it with #openSUSE https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/03/31/branching-out-why-shift-from-it-monoculture-to-open-source/?utm_campaign=Oktopost-FY25%20Global%20Thought%20Leadership
How much food is wasted around the world? https://www.diningandcooking.com/1990350/how-much-food-is-wasted-around-the-world/ #(Field #(Industry) #agriculture #CerealPlant #ColorImage #CornCrop #cracked #crop #CultivatedLand #drought #Dust #food #FoodAndDrinkIndustry #heat #land #LandFeature #LowAngleView #monoculture #NaturalDisaster #NaturalLandState #nobody #photography #sunlight #VibrantColor #vignette #WideAngleLens
@GottaLaff
Really bad news, I don't like hearing it but we all need to hear it.
The #USA is not an #oldwhiteman #monoculture even though I myself am an old white man. If mine were the only voice in the room my company and country would be destroyed.
This particular battle may be lost but not the war. #organize #evangelize #fightback #vote #resist
Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything - https://www.wired.com/story/deepseek-china-nationalism/ "From video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride." #monoculture #ai
Thanks!
That #DEI rollback thing is going to have some other unexpected consequences for the #MAGA crowd.
Businesses with a #monoculture end up missing so many clues that a diverse *and* included workforce provides. DEI is more than just an issue of #fairness & #morality it is a business value. Companies like #Coscto have made that clear. Fortunately for me I'm in a company that thinks like Costco. I'm not in the group that would be excluded, I need that group to help us succeed.
Humans are making it increasingly difficult for wildlife to live and reproduce.
Sprawl, accelerated fossil fuel mobility via motor engines and roaming introduced canines makes survival for other than humans risky or impossible. The prosthetic apparatuses of 'man' sends its noisy and polluting tentacles into every nook and cranny where bio-diversity still dwells - 24/7.
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https://theconversation.com/five-ways-humans-have-scuppered-the-love-lives-of-animals-249425
#biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #ecocide #cars #roads #traffic #pets #lawns #machines #pollution #noise #waste #harm #technosphere #HumanDisturbance #extractivism #monoculture #fossilfuels #mowing #deforestation #LoggingImpacts
Briloner Eisenberg - Schlachtfeld #Fichtenwald
https://mediathek.rzgierskopp.de/w/tcEoKgZmghdsgfPEvFqLsp
Große Teile des Fichtenwaldes im #Sauerland sind 2023 dem #Klimawandel zum Opfer gefallen.
Die #Trockenheit und andere Umweltfaktoren machten die Fichten, welche Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen angesiedelt wurden, in den letzten Jahren zu einem leichten Opfer für #Parasiten, hauptsächlich den #Borkenkäfer.
*#SouthAmerica's historic, highly efficient irrigated #agriculture*
(4/4)
...excess water from flooded fields during the rainy season, facilitating agricultural productivity."
I don't recall having read anything about #monoculture during the #PreColumbian period in #SouthAmerica, granted, but *unique?*
Just have a cursory look at my older thread on #WaruWaru and judge for yourself.
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A good argument for #Polyculture instead of #monoculture! Of course, it takes time to establish, and doesn't happen overnight.
#Climate takes its toll on the ‘#cherry capital of the world’
The erratic weather adding to the troubles of Michigan's cherry growers is impacting #farmers everywhere.
Ayurella Horn-Muller & Izzy Ross
December 17, 2024
"Everyone who works the land knows they’re at the mercy of the weather, but even by that measure this was a challenging year for Michigan’s cherry farmers. Growers throughout the state, which produces one-fifth of the nation’s sweet cherries and about 75 percent of its tart cherries, have struggled with mounting losses. By the time the season came to a close over the summer, as much as 75 percent of the state’s sweet cherry crop was lost. Although tart cherry production for northwest Michigan was up almost 40 percent over last year, the quality of the fruit declined.
"Many growers are adapting to the difficult market and changing climate, planting different varieties or embracing high-density orchards with trees packed more closely together, an approach that makes them easier to harvest while lowering costs and improving quality. For Isaiah Wunsch, CEO of the farm that bears his name, the key to survival is 'not putting all of our eggs into one basket.'"
In lush North East #India 
a battle is being waged, between sowing native seeds versus industrial #palmoil #monoculture 
that threatens rare #ecosystems #animals and an ancient way of life #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect
http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/10/06/indias-palm-oil-plans-wreak-havoc-on-the-ground/
@cobalt Thank you for remembering this man made ecological disaster. Unless we change our dependence on monocultural plant farming more of these chemical disasters await impoverished communities. #pesticides #monoculture #poverty
10 incredible #UrbanFoodForests from around the world
"If we take a moment to observe nature we realize that a woodland doesn’t require artificial interventions to remain flourishing." – Picasso Food Forest
Climate Society
14th June 2022
"Everywhere around the world cities are facing the challenge of providing their growing population with fresh, local food. Instead of buying food cultivated in monocultures hundreds of miles away from home, both farmers as well as engaged citizens are turning to a radically different approach. They are transforming school yards, parking lots and even boats into edible food forests.
"Food forests are the complete opposite of our industrial agricultural model. Instead of large-scale monocrops covered in harmful pesticides, food forests are diverse ecosystems, mimicking natural forests. The different layers of a food forest, ranging from tall fruit and nut trees to fruit bearing shrubs and bushes, vines, roots and other ground-hugging plants, offer a variety of fresh, local, organic produce.
"Especially for city dwellers, these urban food forests provide a huge opportunity. Rather than depending on the heavily industrialized food system, it enables people in cities to gain access to healthy and sustainable nutrition. In addition, by actively participating in taking care of a food forest, the connection to both nature and community gets an instant boost.
"These ten inspiring examples of food forests prove that it is possible to provide inhabitants of urban areas with food that is good for both people and planet."
Read more:
https://sustainableurbandelta.com/urban-food-forests/
Food Forests in Permaculture: An In-Depth Guide
Discover how to create a food forest—an abundant, sustainable ecosystem mimicking natural forests. Learn about planning, layers, and benefits.
July 26, 2024
"The concept of food forests is deeply rooted in history, with ancient practices found in various cultures around the world. Traditional forest gardens have been practiced for centuries in regions such as Southeast Asia, Africa, and Central America. These systems were developed by indigenous peoples who recognized the benefits of integrating trees, shrubs, and other plants to create sustainable food production systems.
"One of the earliest examples of a food forest is found in the ancient Mayan civilization, where forest gardens were an integral part of their agricultural system. These gardens included a variety of fruit trees, medicinal plants, and other useful species arranged in a way that mimicked the natural forest structure.
"In modern times, the principles of food forests were popularized by permaculture pioneers like Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the late 20th century. They advocated for the use of natural systems and processes to create sustainable agricultural practices. Today, food forests are recognized as a vital component of permaculture and are being implemented worldwide to promote food security, biodiversity, and ecological health."
https://www.permalogica.com/post/food-forests-in-permaculture-an-in-depth-guide
New book review on my website!
The Telling, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★★
A thoughtful tale of an observer from Earth seeking the fragments of lost culture hidden beneath a world that's thrown away its past in favor of a single vision.
@ajroach42
From what? #Firefox is not perfect, no human made thing is. But we can't have a #browser #monoculture, it is way too risky for several reason. That's also why I have a soft spot for all #webkit browsers also proprietary ones. #Chrome, #chromium and their derivates can't be the one web client we use. We need more engines for a healthy web ecosystem
The #Manosphere Won
#DonaldTrump owes at least part of his victory to the manosphere—the amorphous assortment of #influencers who are mostly young, exclusively male, and increasingly the drivers of the remaining online #monoculture.
#election #election2024
All COP16s Are Bad
Anti Commerciële Actie Beweging
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We probably even should , as the conventional #monoculture #farming methods are proven to damage the environment, health & result in other problems.
#Vegetarian & #vegan #diets are not traditional in the west (other than for the poor who simply could not afford meat etc.), but have been for a long time in other regions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism#Origins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_in_Hinduism#History
Many people are living self-sufficient from their #gardens, they give plenty, storing is the key :)
I visited the Harz mountains during the last two summers, and there I could see for myself what a _spectacularly_ bad idea it is to only plant one type of tree - there were dead fir trees _everywhere_. The droughts of the last few years allowed bark beetles to massively multiply - but this would not have occurred if these forest had a more diverse tree ecosystem in the first place.
Granted, German forest management is trying to do better these days - but it will take decades before these forests have recovered and become somewhat healthy again.
Let’s Try BSD, Part 1 of 7: Introduction (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD) - LowEndBox
｢ Today, we are evolving towards a Linux monoculture. Commercially, Solaris will be dead soon and IBM’s AIX is almost a closed ecosystem. That leaves Linux…and BSD ｣
