Four Lake Seas, Climate Adaptation Project. Part 1: Past Changes & Future Projections

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This is the Four Lake Sea’s Climate Adaptation Project’s first video, setting the scene of what the Great Lakes will likely be working with in the future with Climate Change. The video shows the carbon PPM projections for the years 2071-2099 C.E. based on the research in
Beck et al. (2023) High-resolution (1 km) Köppen-Geiger maps for 1901–2099 based on constrained CMIP6 projections, Nature Scientific Data

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For Naturalistic Practitioners, Are Pagan Aspects A Distraction From Naturalistic Goals?

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I simply find myself asking, “what is the point?” and get the sense that it is the feeling of emotional connection that is being sought out, and familiar imagery can make that easier – hence the personification of nature. This is something that I am very wary of for one major reason – Nature is very complex and metaphorical personification of Nature, by its very nature, over simplifies these complexities.

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Pagan, But Not What You’re Assuming

atheism, culture, Ehoah, naturalism, neopagan, pagan, Paganism, Religious Naturalism, ritual, Rua's Rambles, Saegoah, Science, Seasons & Stardust, Shinto, spirituality

Many continue the conversation assuming that I believe in supernatural beings, like spirits in the rocks, air, rivers, etc. and deities; that the Earth, Moon, Sun, Stars, are beings that care about you; that I follow the Celtic ‘Wheel of the Year’; practice magic/majick; read tarot/divination cards; and perform ceremonies that involve enchanting a circle, the elements in specific directions, and going clockwise. Mistaken on all accounts…

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