Dibawah ini adalah photo Jalan Raya Wuhan-Yangxin di Provinsi Hubei, Tiongkok. Panjangnya 126 KM. Terpaksa dibuat fly over. Tahu apa sebabnya? Disiplin tataruang. China punya aturan keras yang melarang mengubah atau mengurangi lahan pertanian dengan alasan apapun. Termasuk untuk infrastruktur. Dari udara, jalan raya tersebut tampak mengambang di atas mosaik cermin air, menawarkan pemandangan yang…
Category: Laws of the Nature
Medics pay price as researchers say half of Indonesia could be infected with coronavirus
Indonesia has added a grim new statistic to its COVID-19 fatality rates that are already among the highest in the world — a high ratio of doctor deaths amid warnings the country’s health system may not be able to cope with an “Italy-level outbreak”. At least seven Indonesian doctors and one nurse have died of…
We Stand with Jeremy Corbyn
“In defence of decency, and for the future of socialism in Britain and around the world.” We, members of the Progressive International, stand with Jeremy Corbyn as a genuine internationalist and inspiration to progressive forces around the world. Jeremy Corbyn has been a champion of decency and an ally to all movements fighting racism, colonialism,…
Indigenous Traditions Show How to Prevent Fires
How should we tackle the wildfires devastating California? By learning from and adapting the practices of the region’s Indigenous people, says Jackie Fielder. The Indigenous woman running for a California state Senate seat who we profiled last December explains what this would look like to AJ+ producer Hangda Zhang. Indigenous practices are key to fire prevention “I’m proposing an…
Water is an essential part of a Mother and Child’s life
Krieanna Reni, is a mother who has walked some distances to fetch water in the village of Lanvitvit, Aulua area South east of Malekula. Ms Reni is a class 6 leaver and has children who she claimed were her great help in the daily chores she carried out as a mother. “For a very long time…
Neuroscientists have Identified How Exactly a Deep Breath Changes Your Mind
Breathing is traditionally thought of as an automatic process driven by the brainstem—the part of the brain controlling such life-sustaining functions as heartbeat and sleeping patterns. But new and unique research, involving recordings made directly from within the brains of humans undergoing neurosurgery, shows that breathing can also change your brain. Simply put, changes in breathing—for…
We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us.
So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves. Read full article here
Dushut sebut paradoks hutan Papua
Jayapura, Jubi – Kepala Bidang Rehabilitasi Dinas Kehutanan Provinsi Papua, Ade Ridwan mengatakan, hutan Papua sangat kaya, tetapi paradoks dengan perekonomian masyarakatnya yang belum sejahtera. Hutan Papua seluas 4,8 juta hektare, hutan kritis dibagi menjadi lahan kritis dan lahan potensi ktitis 200 ribu hektare banyak hal kegiatan penebangan. “Lahan kritis seperti di Merauke, Wasur ekosistem…
Perlindungan Cenderawasih butuh perda
Jayapura, Jubi – Wakil Ketua Komisi V DPR Papua yang membidangi seni dan budaya, Nioluen Kotouki mengatakan, melindungi Burung Cenderawasih tidak cukup hanya dengan surat edaran gubernur Papua. Perlu peraturan daerah (perda) sebagai payung hukum. Ia mengatakan, pihaknya bukan menolak surat edaran itu, namun akan lebih berkekuatan hukum jika ada aturan dalam bentuk perda, apakah…
Stephen Hawking: Dalam 100 Tahun, Manusia Harus Lari dari Bumi
Fisikawan teoritis, Stephen Hawking telah merevisi pernyataannya sendiri, yang menyebut bahwa manusia hanya memiliki waktu kurang dari 1.000 tahun sebelum binasa dalam sebuah kepunahan massal. Menurut Hawking, waktu bagi kita untuk tinggal di planet biru ternyata lebih sempit lagi. Ilmuwan berusia 75 tahun itu mengatakan, manusia harus meninggalkan Bumi dalam waktu 100 tahun sebelum menghadapi…
Yes We ARE Nature 