Emerston Group

Grass lawns didn't exist through most of human history, apart from for the richest of the rich.

Even today, from a global perspective, it's a status symbol of sorts.

It's overtime to say goodbye to lawns, and use that land for flowers, plants, and trees...food for all the creatures of the Earth...including us.

Would you rip up your lawn for $6 a square foot? Welcome to drought-stricken California The megadrought affecting the American West has been record-breaking, with no tangible relief in sight. It's forcing cities to crack down on lawn-watering, and paying residents to replace their lawns with drought-resistant plants.

"Connections Of Connections."

Many people understand that everything is connected.

Few people understand HOW many connections exist.

Climate Change - and other global risks/issues - can't be addressed without taking these connections into account.

Without understanding 'current state', moving to 'current state' is improbable...if not impossible.

Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on Earth Living organisms leave a huge geochemical imprint on the planet, a new taxonomic system reveals. It might help identify other worlds with life.

"Model Behaviour."

Stating that Climate Change predictions made 50, 30, even 20 years ago ended up being incorrect has ZERO-POINT-ZERO-ZERO bearing on predictions made today.

Our science has expanded significantly.

Our technology has improved considerably.

Our communication options have multiplied exponentially.

Models aren't perfect. But they are continually improving. And that matters.

"A Sol-Stirring Image."

One of the pillars for improving 'Quality of Lives'?

Humility for Humanity.

The diameter of the sun is about 1.4 MILLION kilometres.

The visible flare is around the same length (i.e. another 1.4 MILLION km from the surface).

The diameter of the earth? Under 13 THOUSAND kms.

We would do well to gain a better sense of the big picture, and how our solar system, our planet, and each of us fits into that big picture.

From both 'space' and 'time' perspectives, we are mere blips.

Humans aren't in charge.

Nature is.

By recognizing, understanding, and incorporating that simple truth, we can improve 'Quality of Lives' for people around the planet.

"The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, operated by NASA and the European Space Agency, captured a giant solar eruption on February 15. This is the largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in a single image together with the full solar disc."

Solar eruption captured in an unprecedented image A striking and unprecedented image of a solar eruption has been captured by NASA and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft.