It's awful that the two options seem to be "do it in an unregulated, possibly incredibly incorrect and destructive, way" or "try to go through proper channels and ultimately don't do it at all". I...
It's awful that the two options seem to be "do it in an unregulated, possibly incredibly incorrect and destructive, way" or "try to go through proper channels and ultimately don't do it at all". I genuinely don't know which side to come down on. My instinct is that the worst thing to happen is for it to not get done at all, but I'm sure that the ramifications of doing it wrong are probably much worse than I'm imagining.
I think the article is a little sensationalist, but it's true that doing things through the "proper" channels is a slow and comparatively expensive process. An organization like Mossy Earth does...
I think the article is a little sensationalist, but it's true that doing things through the "proper" channels is a slow and comparatively expensive process. An organization like Mossy Earth does it the legit way, purchasing land for protection and running studies to learn more about the species on it. But needing hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy land and going through the "proper" process is slow. I can understand the desire of people to move faster than our inherently conservative institutions want to move on topics of importance where most people don't feel the urgency.
I mostly know about them from their YouTube channel, but if you look at their transparency dashboard you can see their quarterly finance reports, as well as the projects they're working on at any...
I mostly know about them from their YouTube channel, but if you look at their transparency dashboard you can see their quarterly finance reports, as well as the projects they're working on at any given time. Everyone's free to make their own decision about what organizations to support, but to me the costs looks reasonable based on the number of projects, staffing levels, etc.
As it happens, my morning news featured a story about the capture of a pair of illegally "rewilded" lynx in the Scottish Highlands, and more have been spotted. The original story mentioned that...
As it happens, my morning news featured a story about the capture of a pair of illegally "rewilded" lynx in the Scottish Highlands, and more have been spotted. The original story mentioned that the captured pair were apparently unafraid of humans (which is a recipe for tragedy) and may have been raised in such captivity that they'd be unlikely to survive in the wild.
I'd love to be on the side of just "doing something", but this lynx release is irresponsible, cruel, and counterproductive.
It's awful that the two options seem to be "do it in an unregulated, possibly incredibly incorrect and destructive, way" or "try to go through proper channels and ultimately don't do it at all". I genuinely don't know which side to come down on. My instinct is that the worst thing to happen is for it to not get done at all, but I'm sure that the ramifications of doing it wrong are probably much worse than I'm imagining.
I think the article is a little sensationalist, but it's true that doing things through the "proper" channels is a slow and comparatively expensive process. An organization like Mossy Earth does it the legit way, purchasing land for protection and running studies to learn more about the species on it. But needing hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy land and going through the "proper" process is slow. I can understand the desire of people to move faster than our inherently conservative institutions want to move on topics of importance where most people don't feel the urgency.
Is Mossy Earth legit? Apparently they’re not a charity, they’re a for-profit business, and I find little independent coverage of them online.
I mostly know about them from their YouTube channel, but if you look at their transparency dashboard you can see their quarterly finance reports, as well as the projects they're working on at any given time. Everyone's free to make their own decision about what organizations to support, but to me the costs looks reasonable based on the number of projects, staffing levels, etc.
As it happens, my morning news featured a story about the capture of a pair of illegally "rewilded" lynx in the Scottish Highlands, and more have been spotted. The original story mentioned that the captured pair were apparently unafraid of humans (which is a recipe for tragedy) and may have been raised in such captivity that they'd be unlikely to survive in the wild.
I'd love to be on the side of just "doing something", but this lynx release is irresponsible, cruel, and counterproductive.