BrianErenstone
@berensto1
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Graduate of State University of N.Y. at Brockport With a Bachelors of Science in Anthropology. Retired from U.S. Postal Service. Married . Dms are limited.
Rochester.N.Y. metro
Joined May 2017
Weirdos and outliers often survive where “normal” individuals can’t — especially at the edges of a species’ range. Behavioral diversity is evolutionary insurance. As populations shrink, we lose not just numbers, but the quirks that could help species survive a shifting world.
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. Individual efforts to tackle climate impacts are definitely worthwhile. Millions of people acting together does make a difference More and more people are changing their behaviour and take #ClimateAction. Are you? https://t.co/cFFqZ8kjsg 🌎🌍🌏
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THE ST. LAURENT CRUISE SHIP PASSES BY BOLDT CASTLE ON HEART ISLAND ,ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY ,NY . JUST BEAUTIFUL . 🚢🛟⚓️🚢🛟⚓️🚢🛟⚓️
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Millions die yearly from antimicrobial resistance. Pollution of the environment with antimicrobial-containing waste and runoff from factories, farms, hospitals, and other sources is contributing to its rise. What is #AMR and why we need to #BeatChemicalPollution at source:
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However fragile they may be, the planet’s resources will always have the last word for the simple reason that there can be plenty of resources without humans, but there can never be any humans without resources.
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"I'm not good at marching and speaking politically. But I want to do what I can to put myself to the greatest use in supporting that which I believe. So naturally, with me, it would have to be through my art." –– Corita Kent, 1971 https://t.co/ZLRuABvoqo
americanart.si.edu
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“In the same way that the human body cannot be said to be healthy if any one of its organs is unwell, the human family cannot reach true prosperity for all if any one segment of the population is suffering,” https://t.co/6xW9NNKfdZ
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BIC delegation to the Second World Summit for Social Development highlights the need to reimagine development through the lens of collective well-being.
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In the Baha’i teachings, Baha’u’llah redefined the nature of evil, explaining that it is not a force in its own right. Evil is the absence of good in the same sense that darkness is the absence of light. https://t.co/AqpCHwVtmT
bahaiteachings.org
Discover how the Bahá’à Faith understands evil, sin, and redemption — and how divine forgiveness transforms the soul.
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Interestingly, throughout the Baha’i writings Baha’u’llah and Abdu’l-Baha quote Rumi many times. The author Arjen Bolhuis has so far found more than thirty examples here. https://t.co/eLupMenLz9
bahaiteachings.org
Rumi wrote from a Sufi perspective, but parallel teachings from many other traditions also nurture our realization in inter-spiritually derived oneness.
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"… led by the light of the name of the All-Seeing God, make your escape from the darkness that surroundeth you. Let your vision be world-embracing, rather than confined to your own self." – Baha’u’llah https://t.co/umGB8UGXoJ
bahaiteachings.org
Our mind is the heart of our heart as well as the seat of our mental abilities and power. With our minds, we construct reality and determine our future.
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The Baha’i teachings, like all of the great Faiths, present the foundational concept of renouncing the self as a path to spiritual maturation. https://t.co/eSwIBc14Nq
bahaiteachings.org
Self-renunciation has somehow retreated from our modern consciousness. Instead of renouncing our selves, we seem to want to help our selves.
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