If you know anything about me you know that I love plants and I鈥檓 passionate about the state of our earth 馃實 I had the privilege of going to the Brooklyn botanic gardens 馃尶 They have this exhibit where they put microphones around plants and while you touch them you can hear 馃憘 what you feel... it鈥檚 absolutely incredible.
I was in pure bliss! But sadly if we continue to live the way we are living ... we won鈥檛 have many more beautiful species on our planet. Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years.
The number is based on actual extinctions rather than estimates, and is twice that of all bird, mammal and amphibian extinctions combined.
Scientists say plant extinction is occurring up to 500 times faster than what would be expected naturally. 馃槰
In May, a UN report estimated that one million animal and plant species were threatened with extinction. Why does plant extinction matter?馃 All life on Earth depends on plants, which provide the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat.馃尵馃尣馃尦 Plant extinctions can lead to a whole cascade of extinctions in other organisms that rely on them, for instance insects that use plants for food and for laying their eggs. What we do matters. Being more eco conscious matters. Being sustainable matters. It鈥檚 ok if you鈥檙e not 馃挴 zero waste, it鈥檚 hard and no ones perfect. But be mindful of all of your actions. All the little things add up!
