While the cactus still grows on a few scattered islands in the Caribbean, researchers warn that the loss of the local US population is a harbinger of what is to come if global warming  due to human activity is not reversed.

“Unfortunately, the Key Largo tree cactus may be a bellwether for how other low-lying coastal plants will respond to climate change,” says Jennifer Possley, director of regional conservation at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida. (snip)

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Finally, here’s one about an island run by women of color. Only women. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/little-corn-island-women-run-sustainable-tourism

Here’s a bit. I’ll get the coloring down later, too.

With a population of just 800, Little Corn Island is a hidden gem in the Caribbean, and it holds an inspiring secret: Women keep it going. Hailing from diverse backgrounds and spanning different generations, these women are pioneering entrepreneurs who, through community initiatives and sheer determination, have transformed Little Corn Island into a model of sustainable, women-and-family-led tourism and way of life. 

Little Corn Island has a long history that begins with the Kutra, native people who were wiped out by Indigenous Miskitos of the Nicaraguan mainland. Around 1700, British and Scottish colonizers established plantations with the labor of enslaved Afro-Indigenous people from Jamaica. After nearly 200 years of British rule, the islands formally became part of Nicaragua in With a population of just 800, Little Corn Island is a hidden gem in the Caribbean, and it holds an inspiring secret: Women keep it going. Hailing from diverse backgrounds and spanning different generations, these women are pioneering entrepreneurs who, through community initiatives and sheer determination, have transformed Little Corn Island into a model of sustainable, women-and-family-led tourism and way of life. 

Little Corn Island has a long history that begins with the Kutra, native people who were wiped out by Indigenous Miskitos of the Nicaraguan mainland. Around 1700, British and Scottish colonizers established plantations with the labor of enslaved Afro-Indigenous people from Jamaica. After nearly 200 years of British rule, the islands formally became part of Nicaragua in 1894. (snip)

That’s all. I’m gonna concentrate on looking around here a little bit, so I’ll be better acquainted with things tomorrow.