HERE WE ARE - post #HF21 and thoroughly into #newsteem. Welcome aboard. Curation is bigger and more important - and better rewarded - than ever before , so here are the gems and nuggets of eco-green wisdom and insight shared under the #ecotrain tag this week on the steem blockchain. Even if you don't have VP or RC to upvote, a meaningful comment is usually upvoted by a smart author, so go lavish your appreciation and engagement on this great content.
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Caterpillars, munching on green stuff quickly while moving steadily through the garden? shares the foundation of her natural health with us. Morphing into butterflies when we eat and live like that? Oh yeah!

Wild Tip: Add Wild Patches To Your Garden
Creating wild spots to entice critters who bring balance and natural pest control to your garden? shows us small ways we can incorporate rewilding into even the most structured and organized space, and give sanctuary to small local wildlife while helping our gardens. Please DO try this at home!

Afterwork Cleanplanet Session 28.08.19
Loving to see #cleanplanet posts from Bangladesh!! gets his cleaning 'thing' happening after work, and helps to model this super global initiative. Haven't done a #cleanplanet post yet? Get on it! Please especially support, curate and comment on steemians from countries where this is all terribly new, because these guys are true leaders in their communities!

Planting things needs thought as to location, and not everything we plant flourishes. tells us more about her aloe vera adventures, and some of the uses for this amazing medicinal plant beyond skin burns.

Finding Your Bliss, Knowing... Letting Go
The root of all sustainable eco-green-consciousness starts in your mind and heart, and in finding right balance with your thoughts, emotions and desires. shares with us some inspiring insights, straight from the Ashram in Rishikesh. Curating the curators? Oh yeah! My favourite job. He's so busy holding everyone else up and shining a spotlight on others, that many people don't see or read his amazing content. Please personally support
's visionary founder,
, and give back to the well spring which encourages us and keeps it flowing.

Reminiscing: Black Swagger Poetry Slam
Taking a break from their usual incredible eco-green-teaching work in West Africa, celebrate all that is awesome, inspiring and hip about black culture, with their Black Swagger Poetry Slam. This steem account directly helps to fund the work
do in under-funded, under-resourced, war-torn Bamenda in Cameroon, West Africa. Not supporting them or don't have them on auto-vote yet? You know what to do. Be inspired and enjoy their amazing content.

Beginning of a Cormorant Study in Brittany
Being INSPIRED by eco-green-consciousness takes many forms, but definitely found it. He's returning to his drawing and inspired by the magnificent cormorants of Brittany. Take a moment to SAVOUR the process of awareness-action-improvement-change-growth-inspiration. Celebrate the creativity that Mother Gaia instils and inspires in us by lavishing some love on this post.

My Mandala Art Work: The Circle Of Life
Continuing the theme of eco-green-consciousness and inspiration, shares her healing-grounding-creative mandala process. Take the silent moments to reflect and BE with this lovely idea. Find gratitude as you hear your pencil scratching on beautiful paper. Share your eco-green-conscious inspired art with us in
next week? Don;t forget to tag #ecotrain and #creativecoin.

Travel With The Birds or The Amazing Crabs Of The Florida Keys
The #wednesdaywalk tag is becoming popular on steem and is a wonderful way to show us the magic of your eco-green corner of the world! Don't forget to pin it on the for extra curation support. Loving the up-close-and-personal 'thing' with these cute crabs, and the diversity in our natural world.

Relaxing To The Sunset After A Long Dat of Getting Things Done
Reflection, sunset and the musings from an and
leader? How could we NOT close out our curation with this? To the newbies riding the
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has GREAT content and is an exceptional interviewer and lifter-upper of others. Get to know him and show him some love in return for all he does for the steem community.

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