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+# *Explore in solitude, share in wonder.*
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+#### Lone Earth is a platform for:
+- 🎥 **Documentaries**, **podcasts**, & **vlogs**
+- 🌄 **Time-lapse**, **slow-motion**, & **aerial/drone cinematography**
+- 🦌 **Wildlife photography** & **videography**
+- 🌿 **Environmental** & **ecological advocacy**
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+#### Recent Uploads
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+## Join Our Community
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+If **Lone Earth** resonates with you and you agree to follow our [**Guidelines**](https://lone.earth/about), we'd love to have you.
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+<peertube-button data-href="https://lone.earth/signup" data-blank-target="true" data-theme="secondary" data-label="Join today →"></peertube-button>
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+***Note:** To maintain a safe community, new accounts and initial uploads are manually reviewed by our moderators. This approval process is temporary for new members.*
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+## Fediverse Ecosystem
+**Lone Earth** is part of a larger network on the Fediverse that also includes: 
+ - **[*Earth Law*](https://earth.law)**, a microblogging platform for environmental lawyers, conservationists, and other professionals and activists working to protect Earth, its habitable climate, and its wild spaces and living things.
+ - **[*ENVESQ*](https://env.esq)**, an end-to-end encrypted chat platform for public interest environmental lawyers, conservationists, and other professionals and activists working to protect Earth, its habitable climate, and its wild places and living things.
+ - **[*Lone Blue*](https://lone.blue)**, platform for original music and podcasts.
+ - **[〄.*ai*](https://sij.ai)**, a code forge for open source AI/ML projects.
+ - **[〄.*law*](https://sij.law)**, a blog aimed at public interest environmental lawyers and like-minded knowledge workers.
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+*Note: these services are all hosted at a **[green datacenter](https://hetzner.com)** in Helsinki, Finland.*
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+## Support Us
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+Our current operational costs for **Lone Earth** are approximately **$70/month**. 
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+Any contribution—even **$1/month**—helps us keep **Lone Earth** online.
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+<peertube-button data-href="https://liberapay.com/sij/donate" data-blank-target="true" data-theme="secondary" data-label="Contribute →"></peertube-button>
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+Thank you!
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+## Contact
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+For questions or more information, reach out:
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+<peertube-button data-href="https://earth.law/@sij" data-blank-target="true" data-theme="secondary" data-label="🐘 Mastodon →"></peertube-button>