Category Archives: Health

‘The climate is always changing’: true, but not helpful

Posted on July 20, 2021 by pendantry

“When we already believe the world to be a certain way, then we interpret new experiences to fit with those beliefs, whether they actually do or not.” Thus spake Veritasium I had another post scheduled for today, but this one … Continue reading →

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Adventures with a dumbphone: Chasing forest sarks

Posted on May 8, 2021 by pendantry

This is the third in my series of ‘Apps You Might Enjoy’, following on from my earlier posts about Morse Mania and Elevate: this one is about Duolingo, an app that was recommended to me by msjadeli. Duolingo – making … Continue reading →

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What really happens to your plastic recycling?

Posted on May 1, 2021 by pendantry

Many of us spend time carefully sorting our recycling. But what actually happens to the plastic waste we put out for collection? Greenpeace UK enlightened me on this subject a short while ago. There’s no WordPress ‘reblog’ button on their … Continue reading →

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Green Party 10-point climate plan

Posted on April 27, 2021 by pendantry

Blatantly stolen from the Green Party 10-point climate plan: This is what real climate ambition looks like The Green Party has been proposing radical and necessary action on climate change for the past three decades. We were talking about these … Continue reading →

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On Earth Day, please choose to NOT cremate yourself

Posted on April 22, 2021 by pendantry

Happy Earth Day 2021! World ‘leaders’ are meeting today and tomorrow for US President Biden’s ‘Leaders Summit on Climate‘. And there are several other ‘summits’ taking place to discuss this topic throughout the coming months, including the UK-hosted COP26 in … Continue reading →

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UK government: please introduce charges on carbon emissions

Posted on April 17, 2021 by pendantry

tl;dr Air pollution kills 64,000 people in the UK every year, yet the Government provides annual fossil fuel subsidies of £10.5 billion, according to the European Commission. To meet UK climate targets, the Government must end this practice and introduce … Continue reading →

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Adventures with a dumbphone: Elevate — Brain Training

Posted on March 10, 2021 by pendantry

There’s a serious amount of dross in the ‘Play Store’, but there are some real gems in there too. My plan is to offer some thoughts about Apps You Might Enjoy; this is the second in that series, following on … Continue reading →

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Adventures with a dumbphone: Morse Mania

Posted on February 27, 2021 by pendantry

Just over a year ago, I finally joined the smartdumbphone crowd (I wibbled about my experience at the time, in case you’re interested). I’m proud of myself in that I haven’t succumbed to the urge to become a meanderthal — … Continue reading →

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Our Today is Forever, revisited

Posted on February 16, 2021 by pendantry

This heart-rending masterpiece of a video is a mash-up featuring the music of Queen (‘Who Wants to Live Forever?’). It was uploaded to YouTube over a decade ago (21May2010), yet in all that time it has garnered fewer than 50k … Continue reading →

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Sign the petition to the UK government for more trees!

Posted on January 26, 2021 by pendantry

Petition closed with 10,507 signatures Thanks to all who signed. Altogether, though, a pretty non-committal response (both from the public and the Government). Government response 21May2021 The Government is exploring whether a statutory target for woodland creation in England would … Continue reading →

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