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Category Archives: Health
Is it only a dream that there’ll be no more turning away
There are now eight billion of us on Spaceship Earth (and counting), and although it’s only a relatively small proportion of the total, a great many of our fellow travellers are undergoing tremendous suffering while the rest of us turn … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Climate, Core thought, crowdsourcing, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, Music, News and politics
Tagged Avaaz, Famine, On the turning away, Pink Floyd, Somalia
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There are far too many people on Spaceship Earth
… who lack basic essentials such as water, food, shelter, friends – and empathy. Especially that last. (Human) population is a serious problem; mainly because it’s crowding out the other residents of ‘our’ planet. The more serious issue, though, is … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Biodiversity, Core thought, Environment, Health, Strategy
Tagged overconsumption, overpopulation, overshoot
16 Comments
Don’t trash our future
It’s not just the big things; the little things matter, too. The UK is suffering from a litter epidemic. 226 million cigarette butts are discarded in England every year. £1 billion – the estimated cost of picking up litter in … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, Culture, Environment, Health, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged Justice, litter, litter-louts, rubbish, trash
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Too hot? Too cold?
by Dr Bob Rich Don’t reach for the thermostat yet. You can save a huge amount of electricity, gas, firewood or whatever your temperature-control energy source is and yet live a good life. Let me tell you a story. After … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, collaboration, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, Strategy
Tagged cold, coolth, frostbite, heatstroke, hot, temperature
7 Comments
Earth Day ft. The Candy
Originally posted on Fat Guy Workout:
This image is made by The candy as a sweet gesture Today is Earth Day and I am bringing you a very special blog to draw your attention to this important day. I will…
Posted in Biodiversity, Core thought, Environment, Health, Reblogs, Strategy
Tagged Change, Earth Day, environment
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Happy 🌎 Earth 🌍 Month 🌏
Spring has sprungThe grass is rizI wonder where dem boidies is?Some say da boid is on da wingBut dat’s absoid –I always thought da wing was on da boid… My Dad (1927–2012) 10 ways you can shape a brighter future … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Communication, Core thought, Environment, Health, memetics, Strategy
Tagged Change, Earth, Earth Day, Earth Month, environment, sustainability
14 Comments
Spring has almost sprung – and the bees need our help!
Just yesterday (as I write this, on 04Mar2022) a ginormous bumblebee buzzed past me, and said, “Spring is coming!” Well, not literally, but the message was clear. It reminded me of the fact that ‘our’ planet’s bee population is in … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Core thought, Environment, Health, Strategy
Tagged 38 Degrees, bees, Change, extinction, lawns, meadows, pesticide, pollination, wildflowers
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The Magnitude of the Challenge
With the COP26 climate summit due to kick off in Glasgow on Sunday, here’s a stark warning of what the future holds in store for us all if our global ‘leaders’ fail to come through (as I fully expect them … Continue reading
‘The climate is always changing’: true, but not helpful
“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
Adventures with a dumbphone: Chasing forest sarks
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
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, Games, Health
Tagged app, cognition, dumbphone, Klingon, Language, personal improvement, Review, training
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