(no) Time to Waste!
The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ºC spells it out very clearly: we have no time to waste in our efforts to limit the global average […]
Jonathan Pie for President (err, Prime Minister)!
This says it all!
(No) Time to Waste! – Black Friday
Foteini Tziata has hit the nail on the head with her blog about consumerism, and especially her post on Black Friday. Read it here!
Democracy
Of course, there are many platforms from which one can argue for or against BRexit: economy, solidarity, self-determination, global citizenship, money, peace, environment, to name a few. And of course, some say BRexit was going […]
(no) Time to Waste! – Halloween
Halloween: number two trash festival in a calendar of many From a pagan to a pre-Christian Celtic festival, to All Saints’ Eve, Halloween seem to have a long history associated with ancestor worship and remembering […]
Monetised Fear: Canned ‘Clean’ Air
Mainstream media often miss the point when it comes to sustainability. Canned air from mountain locations has wider implications than being a fad for the easily conned rich.
Is the ban of waste imports by China going to be a wake-up call?
From today, 1 January 2018, China will stop to import and recycle 24 categories of our waste, in a move to improve environmental conditions, the health of the population and quality control of products. The […]
To the River
In 2008, the Environment Agency wrote “Abandoned mines are one of the most significant pollution threats in Britain” (EA, 2008). This pollution threat to fresh, ground and coastal waters arises from thousands of discharges of mine waters […]
Mining and People
‘Poldark‘, the popular BBC series uses the Cornish mining legacy as a backdrop and you might have come across its relics on a coastal walk or moorland walk. Neither the picturesque views of landscape and sea, […]
Permanent Residence
Thank you, Home Office! My application was successful and I have Permanent Residence status. For now. Of course, I have this right while the UK is member of the EU. Therefore, the Home Office news […]
