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About borderslynn

Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers. In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917

Captagon

Posted on January 14, 2025 by borderslynn

After Assad fled, one news item stayed in my head. A warehouse filled to the ceiling with the drug, Captagon. The comment was that this was the favourite drug of Jihadists. So today I found out more, reading this link: … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Assad, brain damage, Brutality, butchery, cannabis, captagon, drug fuelled barbarism, drug money laundering industry, drugs, Hamas, human killing machines, India, ISIS, israel, jihadists, ketamine, Lebanon, Maronites, massacres, Nigeria, opioids, Palestinian refugees, Phalanges, Pharma, religious factions, RSF, Russia, Sahel, sudan, Syria, UK, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes, West Africa, youth addiction | Leave a comment

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Posted on January 12, 2025 by borderslynn

As fierce and unprecedented wildfires bring calamity to thousands of people, thousands of gallons of toxic retardant are dropped from special air tankers on the racing fires below to try to stop the fires spreading to valuable property. And, as … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged air tankers, building in resilience, building materials, climate change, community, drought, emissions warming climate, eucalyptus tree fire risk, fire resistant homes, first responders, forests, fossil fuels, freshwater, Grenfell Tower, groundwater, human habitation, human vulnerability, hurricane force winds, inferno, insurance nonsense, nature, opportunities, pacific, plastics, portugal, retardant drops, Santa Ana winds, soil, threats, tree burning emissions, warming oceans, weather patterns, wild space, wildfires, wildlife | Leave a comment

Remembering Jimmy Carter

Posted on December 31, 2024 by borderslynn

As flags fly at half mast for 30 days in mourning the death of Jimmy Carter, who lived to an amazing age of 100 years, we are being reminded through the media of his landmark successes as a President, and … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1978, anti semitism, Anwar Sadat, Camp David, egypt, IDF, israel, Jimmy Carter, KKK, Likud, Menachem Begin, Palestine, peace, Peace Accord | Leave a comment

Multi Hazard Catastrophe

Posted on November 30, 2024 by borderslynn

It is becoming common to have drought then flood as a repeating disaster, leaving no time for recovery or intervening built-in solutions. It is a bit late in the day, but research is appearing to analyse these dreadful events. The … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged changing hydrology, climate change, community, cooperation, flooding followed by drought, focus, land reuse after catastrophe, Megadroughts, Multi Hazard events, rain impacts, related catastrophe, research, resilient planning, river networks, soil impacts, threats to freshwater supply, urban and rural impact | Leave a comment

Farmers: regenerative farming and drought

Posted on November 29, 2024 by borderslynn

Sicily has been applying regenerative farming under the SIC.A.RI.B Project: https://www.sicarib.it/en/the-project aims to improve the biological and physical quality of Sicilian agricultural soils, through the implementation and adaptation of conservative or ‘organic regenerative’ farming techniques and technologies (intercropping, minimum tillage, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged catastrophe 2024, climate change, crop and livestock loss, desalination technology, drought hit, fossil fuels, israel, italy, Regenerative Farming, water management | Leave a comment

Farmers: Think Flood Plans

Posted on November 29, 2024 by borderslynn

As farmers have to accept climate change is impacting them on many levels, they have worked to organise their farms to be more resilient. Here is an example of a flood plan in Wales, a country, more often than not, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged carbon emissions, economy, Farming, flood plans, floods, food production, horticulture, land management, land use, livestock, methane, plants, weather events | Leave a comment

Regenerative Farming to combat harm’s from climate change

Posted on November 29, 2024 by borderslynn

Since 2022, farmers are being encouraged to study the Soil on their land, the importance of worms and their processes. Soil health is at its heart. The aim is to improve or restore soils that have been degraded by rebuilding … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged beating climate change harm's, carbon, communities, economy, microbes in soil, positives of farming, Regenerative Farming, rotating crops, soil, worms | Leave a comment

Reduce soybean demand and lower deforestation pressure

Posted on November 27, 2024 by borderslynn

On reading the Soil Association report ‘ An agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating’, I am struck by the soundness of this 10 year effort in Europe to move to Agro-ecological methodologies to provide sustainable farming methods … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agro-ecology, animal welfare, biodiversity, diet, disease, Europe, factory farming reversal, food security, health, land protection, organic farming, small farm development | Leave a comment

Soil and Agroecology Transition

Posted on November 26, 2024 by borderslynn

I am reproducing the Soil Association’s access page to this recent report about 10 years of Agroecology in Europe:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Agroecology, feeding the world, food industry, health, preserving or creating soil quality, Soil quality | Leave a comment

Lambs to the Slaughter

Posted on November 14, 2024 by borderslynn

I am now reading Ronen Bergman’s book, ‘Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations’. It is an illuminating book. So much to learn about how we humans damage each other beyond repair until we yearn to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged assassination, fear, hatred, hostility, loathing, love, mass murder, Nazis, Palestine, peace, retribution, revenge, Templers, torment, war, WW2 | Leave a comment

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