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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

The Human Meteorite

Posted on November 18, 2023 by borderslynn

Back in 2010, this article about Sudan explained the different viewpoints of nomadic herders and Arab farmers, their belief systems about land use brought them into conflict. Of the five mass extinctions we described in Chapter 2, probably the most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africans, Anthropocene theory, arabs, climate change, conflict, Darfur, diamonds, drought, egypt, elites, farmers, fertile land, fresh water, genocide, human harm, human sabotage, impact of human activity, Iran, mining, nomads, proxy wars, Russia, UAE, ukraine, Wagner, war crimes | Leave a comment

The Eternal Economic Costs of War

Posted on November 14, 2023 by borderslynn

Look back in recorded history and see the financial costs of war. While some are in a position to profit, most are broken nations. The domino effect was summarized neatly for the resulting economic cost to many of WW1 in … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged conflict, devastation, diversity loss, do no harm, economics, empathy, extinction, fear, finite resources, Maslow, survival, war, WW1, WW2 | Leave a comment

Humans unwittingly caused the Super Interglacial

Posted on November 9, 2023 by borderslynn

I do recommend you read The Human Planet: How we Created the Anthropocene as I find it enthralling. But anyone who has read any of my blogs will understand my enthusiasm for this material so well put together to provide … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Anthropocene effect, CO2, emissions, geology, global warming, golden spike, interglacial, orbis spike, overheating world, ppm measurements, super interglacial, too hot for life | Leave a comment

Health and Safety: Renewables

Posted on October 7, 2023 by borderslynn

As some wind farms reach their expiry date they are being dismantled and recycled. At least most of the body of each turbine can be recycled, except the massive blades. https://electrek.co/2023/02/08/wind-turbine-recycle-blades/ Panels of photovoltaic cells on solar farms are also … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged anaerobic gas production, health, lithium battery design, recycling, renewables, safety, solar panels, wind turbines | Leave a comment

Seaweed Potential: we could nutritionally feed the world using eco circular economy

Posted on October 1, 2023 by borderslynn

I was watching CNNs feature narrated by Zain Asher called Call to Earth,- https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/25/opinions/opinion-vincent-doumeizel-seaweed-scn-climate-c2e-spc-intl/index.html putting forward ideas by Frenchman, Vincent Doumeizel. He is senior Adviser at United Nations Global Compact on Oceans and director for the Food Programme for the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged coastal fishing, detection of toxins, food safety, food security, ocean protection, seaweed, starvation, world food | Leave a comment

Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland

Posted on September 20, 2023 by borderslynn

Read about the dying lake, the biggest in the UK, suffering from lack of controls from agricultural and other pollution which has sounded the death knell for yet another vital freshwater supply in this troubled world. https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2023/0917/1405756-lough-neagh And/or read the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged agricultural pollution, aquatic murder, freshwater lakes, Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland, toxic waste | Leave a comment

Loss

Posted on September 1, 2023 by borderslynn

I begin by quoting a paragraph from the newsletter of Butterfly Conservation: Sadly, as our State of Butterflies 2022 reported earlier this year, 80% of butterfly species have decreased since the 1980’s – this drop is telling us that our … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amazon forest, ban oil, biodiversity, Ecuador, fossil fuels, guardians, human rights, indigenous people, law, oil DRILLING, persecution, pristine land, protection of wilderness | Leave a comment

Erasing Populations

Posted on August 25, 2023 by borderslynn

Throughout my 76 years of life I have become aware of tribal conflict which end in death. It may be two football teams which get over wound up and cause bloodshed in the streets, or it may be persecution of … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged crime against humanity, erasure of human existence, hate influencers, horror, human madness, innocents, massacres, migrants, persecution, purging, refugees, Rohingya, weapons supply | Leave a comment

Creating Enemies

Posted on August 22, 2023 by borderslynn

Commenting in The Indian Express on the shocking violence, clearly green-lit by the government, Pratap Mehta wrote: The targeting of enemies—minorities, liberals, secularists, leftists, urban naxals, intellectuals, assorted protestors—is not driven by a calculus of ordinary politics….When you legitimize yourself … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged arms sales, army training, conflict, cruel rhetoric, drowning, fake news, fascism, hate, hostility, inhospitable, lies, massacres, migrant deaths, Migration routes, misery, money generation, mythical histories, persecution, propaganda, security forces, torment, war, weapons | Leave a comment

Corporates run Governments by lobbying to approve addictive products

Posted on August 19, 2023 by borderslynn

I have written many blogs about the food industry creating ‘food’ in the loosest sense of the word, which has ingredients, often chemical in nature, which make the products addictive. https://borderslynn.com/2021/06/25/corporates-accessing-science-perpetuating-conscious-disregard QUESTION: Why does it get approved for human consumption, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, banking, cash flow, chemical poisons, corporate lobbying, corruption, death of addicts, food industry, international drug cartels, lives cut short, money laundering, offshore banking, supply of drugs, victims of crime, violence | Leave a comment

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