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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

Environmental auditing is not what it seems

Posted on March 3, 2023 by borderslynn

You and I might care about sustainable forestry and check that any product made from the trees of this world are carefully sourced to protect ancient and rare trees. Auditors who assist in green labelling are part of a multi … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged ancient forests, auditors, cardboard, conflict, criminals, destruction, ecology, enforcement, environment, forestry, furniture, international crime, lax laws, military junta, rare trees, regulation, smugglers, sustainable timber, war chest, wooden products | Leave a comment

No new fossil fuels and address loss and damage

Posted on February 26, 2023 by borderslynn

Botswana is about to welcome a Canadian company into a famously pristine region. What have they been allowed to do? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/new-oilfield-in-african-wilderness-threatens-lives-of-130000-elephants There are honorary consuls in Toronto and Ontario, and there are negative associations now emerging from ICIJ of countries … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, botswana, Canada, Congo, corruption, criminal activity, ecological crime, energy crisis, france, history, honorary consuls, icij, industry, oil exploration, OPL 245, plunder, spying, theft, trusts, UK, ukraine, Virunga, wilderness | Leave a comment

Green building design: Biomimicry architecture

Posted on February 26, 2023 by borderslynn

I am reproducing this website as it best illustrates how rebuilding countries which have suffered massive destruction could be achieved in an eco way. Surely, there should be no reason to build using pre-eco design methods? http://mickpearce.com/ “ ☰ MICK … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged better living, biomimicry architecture, conflict, devastation, earthquakes, eco buildings, rebuilding, war | Leave a comment

What we know about industrial growth – and it isn’t good.

Posted on February 20, 2023 by borderslynn

Zach Wichter wrote an article in the New York Times (June 20, 2017) entitled “Too Hot to Fly? Climate Change May Take a Toll on Flying.” He pointed out that when temperatures get too high, the aerodynamic that allow planes … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Arctic Ice, Arctic Ice retreating, catastrophe, consequences, Farming, flight cancellations, flights grounded, food insecurity, fossil fuel use increase, growth priority, heat stricken airports, high temperatures, permafrost melt, plane aerodynamics, suffering planet | Leave a comment

By 2100: Global warming is projected to lower per capita GDP by 50 percent minimum

Posted on February 20, 2023 by borderslynn

We know the ongoing Ukraine war has forced a postponement of plans to make us less reliant on fossil fuels. The weaponising of energy has stopped us in our tracks. https://www.desmog.com/2023/02/24/european-gas-lobby-tweets-ukraine-war/ A precursor to Ukraine was Tigray, fighting for independence … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate, conflict, dams, economic decline, energy infrastructure, food insecurity, fossil fuels, global warming, hydroelectric, mid latitude farming catastrophe., renewables, war | Leave a comment

Honorary Consuls and Criminal Acts

Posted on February 11, 2023 by borderslynn

How US lawyers and bankers aided powerful Haitian tycoons now sanctioned over corruption by Canada Two wealthy Haitians recently sanctioned by Canada owned or had other links to almost 20 companies and trusts created in some of the world’s most … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged ambassadors, bankers, banking integrity, bribery, crime against humanity, dishonesty, enablers, exploitation, freedom for eurasia, honorary consuls, icij, immorality, lawyers, offshore companies, poverty, tax havens, theft | Leave a comment

Pyridine and North East England contamination

Posted on January 21, 2023 by borderslynn

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/22858596.pyridine-caused-mass-north-east-sea-life-deaths The information on Pyridine states: “Pyridine appears as a clear colorless to light yellow liquid with a penetrating nauseating odor. Density 0.978 g / cm3. Flash point 68 °F. Vapors are heavier than air. Toxic by ingestion and inhalation. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aqua marine poisoning, bio security, Britain, centuries of toxins, dredging, dredging rivers, health hazard, heavy industry, industrial waste, new pathogen in North Sea, north sea, protecting marine life, Pyridine contamination, sea pollution, toxic chemical | 1 Comment

Desalination, long term solution to Drought

Posted on December 26, 2022 by borderslynn

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-who-rely-on-desalination.html From the above map we learn Saudi Arabia has the most desalination plants in the world: “eight plants using the reverse osmosis technology and 12 using the multi-stage distillation process. The country has the largest floating desalination plant in … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, conflict, desalination, desertification, drought, famine, food security, multi-stage flash, reverse osmosis, solutions | 2 Comments

Wobbly polar vortex threat

Posted on December 25, 2022 by borderslynn

How a wobbly polar vortex brings cold weather “Judah Cohen, a climatologist at MIT and the director of seasonal forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research, told Newsweek that, as average global temperatures rise, winter temperatures are increasing at a slower rate than … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged arctic warming, climate change, energy outages, extreme weather, flooding, food insecurity, hypothermia, polar vortex, road accidents, sudden freezing, threat to life, uninhabitable earth, wildlife deaths, winter storm | Leave a comment

Servers that gobble electricity

Posted on December 19, 2022 by borderslynn

Many billions of us now depend on internet servers to carry out the most vital to the most trivial day to day human involvement. Like the air we breathe, we expect it to be there. But there are many threats … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged crypto mining, environmental health, excessive energy requirements, fossil fuels, global networks, internet servers, noise pollution, power plants, security, uninterrupted power requirement, water cooling requirements | Leave a comment

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