Author Archives: borderslynn

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

‘Socioeconomic Divisions have Worsened’

Posted on September 11, 2021 by borderslynn

9/11 did not change the world – it was already on the path to decades of conflict Republished on September 11th, 2021 September 10, 2021 11.47am BST Author Paul RogersProfessor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford Disclosure statement Paul Rogers is … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 9/11, climate change, Covid, famine, inequality, one percent, people vs people, poverty, profit before people, war on terror, weak vs strong | Leave a comment

Taking Responsibility to Do No Harm

Posted on September 8, 2021 by borderslynn

As we mine the resources we say we need to build stuff to ‘combat climate change’ we have, to date, mined irresponsibly. We have farmed irresponsibly and once we humans learned metallurgy, we began to mine irresponsibly. In fact, as … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged aquifer depletion, atacama desert, chilean people protest, conscious disregard, corporate vs people, injustice, lithium mining using brine method, technology | Leave a comment

Lithium Mining expansion: Threats and Opportunities

Posted on September 4, 2021 by borderslynn

A recent report published by the International Energy Agency states that meeting the Paris agreement’s climate targets would send demand skyrocketing for the “critical minerals” used to produce clean energy technologies. The figures are particularly dramatic for the raw materials used to … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged careless disposal, explosions, health and safety, lithium demand, thermal runaway, threat to life, toxic ether | 2 Comments

Hydrogen Sulphide and Landfill

Posted on August 19, 2021 by borderslynn

Most of us will live within a 25 mile radius of a landfill for household waste. It is often visible from roads nearby as waste trucks drive up and dump the waste and gulls fly over attracted by the chance … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged bio-persistent plastics, cancer, energy production, extracting gas, landfill management, landfill sites, pollution, respiratory illness, toxic environments | 1 Comment

Petrochemicals vs Life Itself

Posted on August 4, 2021 by borderslynn

In a previous blog regarding DuPont and Conscious Disregard, I have tried to show how our human behaviour has allowed the growth of petrochemical industries to grow exponentially, thus condemning us to a biopersistent toxicity which is killing all life … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate change, co2 emissions, petrochemical pollution | Leave a comment

We are experiencing Extremes

Posted on August 2, 2021 by borderslynn

Republished article: Extreme heat waves in a warming world don’t just break records – they shatter them July 23, 2021 1.14pm BST Updated July 26, 2021 5.15pm BST Author Scott DenningProfessor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University Disclosure statement Scott Denning has … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged climate, flooding, preparation, resilience, science, Weather, wildfires | Leave a comment

Sugar and Big Food

Posted on July 26, 2021 by borderslynn

I found this definition of Sugar here: Sugar is a carbohydrate that occurs naturally in many foods. The body mostly uses carbohydrates as an energy source. Food producers also add sugar to many products, which can lead a person’s blood … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged big food, body fuel, carbohydrates, climate change, Covid, diabetes, health, inactivity, insulin, junk food, kiribati, Pacific Islanders, Sugar, tobacco substitute, ultra processed foods | 1 Comment

Pawns in the Game

Posted on July 21, 2021 by borderslynn

Author Michael Moss, on page 140 of his book ‘Hooked’, names Northeastern University in Boston, led by Professor Richard Daynard of their Law Faculty for instructing his students to create a database which tracked lawsuits brought by injured smokers. Their … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged food industry, legal protection for the public, lobbying, NRA, scrutiny of food industry, ultra processed foods | 1 Comment

Stop doing this

Posted on July 8, 2021 by borderslynn

Michael Moss in his book ‘Hooked’ revealed the name of another hero we can all be grateful to, the attorney Stephen Joseph. You can read on his website how he took on Philip Morris, the tobacco giants, who owned Kraft, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Covid, diabetes 2, heart disease, trans fats | Leave a comment

We eat to forget. Then we eat for relief.

Posted on July 7, 2021 by borderslynn

The above title is from Michael Moss’s book ‘Hooked’ (p71). Moss’s book explains how our bodies have evolved since ancestral hominids roamed the Ethiopian landscape. He then brings us up to date with the chemistry of modern processed foods. People … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged addiction, compulsive behaviour, Covid, diet, disease, fast foods, flavourists, overeating, ultra processed foods | 1 Comment

Author Archives: borderslynn

About borderslynn

Where did we come from? Where are we going?