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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

Regenerative Farming to combat harm’s from climate change

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

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Reduce soybean demand and lower deforestation pressure

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

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Soil and Agroecology Transition

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

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Lambs to the Slaughter

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

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Benefiting People and Planet without further Decline

I’m reproducing this current important article:

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They are tearing the Amazon rainforest down

It has been growing there for 55 million years. The human race was around 1 million 10,000 years BC. Since the industrial revolution we are now over 8 billion and have wrought irrevocable destruction to the planet. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-sharing-the-amazon-rainforest.html?origin=serp_auto The tragedy … Continue reading

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But I was screaming into a void….

I am reading ‘Who could ever love you’ by Mary Trump. I have just read a chilling few paragraphs which are even more relevant now than in 2017, as the Israeli war on Palestinians and Lebanese rages forever on: A … Continue reading

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Latest from Ralph Nader

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Gulf of Mexico: fossil fuel supply from 1940s to present day

It seems ironic to see articles like this: https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/major-oil-rigs-in-the-gulf-of-mexico and, knowing our refusal to move away from dependence on fossil fuels has increased ocean temperatures. We know the high temperatures of the water in the Gulf are causing the intensification … Continue reading

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El Nino 2023 to 2024: Cocoa Beans, Chocolate shortage

El Niño—the warm phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), our planet’s single largest natural source of year-to-year variations in seasonal climate—has been disrupting climate in the tropics and beyond since May 2023, likely contributing to many months of record-high global ocean temperatures, … Continue reading

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