Tag Archives: Africa

UK Butterfly Emergency

Posted on September 19, 2024 by borderslynn

I just photographed a Peacock and a Red Admiral on my Autumn Glory. In previous years there could be at least 12 to 20 on this plant. These two are the highest count in a day for this year. I … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, butterfly emergency, calamity, climate change, destruction, fossil fuel investment, global weather, human harm, neonicotinoids, pesticides, wildlife loss | Leave a comment

US: Social Democracy coinciding with Jim Crow

Posted on May 20, 2024 by borderslynn

In the US, after WWII, the way to peaceful coexistence between North and Southern States was to exclude any benefit to African Americans, despite their contribution during World War II. https://www.history.com/news/black-soldiers-world-war-ii-discrimination The Republican Right had been opposed to Franklyn D … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1918 to 1950s, Africa, African Americans, American Dream, apartheid, British, complicit in human harm, democracy, discrimination, exclusion, FDR, French, human rights, israel, Jim Crow, Jordan, Kant, League of Nations, left vs right, marginalising, Palestinians, peace, peace vision, polarization, populism, Republicans, socialist, subjugation, utopia, war, welfare state, white supremacy, WW1, WWII | Leave a comment

Uranium Conversion and Enrichment

Posted on August 13, 2023 by borderslynn

Russia leads the world in this industrial expertise. See: https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-o-s/russia-nuclear-power.aspx And an explanation of the process: https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/conversion-enrichment-and-fabrication/uranium-enrichment.aspx And the consequences for suddenly creating a demand for uranium and the fuel rods for reactors: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/08/03/niger-coup-the-long-arm-of-russia-and-the-politics-of-uranium/23879d0e-31b5-11ee-85dd-5c3c97d6acda_story.html

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, conflict, conversion and enrichment of uranium, Europe, industrial expertise dominance, Niger, Russia, supply and demand | 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

Africa, the World’s leading creditor

Posted on October 22, 2022 by borderslynn

The huge continent of Africa has been exploited, robbed and cruelly harmed for centuries. Yet we humans originated and evolved in that life giving landscape before the nomadic migrations to explore other lands. I read Africa is in debt, like … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, city of london, conflict, exploitation, famine, food insecurity, illicit financial dealings, movement of money, offshore tax havens, slave trade, stolen wealth | Leave a comment

The earth cannot take it any more

Posted on July 28, 2022 by borderslynn

https://theconversation.com/human-disruption-to-earths-freshwater-cycle-has-exceeded-the-safe-limit-our-research-shows-182562 Please read the above. Learn how each of us can stay informed and help with solutions. We cannot be silent or passive. We can help if we use our 7 billion minds together. See how young scientists are working … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, burning fossil fuels, carbon emissions, disrupted fresh water cycle, drought, human harmful activity, industrial destruction, oil and gas exploration since 1920, satellite tracking | Leave a comment

Oil Plunder

Posted on July 27, 2022 by borderslynn

Virunga National Park, home, to the last mountain gorillas and people of the Congo, has been placed in a deal to auction off the precious territory to countries like the US and UK so they can drill for oil! https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/25/world/congo-auction-land-oil-companies … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, APAC, carbon credits, climate change, Drilling, exploited congolese, fossil fuels, IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress, mountain gorillas, oil, protecting endangered species, protecting wilderness | 1 Comment

Does history tell us anything?

Posted on June 21, 2022 by borderslynn

I read this recently in Ruth Ben Ghiat’s book, Strongmen: “The Cold War made Mobutu’s long rule and luxurious lifestyle possible. The age of decolonization marked a shift in the economic order, with the end of European empires bringing the … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, Cold War, colonialism, corruption, dishonourable acts, Paul Manafort, perpetuating poverty, Roger Stone, theft from nations, Zaire | Leave a comment

Covid 19 as many countries fight wildfires

Posted on September 8, 2020 by borderslynn

As we continue to see the virus take its toll, watching the awful numbers at https://worldometer.pro, there is a background of other disasters for human to grapple with at the same time, such as the earth heating to unbelievable temperatures. … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, agriculture, angola, Arctic, australia, climate change, co2 emissions, covid 19, mediterranean, Russia, South America, the americas, unprecedented, wildfires | Leave a comment

Clean Water Shortages Worldwide: how to fight disease, such as Covid-19?

Posted on July 16, 2020 by borderslynn

“According to a point of Buddhism, water is the most valuable and most important thing because of its connection with disease,” says the monastery’s facilities manager, Urgyan. “Clean water helps everything: healthy body, healthy mind.” https://www.sapiens.org/culture/nepal-water-insecurity/?utm_source=SAPIENS.org+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e84aebb98d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_18b7e41cd8-e84aebb98d-227345396&ct=t() India, March 2020 “The … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Africa, brazil, clean water, covid 19, disease, India, infrastructure, lack of water, Mexico, poverty, unnecessary deaths, venezuela, washing hands | Leave a comment

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