Tag Archives: ecology

Benefiting People and Planet without further Decline

Posted on November 5, 2024 by borderslynn

I’m reproducing this current important article:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged destruction of rainforest, ecology, ecosystems, emissions, food industry, harm from industrial activities, populations, protecting planet, scarce freshwater, supply and demand | Leave a comment

Higher elevations and Climate change

Posted on October 3, 2024 by borderslynn

The higher you live, the more likely you are to experience impacts of climate change, as these impacts are increasing at a more rapid rate in recent years than human experience can adapt to. I only live 900ft above sea … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Appalachians, Asheville, climate change, danger, devastation, ecology, ecosystems, flooding, fossil fuels, glacier melting, hurricane Helene, lush environments, mountain rivers, mountains, threat, warming oceans, windward side | Leave a comment

Flags of Convenience

Posted on November 27, 2023 by borderslynn

About 90% of the world’s commodities and goods are transported by sea through the shipping industry. Supplementary regulations and current international law that stipulates that any maritime vessel carrying paying passengers or cargo must be registered to a country. About 40 … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged billionaire shipping magnates, disasters, ecology, exploitation, flag of convenience, global crime, human trafficking, impoverished countries, maritime law, sanction avoidance, shipping industry, smuggling | Leave a comment

Permacrisis: Shipping

Posted on April 13, 2023 by borderslynn

If we want to look at human activity accelerated to the point of destruction, let’s look at the tragedy of the Mediterranean. https://sciencing.com/animals-mediterranean-sea-8537277.html TRADECHINA In Greece’s largest port of Piraeus, China is the boss Kaki Bali 10/30/2022October 30, 2022 Since … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged barges, billionaire, black water, cargo instability, catastrophe, container shipping, cruise ships, dying planet, ecology, investment, marine life, migrants, money, naval shipping, responsibility, sea deaths, sewage treatment, Shipping, supertrawlers, toxic waste, trade | Leave a comment

‘Euthanasia of the rentier’: understanding of the fundamentals of the monetary system

Posted on March 11, 2023 by borderslynn

From ‘The Production of Money’, by Ann Pettifor Keynes was ruthless in his approach to the subordination of the finance sector to the interests of wider society and actively campaigned for the ‘euthanasia of the rentier’. He regarded the love … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged anthropocene, capitol control, central banks, city of london, community, ecology, financial transformation, high interest rates, inflation, integrity, Keynes, lobbying, monetary policy, offshore banking, poor lifting each other out of poverty, quantitative easing, rent, solutions, the few vs the many, toxic emissions, usury, vested interest, Wall Street | Leave a comment

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

When we rebuild

Posted on June 1, 2022 by borderslynn

Bertrand Piccard says we must develop wisdom and respect. He is collecting 1000 solutions which exist already, but then will promote them to attract greater investments. We can rebuild whilst not recreating the harmful environments of the past centuries. https://bertrandpiccard.com/articles/the-1000-solutions-call … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged clean drinking water, devastation, disruption, ecology, environment, futures, infrastructure, respect, wisdom | Leave a comment

Cotton and Wool Blending

Posted on January 1, 2022 by borderslynn

Like much of our knowledge and language, the word ‘cotton’ comes from Arabic ‘quton’. As with wool and silk, so cotton is a natural fabric and is comfortable to the most sensitive skin. It is soft yet strong; is absorbent; … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged British colonialism, climate change, cotton blending, cotton industry, Covid, disease, ecology, GMO, India, organic cotton, overpopulation, poverty, textiles, Tuberculosis, wealth, wool and cotton | Leave a comment

Destruction of the Garden

Posted on August 14, 2017 by borderslynn

Humans thrive when nature provides them with fertile land where they feel safe and can develop skills. This was such a place, between less abundant and often hostile lands, it was a place humans would target and fight to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged arable land, bronze age, dam technology, ecology, Farming, fertile crescent, habitat, irrigation, pre neolithic, water, wildlife | 2 Comments

Disposable Males

Posted on August 27, 2013 by borderslynn

This August we had two full moons in the same month, so another incidence of Blue Moon. I had thought the next one (see last August blog) was not due until 2015. My facts were not well enough researched it … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged ant, Arachnid, badger, butterflies, ecology, seasonal behaviour, Spiders | 1 Comment

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