Tag Archives: Scottish Borders

Globalization Casualties

Posted on August 3, 2024 by borderslynn

I’m reading ‘Paper Soldiers: How weaponization of the dollar changed the world’ by Saleha Mohsin. I am most grateful to the author, for it has taken me until now to learn the history behind what led to Globalization being caused … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 2008 financial crisis, authoritarian control, banks, capitalism, China, corporates, developing nations, dollar, economy, england, free trade, globalization, high risk, industrialization, manufacturing, mining, open borders, poverty, Scottish Borders, strong dollar, toxic loans, Treasury, UK, USA, wealth | Leave a comment

Building in Resilience to Climate Catastrophe

Posted on June 24, 2024 by borderslynn

After wildfires destroyed homes across California, innovative, but expensive, intensely fire-resistant homes have been designed. Some are already in place in the still sparsely rehomed community of Paradise. These are modular, pre clad built homes and 12 month round produce … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged acceleration, adaptation, air conditioning, catastrophe, climate change, desalination, design, drought, emissions, engineering, extreme heat, FEMA, First Responder shortage, flood defences., flooding barrier landscape, fossil fuel, Hawick, heat stroke, invention, Mediterranean drought, National Parks, osmosis, power grids, reduce emissions, research, safety net, Scottish Borders, solutions, sudden death, survival techniques, upgrades, US, Vigliotti | Leave a comment

Bees and Wild Flowers

Posted on May 28, 2013 by borderslynn

The last few days of May, 2013 included a Bank Holiday. Friday through to Monday was glorious; hot sun beating down. Monday turned to rain but quenched the dry ground. I had to remove a few ticks from my dogs, … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged bees, biodiversity, bombus, Scottish Borders, wildflowers, wildlife | Leave a comment

The Language of the Watershed

Posted on December 15, 2012 by borderslynn

I was relaxing watching ‘The Lord of the Kings’ Trilogy this past week whilst wintry weather raged around our cottage. It seemed to me that Tolkien was using the landscape of Scotland to invent his mythological Hobbit landscape. I then … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged burns, fells, Highlands, hills, James VI Scotland, Language of landscape, lochs, Lord of the Rings, mountains, rivers, Scottish Borders, Tolkien, tributaries | Leave a comment