Posts tagged 'Environment & science' - page 5
21 December 2009
UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is the perfect example for the phrase "a damp squib". Squibs are small explosives that are used for special effects and in the past for clearing away coal in the mines when they were sold as "Miners' Sa...
Read more13 December 2009
Water, Water Everywhere And Not A Drop To Drink
As world leaders take themselves very seriously and think themselves very powerful as they negotiate their climate change treaties in Copenhagen, while they drive their big limos and they fly in from around the globe, I have been thinking about water...
Read more07 December 2009
Kit-Kat Goes Fairtrade
Fairtrade has just announced that Kit-Kat, the massive brand of Nestlé in the UK, is switching its cocoa over to Fairtrade. This will start in mid January 2010 and is obviously a reaction to Cadbury's Dairy Milk going Fairtrade in Summer 2009. See...
Read more17 November 2009
Keep Governments Out Of Saving The World
One of the areas of society that is exercising my thoughts at present is how societies organise themselves, are governed and whether we (as citizens) are actually free ... or just whether we are being told that we are free, but in reality are all jus...
Read more07 November 2009
Give A Christmas Present Today
It's the end of the ancient British year as we move from the bright, warm summer period into the winter period. It's a time to reflect on where we are. As we move into the colder, winter months, it is a time to be thankful for what we have got and...
Read more04 November 2009
Autumnal Leaves Falling
Autumnal leaves are falling everywhere. They have hung on in there for quite a while longer as we have had a short spell of decent warm weather and very little wind. But even so, nature cannot be stopped and even the delicate finger-like leaves of...
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