MyEnviroMind

Whilst the line-up is building to a climax and the many thousands of festival-goers shuffle on piggy-back to get the best view of the stage, let's take a moment to look into the long-established 'green' status that Glastonbury boasts about. Radiohead at Glastonbury 24/6/2017 Credit: Anna Barclay http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/saturday-in-pictures-5/ Since it began in 1970, Glastonbury has gathered all it's milk, straw and cider from it's very own 'Worthy Farm' and profits have forever since been shared with the  CND , (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) Greenpeace , Oxfam and Water Aid . In this way, Glastonbury has taken a leading role, not only in how to deliver an incredible celebration of music but, also in how to celebrate the wonder of our world and support the range of charities which campaign for a world the owners strive for. They held their ethics at the forefront of what they did and did not let business plans, profits or even ego ...

Tragically we have been reminded in recent months about how swiftly a life can be cut off and just how brutal that can be.   Events that can only be explained with anger and bitterness, both inside and outside of UK borders, are putting our worldwide community to the test. Testing our strength. Testing our courage and testing our love & respect for one another.   It is difficult, after baring witness to these events, to step forward and be trustworthy with everyone. Our communities fragment and separate, setting in motion a catalyst for the process to happen again and again and again.   I find even the little things quite melancholy:  Desperate to get home after a day's work, sunken faces all spread throughout the train's carriage, you save neighbouring seats with bags. No-one dare ask you to remove it so they can sit next to you. Outside of your headphones, the carriage sits in a bleak silence. We dare not talk about ...

Honesty. This is YouTuber Prince Ea's 2015 video that captured the world's attention. You've probably seen this video before. But did you act on what he said? H _ M     :)   Bibliography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrzbRZn5Ed4

Leaders of the largest 7 economies, worldwide, will meet today to discuss the issues facing our planet. The G7 (Group of 7) is holding it's annual, informal talk in Sicily without any media present. The group has leaders from France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the UK. We are being told that key discussions on the list today include international trade, climate security and prevention of terrorism. These talks come just a few days after the devastating attack in Manchester Arena on Monday 22nd May 2017. My heart goes out to those directly affected and suffering through their loss. My heart goes out to all those within our nation and beyond, because, what happened on Monday has repercussions for us all. It hurts our ability to allow equality for everyone. We can move beyond this violence and one day find settled ground. Terrorism is a global concern. We can all fight it - without the need for violence.   Taormina, city ho...

Twitter has unveiled me to so many days in the calendar that I had no clue existed! I'm sure I'm not the only one... Today is Endangered Species Day but, considering this event comes 3 days before exam week, I'm afraid this entry is going to be a bit brief. I only hope that other articles give you more details of this day and the honest publicity such a topic like this deserves. I hope they make us think. Really think. Think how closely entwined we are with the Earth; not only do we influence nature, we are a part of it. We are, in the grand scheme of things, a mere minority amongst the mass of biodiversity on this planet. A simple carbon store in it's whole entity. According to http://storiented.blogspot.co.uk , Showing less than 1% of all known species, this phylogenetic tree of life was created by David Hillis, Derreck Zwickil and Robin Gutell. It displays the evolutionary relationships of about 3,000 species. Hillis et al., Science, 2003 Think how much in...

Climate change and plastic waste. 2 hot topics from an environmental perspective, yet quite separate from each other in terms of their interactions & interdependency. Or so it may seem. In 2013, scientists spent 7 months travelling around the Arctic circle tracking plastic particles in the ocean. They're research estimates that currently "about 300 billion pieces of tiny plastic are suspended in these Arctic waters right now," according to The Washington Post ,  and the area has been dubbed the “dead end for floating plastics.” This means that the concentration of plastic in these waters is not only expected to increase because of increasing waste, but also because once it gets here, it is unlikely to leave. It's not fully understood how these microplastics will affect our ecosystem but one thing's for sure; the 8 million tonnes we, mostly North Americans and Europeans, dispose into the ocean each year will slowly creep up the food chain and it will effect...

Starting today, and for the 7 days following, ordinary citizens from all matter of communities are standing up from the bottom as one - making their voices echo loud and clear at the top. In New Mexico, people raised blue items to the sky as they stood where a river once ran https://globaldivestmentmobilisation.org/action-ideas/ The Global Divestment Mobilisation 2017 is a project kick-started by 350.org which aims to "solidify the association between climate impacts and the moral urgency to divest from fossil fuels," as well as initiating the process of divestment in regions where it's not yet happened. We know the climate is changing fast and we also know where the denials of man-made climate change are rooted. We know that the fossil fuel industry has spent whatever time and money it could on promoting climate denial, as well as channelling efforts to block climate action in order to secure their profits. The fossil fuel industry is strong. It's powerful and...