MyEnviroMind

One month until Christmas! Now, I'm not normally someone to promote the celebration of such a desired event before the appropriate time, however today is also Black Friday and I feel the two go hand-in-hand as some of the most momentous days of the year. Let's not forget the vital question though - does Santa think you've been good this year? This post will be published in the evening, but no doubt that most of the sales today will be hectically scrambled for in the last few hours of today; when the population of Britain all rush from work to the comforts of their home and streets of the cities, to exploit the deals on offer. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/black-friday-2015-best-beauty-deals-a6742491.html In the hustle & bustle of it all, it's easy to get swept into the moment and feel hurried and pressured by the array of deals into purchasing items that later on you may regret. Wait a moment. Let's think about what you are doing. ...

In 2006, that weekend welcoming show on BBC  Saturday Kitchen Live brought on a new segment - The Omelette Challenge. The young James Martin counted down "3, 2, 1,"... and just after that second, the egg-straneous race had begun. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pqqHhLS8teM/maxresdefault.jpg Alain Roux, Marcus Wareing & Nathan Outlaw take part in  The Omelette Challenge Since then, hundreds of chefs have clattered pans, and splattered food to the egg-streme - in a way almost as dire as my puns. In the challenge, chefs compete to cook a 3 egg omelette in the fastest time possible. It's sad to see that on a cooking show with such wonderful dishes, humble foodstuffs can be abused so radically, with the majority of these egg 'dishes' becoming inedible and presumably discarded. Abuse? Yes, abuse of our privilege in this developed and cosy nest of a home we live in. This is a cooking show I take it?  So chefs can showcase their talent, ideas and passion for co...

98 years after WWI deceased, we remember those who courageously staggered, galloped and fell upon the desolate land. Today is Armistice Day. http://www.vivaboo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/poppy-poppies-remembrance-veterns-day-November-11-3.jpg This is the day we think of those who have undoubtedly done so much and bravely done so with the sole purpose of protecting our futures. What heroes we have had amongst us. And hence, we take their message, their motive, their impulse into our daily lives by promoting peace and justice for the world. It was their only wish. And so people; we now come to a crossroads. Perhaps we have already turned to the right, but, there are many more to come. We must decided what routes are safest and which may have too many bumps and potholes ahead. (Excuse the metaphor.) President Donald Trump is perhaps now the most influential persona in global governance. And yes, his views are strong and somewhat provocative to many, many societies,...

Anyone guess what today is? It's the day we commence the COP 21 Paris Climate Agreement! Just 11 months after the world united, the first ever climate deal to gather both rich and poor countries with one climate mission comes in smashing the previous record set by the last major climate deal, the Kyoto Protocol, of 8 years. 196 countries (that's all the attendees) signed the pledge- even OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). This shows us just how extreme a threat climate change has become; not only are countries willing to change there ways, but those whose main source of GDP is from fossil fuels have seen and heard and felt  that we can't continue to live in the state we are right now. I've heard a lot of talk upon whether it's fair or not that rich countries are putting this into action when developing countries, essentially, need to develop. Some say it's hypocritical. I think if we really want to change, we will. Solar panel...