I’m going to leap right into the fray. (It’s a pun, get it, get it?….. oh, never mind) I only get to do that joke once every four years and you lot (both of you) didn’t even raise an eyebrow. This is a real Change the World Wednesday, Reduced Footprints fooled me. I didn’t realise [...]
Archive for February, 2012
29 Feb
Change the World Wednesday – Special II
I have had a strange week so far. It all started on Saturday when I decided to remove my only active blog They Say it’s in the Genes from Blogspot to WordPress and then move the 50 posts as well. Designing, adding, moving, searching, it all takes time. But the problem contined Sunday, then reached [...]
26 Feb
Salt: Villain or Super Hero?
Why Your Body Needs Salt: Unrefined natural salt provides two elements – sodium and chloride – that are essential for life. Your body cannot make these elements on its own; you must get them from your diet. Some of the many biological processes for which salt is crucial include: * Being a major component of [...]
25 Feb
Change the World Wednesday – Special
For the Lenten period Reduce Footprints is doing a daily challenge. I will attempt to keep up with them, not necessarily on the day. I make no promises. . CTWW Daily Challenge – 24th Feb Only use your washing machine when you have a full load, and run it on cold whenever possible. Run at [...]
24 Feb
Make You Fink on Friday
The world is insane! Oh, you knew that… Looking at fishing today. Not me, I buy mine at the fish market. But the industry. We are in a world where fish species are becoming extinct for a variety of reasons, over fishing, pollution destroying habitats and climatic changes. Many countries in the world control fishing [...]
23 Feb
Today, I learned something…
The Mediterranean has wetlands. I didn’t know that before. If you mention to me ‘the Mediterranian’, I conjure up images of tourism, sun, olive trees and the Biblical lands. I would never have associated the Mediterranean with wetlands. Lots of them, dotted around everywhere; Lakes, lagoons, dams and river deltas. 570,000,000 hectares – roughly 6% [...]
22 Feb
Change the World Wednesday – 22nd Feb
The world has returned to normal, it continues to rotate slowly about its axis and in turn around the sun. The coffee helped, coffee always helps in a time of crisis. We return you to our normal CTWW programme. This week’s Change the World Wednesday: Calculate your carbon footprint today at climatecare.org, carbonfund.org or www.nativeenergy.com [...]
22 Feb
Unmitigated Disaster!
Today is Wednesday. I remembered when I was washing the dishes. I have been disorientated since last Thursday because of carnaval here in Rio. Carnaval does that to some. I opened Reduce Footprints… A regular Wednesday thing. Whaaaaaaaaaaa! No CTWW! *checks calendar* *runs cursor over pc clock* Both confirm that it is indeed Wednesday… *reloads [...]
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