Becoming sustainable

08/02/2022

food diversity is something which can become a strength here

https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22906478/food-diversity-extinction-dan-saladino

Coffee, wine, and wheat varieties are among the foods we could lose forever.

25/01/2022

The needle has to move

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/24/investor-bosses-climate-human-rights-aviva-investors?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Aviva Investors says voting at AGMs will be influenced by policies on climate, human rights, biodiversity and executive pay

14/10/2021

Smog is a leading cause of ill health around the world, but one Indian inventor is hoping to make it easier to breathe by scrubbing soot from the air and recycling it.

12/10/2021

11/10/2021

Maybe we should develop on the water. Half joke half serious.

This floating island, developed by MARIN engineers in the Netherlands, could be the answer to growing concerns about rising sea levels.

17/08/2021

Nothing really surprises me and it has sadly shown something which we have been avoiding, at a time where the world needed competence and inclusive thinking, we went the way of individualistic popularism. Trump made the deal without the Afghan government, the taliban waited and then moved. Afghanistan has had interesting place in history as the meeting place of many cultures and was a centre of trade along the old Silk Road. Sadly like many things ideology whether imperial, Islamic, capitalist, communist, the people were made to suffer. Now as the world watches maybe a bit fatigued as we wait for American withdrawal from Iraq, and we hardly hear anything about Syria anymore, Yemen has a famine approaching. A new generation will grow up hating the west and making deals with the East, democracy instead of being a shining light now looks dim as we have all neglected it.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/aug/16/afghanistan-crisis-pm-boris-johnson-ended-summer-holiday?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Former senior military and security figures say PM’s decision to depart was ‘dereliction of duty’

16/08/2021

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/16/world-billions-covid-vaccine-doses-africa-unprotected?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

While the west gets ready to administer booster shots, millions in Africa are still unprotected, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

05/08/2021

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/environmental-impact-of-bottled-water-up-to-3500-times-greater-than-tap-water?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Researchers also find impact of bottled water on ecosystems is 1,400 times higher than that of tap water

05/08/2021

A lesson for all of us.

There’s no question that there are extremists on both sides of any meaningful divide. That there are liars and frauds on both sides. That there are...

06/07/2021

This is disgusting behaviour

https://www.itv.com/news/2021-06-21/amazon-destroying-millions-of-items-of-unsold-stock-in-one-of-its-uk-warehouses-every-year-itv-news-investigation-finds?fbclid=IwAR2cAuYT3H_CQN7-LR25ycMrbDGD-9HBk_2Pu0Qe8rYMxTWa_Xc71vD6wfM

An ITV News investigation has uncovered the sheer scale of waste at one of Amazon's UK warehouses, with TVs and laptops among the items being thrown away. | ITV National News

13/05/2021

No 52 - dogs, Boris Johnson, Trust in media

https://themauritian.substack.com/p/52-when-will-i-see-you-again?r=1kzj1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy

London

29/04/2021

So the solution here is not going to be affordable for those who live in the Maldives, and appears to be a pr fluff piece.

We will also be in danger of becoming Climate refugees.

Predicted to become climate refugees, the Maldivians can become climate innovators by using engineering to stay above the surface.

27/04/2021

Heavy rain is not new but we have the same problems. Maybe plant some trees?

27/04/2021

Does India have the reporting capabilities in the healthcare system? Ie what is the quality of the data?

We can either be cynical, which will happen if we are ignorant or overreact emotionally to the harrowing pictures that are doing the global rounds. Or we can be objective by analyzing the actual me…

24/04/2021

I am sharing this because it is important to every Mauritian

Calling all the people here to see the show

26/10/2020

No 27 - Chris Isaak, free school meals and mourning James Randi

https://themauritian.substack.com/p/27-the-world-was-on-fire-and-no-one

29/09/2020

Issue 24 - https://themauritian.substack.com/p/24-time-to-build-my-juice-back-up

Props back up, suckers get smacked up

15/09/2020

Edition 22 - https://themauritian.substack.com/p/22-come-gather-round-people

A bit about Bruneau and some questions to ask of ourselves

Wherever you roam

11/09/2020

Why campaign activism works.

A deliberate choice can matter

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/11/rio-tinto-ceo-senior-executives-resign-juukan-gorge-debacle-caves?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

In a statement to Australian Stock Exchange the company confirms move that follows the blowing up of 46,000-year-old caves in Western Australia

25/07/2020

newsletter

https://themauritian.substack.com/p/18-life-could-have-been-very-different

Something changed

04/07/2020

04/07/2020

01/06/2020

https://markmanson.net/newsletters/mindfck-monday-33?utm_campaign=mmnet-newsletter-202024-06-01&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mmnet-newsletter&utm_content=view-in-browser

Well, I had a whole Mindf*ck Monday email typed out on Friday afternoon, scheduled to go out this morning, and was kicking back, sipping a bourbon, ready to enjoy the weekend… And then s**t hit the fan. Riots erupted in dozens of American cities (including my own). After a weekend spent in shock a...

31/05/2020

Chapter 13 already. https://themauritian.substack.com/p/chapter-13-thats-me-in-the-spotlight

Losing my religion, Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it