by Doreen Hosking | 31, Jul, 2023 | Blog
Humanity is heading towards a chaotic future fuelled by our lifestyles of acquisition and waste. If our young people are to inherit a planet they can live on we must change course now. However as Carl Jung has said “We cannot change anything unless we accept it.” In...
by Doreen Hosking | 5, Jul, 2023 | Blog
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” (Native American Proverb) I, for one, would like to leave a liveable world for my children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and all those others to come. I want to leave a world where...
by Doreen Hosking | 22, Jun, 2023 | Blog
We don’t talk to each other about Climate Change! Why not, I wonder? We Live in a Changing World We are faced on a daily basis by the perils of Climate Change. It is clear that most of us worry about it. We also worry about the future for our children. Yet most of us...
by Doreen Hosking | 5, Jun, 2023 | Blog
The Link Between Biodiversity and Climate Change Nature gifts humanity so much of what we need to live and prosper. It provides us, among other things, with clean air, food, water, a stable climate, medicine, and economic growth. Biodiversity is life on Earth, in all...
by Doreen Hosking | 4, May, 2023 | Blog
What if our Best Times are Still Ahead of Us? What if we lived in a world where we were all valued members of a community? Imagine if we all had enough to eat and our food made us healthy! What if we all had equal opportunities and we lived in a sustainable way? Could...
by Doreen Hosking | 17, Apr, 2023 | Blog
A great leap forward is what is required now to enable us to create a better world for all. I have recently read two books that have convinced me we can find solutions to the global problems we face. Let there be no doubt that these problems are very serious and that...
by Doreen Hosking | 10, Mar, 2023 | Blog
World Water Day – 22nd March 2023 This global campaign encourages people to take action in their lives to change how they use, consume and manage water. A Priceless Resource “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.” (Benjamin Franklin)...
by Doreen Hosking | 17, Feb, 2023 | Blog
It is February 2023 and as usual the news about the Climate and Biodiversity seems awful. The world itself appears to be in a pretty bad state, and some days hope seems far away. However the sun is shining, and I would like to celebrate the good things that have been...
by Doreen Hosking | 23, Jan, 2023 | Blog
Hope and Action for a more Sustainable Future To quote Rebecca Solnit in her book Hope in the Dark: “Popular power has continued to be a profound force for change.” Each one of us can contribute to that force in some way. Solnit in her book compares the drive for...
by Doreen Hosking | 3, Jan, 2023 | Blog
Biodiversity loss threatens us all “Biodiversity is all the different kinds of life you’ll find in one area — the variety of animals, plants, fungi, and even microorganisms like bacteria that make up our natural world. Each of these species and organisms...
