by Doreen Hosking | 8, Sep, 2025 | Blog
If humanity is to thrive for the next thousand years then a major change is needed in our lifestyles. I want my descendants to flourish. I want them to hug trees in the forests and swim in the seas and lochs. I hope they will enjoy ancient cathedrals and...
by Doreen Hosking | 25, Aug, 2025 | Blog
The Beauty of our Planet “The miracle is not to fly in the air or to walk on water, but to walk on the earth.” – (Chinese proverb) The world we live in is a miracle. I think our problem is that we have forgotten that. We don’t love it enough. Nor do we remember to be...
by Doreen Hosking | 19, Aug, 2025 | Blog
WATER When reading a recent article on Facebook on how often one should take a shower I was quietly furious. I don’t feel it is any of my business to think about how often people wash. However I do think about our water use very carefully and the way we waste water...
by Doreen Hosking | 11, Aug, 2025 | Blog
There Has to Be a Better Way Climate and Environmental Justice Aretha Franklin, the wonderful American soul singer, had a great song called “It Just Ain’t Fair”. She was talking about her life. But for me the title is a wonderful introduction to Environmental Justice,...
by Doreen Hosking | 22, Jul, 2025 | Blog
“The future belongs to those that believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt The challenges we are facing in our world right now seem overwhelming. In fact there are days when many of us want to go back to bed and pull the duvet over our head. But for...
by Doreen Hosking | 9, Jul, 2025 | Blog
Our positive values seem to be disappearing into a black hole. When I picture humanity as we are now, I feel somehow that our kindness, compassion and empathy have disappeared into a black hole. Our caring for our neighbours, the less fortunate and those “not like us”...
