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Category Archives: environment
Real farming is a winner
The most attractive feature of this article in Mongabay is the picture, showing the mutual love of a decent couple. But the most important is the message. Farming the western way is stupid and destructive. Looking after the soil, following … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, environment, good news
Tagged Bobbing Around, Dr. Bob Rich, environment, Malawi, Mongabay, regenerative agriculture
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Monkey-animal conflict: another part of the climate catastrophe
You will have guessed. The monkeys I refer to tend to wear clothes. This interesting article in Vox mentions a whole range of situations in which climate-caused changes lead to events like elephants seeking water in a village, whales changing … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, environment
Tagged bear, Bobbing Around, climate change, Dr. Bob Rich, global warming, Vox
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On waste
When I was into building houses, Australia had a booming demolition industry. Today that would be called building materials recycling. Much of what isn’t free in my house at Moora Moora comes from a demolition yard a short drive away. … Continue reading
Posted in environment, Inspiration
Tagged Bobbing Around, Dr. Bob Rich, generosity, Inspiration, potato, recycling, reuse, waste
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Flying into disaster
Geoff Collis decided to leave his occupation of airline pilot because the environmental damage of aircraft. He has given an interesting, informative and hard-hitting talk to the Nillumbik Climate Café, who have given me permission to share a summary of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, environment
Tagged aeroplane, airplane, Bobbing Around, climate change, Dr. Bob Rich, environment, global warming
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Why so many young people want to die
This new report uses Australian data, but the findings apply in all the overdeveloped countries. It once more demonstrates that people born this century are intelligent and well-informed enough to know their future is bleak. The researchers have identified domestic … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, compassion, environment, philosophy, politics, Psychology
Tagged Bobbing Around, climate change, compassion, Dr. Bob Rich, environment, Gen Z, Generation Z, John B. Calhoun, Psychology, suicide
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Vale Ambassador Against Animal Atrocity
The animal atrocity is factory farming—interspecies torture and environmental destruction. The ambassador was Jane Goodall. Please read this beautiful essay about it. Fiona Lemmon sent me the link. For much of her life, she has refused to eat other (nonhuman) … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, environment
Tagged Bobbing Around, compassion, Dr. Bob Rich, environment, factory farming
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Another form of suicide
I’ve known for many years that mammalian sperm counts are in freefall. It would be karma, proper consequences, if it were only humans, but it’s unfair on other species, who cannot even resort to the luxury of IVF. This new … Continue reading
Posted in environment, Health
Tagged Bobbing Around, Dr. Bob Rich, environment, extinction, plastics, Poison Planet, pollution, Shanna Swan, sperm count
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As if we needed more evidence
Yesterday, I met a lovely man. I was in the garden centre where he works, shopping for vegie seedlings, since spring is weeks early where I live. We chatted about various things. He explained to me that yes, there is … Continue reading
Earth has overshot already
The first time I became aware of Earth Overshoot Day, it was in late September, which I considered terrifying. All the resources for a whole year, consumed in nine months… Sorry to tell you, in 2025 it is 24 July: … Continue reading
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