Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Saturday, 17 June 2017
The machine
The machine that propels us this way and that
has no master.
No purpose or direction sits behind the move.
Like the wind or the weather patterns
as commonly found in Scotland
we cannot predict sun or snow or storms
one moment to the next
The machine that drives the bus
is not the bus
The machine that runs the world
is absent of thought
The machine is what we need to live
we need to love the machine
and live with it
whilst trying to wrest control from it
in the complex pattern of simplicity
from which everything emerges.
has no master.
No purpose or direction sits behind the move.
Like the wind or the weather patterns
as commonly found in Scotland
we cannot predict sun or snow or storms
one moment to the next
The machine that drives the bus
is not the bus
The machine that runs the world
is absent of thought
The machine is what we need to live
we need to love the machine
and live with it
whilst trying to wrest control from it
in the complex pattern of simplicity
from which everything emerges.
At this time of day
At this time of day what matters?
There are no bells to ring
to tell us where to go next
and what to do
and how to do it.
At this time of day where are we?
We are lost like children in a fairy tale woods,
like astronauts cut off from the mothership
At this time of day the exhaust fumes overwhelm us.
We are bereft of direction,
sick to the eyes, blind as blackened smoke
At this time of day what matters?
The clock going backwards?
The man in the pub feeling drunk?
The edge of space spinning inwards,
as we all pray for the bells to ring.
There are no bells to ring
to tell us where to go next
and what to do
and how to do it.
At this time of day where are we?
We are lost like children in a fairy tale woods,
like astronauts cut off from the mothership
At this time of day the exhaust fumes overwhelm us.
We are bereft of direction,
sick to the eyes, blind as blackened smoke
At this time of day what matters?
The clock going backwards?
The man in the pub feeling drunk?
The edge of space spinning inwards,
as we all pray for the bells to ring.
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Monday, 2 May 2016
A Few Quotes on Global Water Crisis from New Scientist Magazine
23 April 2016, from Arjen Hoekstra, Professor of Water Management, Twente
Agriculture is the largest water consumer.
Meat is in a league of its own... how many animal products you eat has a big impact on your personal water footprint.
The vast majority (of water we use) relates to the products we consumer.
The real solution lies in agriculture... About one-third relates to the production of feed for the animals we consume.
We need to go to [become] a world where eating less meat is seen as a logical way to reduce the pressure on the environment. This is really the elephant in the room. Nobody's talking a
bout it.
Another way to make sure that water is not being overexploited or polluted is to put its real value into the price of products... this can only be done by taxing.
Three-quarters of the UK's water consumption is actually outside its borders. And about half of that usage is not sustainable.
It doesn't make sense that we [Northern Europe] produce so little of our own food.
It [imported food from poor countries] is not really cheap; it is at the expense of the people over there, their land and their water. And in the long run, our own food supply is at risk. We need to change the rules of the market by discriminating in favour of sustainable production.
Nearly three-quarters of the planet is covered in it [water].
But just one per cent of that is fresh water available for our use.
Agriculture is the largest water consumer.
Meat is in a league of its own... how many animal products you eat has a big impact on your personal water footprint.
The vast majority (of water we use) relates to the products we consumer.
The real solution lies in agriculture... About one-third relates to the production of feed for the animals we consume.
We need to go to [become] a world where eating less meat is seen as a logical way to reduce the pressure on the environment. This is really the elephant in the room. Nobody's talking a
bout it.
Another way to make sure that water is not being overexploited or polluted is to put its real value into the price of products... this can only be done by taxing.
Three-quarters of the UK's water consumption is actually outside its borders. And about half of that usage is not sustainable.
It doesn't make sense that we [Northern Europe] produce so little of our own food.
It [imported food from poor countries] is not really cheap; it is at the expense of the people over there, their land and their water. And in the long run, our own food supply is at risk. We need to change the rules of the market by discriminating in favour of sustainable production.
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