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Coracle Fishing – How dwindling fish stocks and new regulations are killing off the ancient tradition

September 2, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/02/the-last-coracle-fishers-dwindling-fish-stocks-regulations For generations, coracles have been used to fish for salmon and sea trout – known locally as sewin – on three Welsh rivers: the Teifi, Tywi and Taf. Light, nimble and manoeuvrable, each boat is made by hand, using a fabric skin stretched across a lathed wooden frame (although on the Tywi, the skin … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, the Anthropocene Tagged: barriers to migration, coracle, coracle fishing, disease, Fish, fishing, habitat loss, pollution, salmon, sea trout, Taf, Teifi, Tywi, water quality, Welsh, Welsh rivers

Herman Daly, 84, Who Challenged the Economic Gospel of Growth, Dies

November 8, 2022 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The New York Times 11/08/2022 poking “a big hornets’ nest with a short stick.” Perhaps the best-known ecological economist, he faulted his mainstream peers for failing to account for the environmental harm growth can bring. Herman Daly, who for more than 50 years argued that the economic gospel of growth as synonymous with prosperity and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, History, Obituaries, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: ecological, economist, environmental, growth, growth economy, Herman Daly, natural resources, Nicolas Georgescu-Roegen, pollution, steady-state economy

‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels

February 9, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

At the Guardian’s International Edition today, an article titled: ‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals shows a stunning increase in morbidity from fossil fuel pollutants. Oliver Milman … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Politics, Racism, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Air pollution, coal, deaths, disease, fossil fuels, heart disease, mortality, oil, pollution, respiratory ailments

United States of Plastic

December 24, 2019 by sergneri 3 Comments

In the Guardian June 2019, very nicely done graphic on plastic and what we’re not doing about it:This is the illustrated story of where it’s gone by Susie Cagle in San Francisco and the series UNITED STATES OF PLASTIC can be found here. Thu 2 Jan 2020 07.46 EST, in the Guardian, another article The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, IT Failures, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: anthropocene era, Inequality, landfill, plastic, polluters, pollution, Recycling, rich and poor, waste

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