UN Conference – plans to reduce extinction rate 10x

“Eliminating plastic pollution, reducing pesticide use by two thirds, halving the introduction of invasive species introduction and eliminating £360 billion of Government subsidies/year are some of the plans of a UN agreement to help reduce Biodiversity loss to help halt and reverse ecological destruction of the Earth by the end of the decade” Patrick Greenfield […]

Tomorrow more ‘Neil’ and less ‘Viviyan’

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy” Dalai Lama But storms sweep over our lives in one way or another and we forget to look after ourselves. Tomorrow September 21st is recognised by United Nations as World Peace Day. Tomorrow more ‘Neil’ and less ‘Viviyan’ This year – the 21st celebrates the 70th […]

#Beat Plastic Pollution – World Environment Day

World Bee Day

“The Slovenian Beekeepers in 2017 proposed to the United Natons (UN) to declare May 20 a World Bee Day. In Slovenia, May 20th is known as the birthday of Anton Janša (1734-1773), the pioneer of modern beekeeping. Janša was the first teacher of modern beekeeping in the world, he was appointed by the Habsburg Empress […]

Our Human Rights

Human rights are those activities, conditions, and freedoms that all human beings are entitled to enjoy, by virtue of their humanity. They include civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. One of the main rights being – We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated […]

Freedom

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Number 13 – Freedom to Move

Sweden comment

Perhaps what am saying will be seen as controversial and appologies this is not my intention. Difficult to find the right words. Wondering rather than vilify people who misread the way a new culture to them operates – we should find ways for each culture to understand each other better. The high figures/statistics of rape […]

the Bigger Picture and benefits of being United

Two other debates stood out Mindfullness in Schools https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-09-06/debates/16090642000001/MindfulnessInSchools and Calais and Dunkirk, Refugee Children https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2016-09-06/debates/16090640000432/CalaisAndDunkirkRefugeeChildren But also noticed on the news two things – that the UK is spending money on building a wall around the port entrance in Calais and also that there is at least one significant asteroid circling the Earth that […]

UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency – figures

Below is a link to an article from UNHCR including figures comparing 2013 and 2014. Interestingly the figures quoted are for applications for refuge, not figures for refuge offered. Asylum trends for 2014 “In the 1990s, the Balkan wars created hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers. Many of them found refuge in industrialized countries. […]

Looking after our neighborhood

… never forget, you are awesome