Interesting ways of making a difference

Hope all is well with you and you’ve had a good week. Well autumn is really here the lovely week of golden very warm sunshine has passed and wind and rain return. It’s good that it’s rained as there’s been very little this summer. The UK is in a bit of a pickle at the moment, the lack of lorry drivers is affecting deliveries of food and petrol. No doubt it will be sorted but it’s creating a bit of chaos, that’s why it is so wonderful to hear of people who are determined, in their own way to make a difference, to creating a better world.
In Kenya a young boy called Lesein has been fighting climate change he is a keen footballer. Since 2018 he has been planting trees for every goal he has scored. He uses football and social media to raise awareness of deforestation. His idea has spread to other football groups in Kenya and he hopes that it will become a global movement.
He says “ we should all do our own little thing” to help fight climate change. A remarkable young man.
A group called Precious Plastics are focused on raising the status of plastic and the importance of recycling it. They recycle plastic and transform it into beautiful objects especially jewellery. They put all their designs on the internet so others can access them free of charge. They deliberately chose the word precious plastic to change people’s attitude to plastic.
In Thailand loads of taxis had been abandoned for a number of reasons including lack of tourists. These taxis have been turned into a place to grow fruit and vegetables to help feed people. What a wonderful way to use abandoned vehicles.
Bloggers take care and have a good week over and out London. 










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Don’t judge a book by its cover.

 Hope you’ve all had a good week, London looks very lovely at the moment we are having a few days of golden sunshine, apparently sadly changing this weekend. Rain cold and greyness forecast but the forecast isn’t always right. Autumn is on the way and I shall be getting out a good book to read. I absolutely love books and reading and libraries. Sadly there have been in the UK, a number of cuts to library services, however they remain, which is wonderful. Many libraries have had to adapt and have become community hubs. There are a huge range of diverse libraries globally, but I had never heard of the Human Library, I was intrigued and wanted to find out what the Human Library was.
The Human Library was started in Denmark in 2000 by a group of four friends, who were committed advocates for social justice. The aim of the Human Library is to promote dialogue among people from different backgrounds and ethnicities to enable people to recognise that people have more in common than that which divides them.
There are now Human Libraries in 84 countries. People volunteer to become a book, they are then on loan to readers who sit face to face with them and are encouraged to ask questions. To become a book the person must have experienced some form of discrimination be it race, mental health issues or from being a refugee.
The four people who founded the movement don’t want readers to judge the book by the cover, don’t judge the person by what they look like. They believe that inside all of us is a great story. What a wonderful opportunity to create more understanding and develop tolerance. I will see if there’s a Human Library in London.
Bloggers take care and have a good week.

Ig Noble Awards

Hi bloggers hope that you’ve had a good week London has been warm and often sunny actually really lovely. So I was able to discard the jumpers for now. I saw an article about scientists who’d won an award for their experiment on hanging Rhinoceroses upside down. I honestly couldn’t believe why and wondered if it was some sort of joke. So I immediately checked it out.
Apparently the award had been presented by Ig Noble, new to me I’m familiar with the Nobel Prize but not the Ig Noble. Apparently it was started in 1991, the Nobel prize is awarded for who expand our understanding. The Ig Noble prize are awarded to scientists who explore more quirky aspects of science. It was founded by Marc Abrams.
He said the awards are given to scientists who make you laugh and then make you think.
One award was given to Professor Carrier from Utah university, he set out to test the hypothesis that men developed facial hair to protect their faces in fist fights. Darwin suggested that men’s facial hair evolved to attract women. Carrier proved from his experiment of dropping weights onto a bone like material covered in fleece. He concluded that hairy skin absorbs more energy than smooth skin thus softening any blows to the face.
The award for the upside down rhinos has actually made a difference as to how animals are transported. Rhinoceroses are extremely endangered species, they are hunted and need protection. It was found that transporting the animals sedated and upside down was much better than the usual method of laying them on their side in a truck. So good news for rhinos.
Bloggers have a good week take care over and out London.








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