A select few pieces I've read online in the last month...
You might be following the David Attenborough Instagram account, and you may know that the account, launched just a few weeks ago to promote the A Life On Our Planet film, is due to be completely deleted. With 6.2m followers at time of writing and a record breaking rate in this following coming about, activists are urging the people behind the account to stay so that environmental education can continue. Read more about this, now known as the #PassTheMic campaign on Euronews, and if you want to, sign the open letter here.
Having stumbled upon a protest in London near Waterloo Bridge on Sunday 6th by chance, and having no idea what it was about and not able to find any news on it on the day, but interested in them many "No farmers, no food" signs, I continued to search which eventually led me to this
'Inquilaab Zindabaad: Why Sikhs all over the world are protesting with farmers in India' from Gal-Dem magazine (an excellent publication by the way which focusses on giving black and brown women representation, and a space to share their stories in a typically white-washed and male domnated media environment).
I was intrigued by this article on hair washing, or the lack of it, and might try the method of gradually leaving longer periods of time between each wash and seeing how that works out. It would be really great to save money, time, effort and water by not having to wash my hair so often.
As always, the Guardian provides a lot of reading material for me every month, but in the interests of being selective, and not causing a Covid-19 overload of information, there was an interesting piece on a vagina sculpture in Brazil.
I've also been researching more about homes, alternative living options and where I might want to maybe consider buying or building a home, but being a millenial and part of 'Generation Rent' means this is not an easy decision. The odds are stacked against me, I do not earn enough, London (where my heart is) is out of reach and then some. Getting out a mortgage, supporting the housing crisis by buying into it, and losing my freedom by shackling myself to a bank goes well and truly against many of my staunch beliefs... alas what are my to do? Well currently, I am going to continue renting, lining the pockets of my landlord, and I will dream while researching. So here is the story of Brenda Kelly, who is living the shipping container home dream!
Living in a shipping container is not something I'd previously thought of but it could be a viable option, and a financially sound decision, getting a home, at a cost that is a fraction of the inflated house prices, and giving myself the possibility of living in a community eco space type environment, something that has become more desirable as each year has passed.
Excitingly, I've had my reasons for not flying in 2021 highlighted on Flight Free World.
Last thing before I go; I am also excited about this book by climate scientist Kimberley Nicholas which is coming out in March 2021, called Under the Sky We Make.
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