A Fresh Slate

This is a forum to educate the public about current issues that affect the environment, our future well being as citizens of the world, while using the knowledge we all share to change corporate behavior, not through hate but by inducing them one at a time to do the right thing.

One of the ways, this blog proposes to change corporate behavior in the right way, is by featuring companies “with a heart” so to speak, companies which put the environment and people ahead of their profits and balance sheets. Every week or perhaps more often if possible, we will feature one such company and ask how they propose to reach their stated goals. Check out Emirates Airline President praising Greta Thunberg for “having brought a real focus to the issue.” https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50481107

When will flying turn green? https://amp.dw.com/en/when-will-flying-turn-green/a-49462189 https://qz.com/1671617/how-much-does-your-flight-actually-hurt-the-planet/

Once we verify their stated green and humane goal is real and verified, we will promote them by inviting our audience to join them in their endeavors and subscribe to them by buying or engaging with them. Soon enough more companies will join the challenge! Let us know what you think.

The Evidence is Here

We can either ignore what is happening or take part in doing something to alleviate the problem. Example, snow in Palm Springs surrounding areas (a famous desert area in California) happened some 45 years prior but recently, it is happening within five year gaps. See photo above Nov. 2019.

THE END AS WE KNOW IT

THE CORONA VIRUS, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND A CALL FOR RACIAL & SOCIAL EQUALITY

Sometimes the end is a new beginning! I’d been telling my daughter the past six months, even before the COVID-19 pandemic that “It’s the end of the world!” Coming from the most optimistic person, it’s quite alarming! Nature is responding to our abuses and recklessness, corporate greed and lack of compassion for the human race and what really matters. Call me idealistic.

I recall when arriving in the U.K. for school and later college when apartheid was slowly being condemned, I walked into my local branch of Barclays Bank where I had a whole $60 in deposit. I asked to see the manager so I could tell him in person that I had decided to take my money out of the bank because Barclays had investments in South Africa that promoted and supported apartheid. I still remember the look on the manager’s face who may have thought I was joking. Change comes from little acts and it’s incremental.

Unfortunately, in the case of the world in the 21st Century, the pandemic came with little or no warning and so well timed so as to hit us in the hardest possible way. The much needed jolt can and must be used to change the way we have squandered our gifts and blessings. Even the Pope sees it that way during his Easter message noting that “The Corona virus has revealed the extent to which modern life is organized around money rather than people, the crisis is driving world leaders to rush to try to save lives, even as they keep building massive arsenals.”

The Pope urged people to embrace new ways of living, noting that “It’s time for inventing, for creativity.” See full interview with Commonwealth magazine.

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