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Getting rid of dog poo in an environmentally friendly way

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 17, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 17, 2021
Compostable dog poop bags are good for the environment

I don’t know about you but on my walks around the area where I live I not infrequently see small, black plastic bags containing dog poo on the pavement (sidewalk). It looks as though people are picking up their dog’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged dog ownership, environment

Acid seas makes the shells of mussels weaker

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 12, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 12, 2021
California mussels

A study titled: Shell mineralogy of a foundational marine species, Mytilus californianus, over half a century in a changing ocean, researched the effect, over a long period of time, of the gradual acidification of the oceans on the strength and … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged acidification of oceans, carbon dioxide, conservation, environment, global warming, human behavior, human consumption, human population, marine wildlife

Is climate change causing failed pregnancies in humpback whales?

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 6, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 6, 2021
Humpback whale breaching

A survey has found that the calving rate of humpback whales in the Gulf of St Lawrence off Canada has halved in the past 15 years. It is believed that this might be caused by warmer water due to climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Marine wildlife | Tagged climate change, conservation, environment, global warming, human behavior, human consumption, human population, marine wildlife, oceans, whales

Felling of Hackney tree symbolic of human population growth and destruction of the planet

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on January 6, 2021 by MikeBJanuary 6, 2021
Happy Man tree in Hackney before being felled

There’s been wailing and gnashing of teeth (and I would have joined them if I had known about it) at the felling of a magnificent plane tree adjacent to a road in Hackney, London. It was called the Happy Man … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, human population, trees, UK

Brilliant Bonnin Bashes Britain’s Unsustainable Consumption

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 31, 2020 by MikeBDecember 31, 2020
Plastic pollution of the oceans

Liz Bonnin is a French-Irish scientist and natural history presenter. She is a national treasure as far as I am concerned because she spells it out the way it should be spelt out and I’m referring to the reason why, … Continue reading →

Posted in Plastic pollution | Tagged environment, human behavior, human consumption, human population, plastic pollution

Yorkshire community group block road construction and build their own common

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 27, 2020 by MikeBDecember 27, 2020
Nidd Gorge Community Action group

A North Yorkshire community has achieved something which I think is very impressive. It almost points the way to the future of how people should live and take charge of their lives. What I love about this story is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged air pollution, conservation, environment

British supermarkets allegedly complicit in deforestation of Brazilian rainforest

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 21, 2020 by MikeBDecember 21, 2020
Deforestation Brazil

Allegedly, British supermarkets are complicit in the deforestation of Brazilian rainforest because some of their supply chain products are linked with Brazilian mega-farms which destroy rainforest. And, their guilt appears to be silently admitted because some refuse to confirm or … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged Brazil, conservation, deforestation, environment, rainforest, supermarkets, UK

Human created produce will soon outweigh the entire natural world

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 10, 2020 by MikeBDecember 10, 2020
Discarded fridges, an example of human waste

A research project – which is designed to open the eyes of humankind to the realisation that we can’t go on destroying the planet – came to the finding that if we weighed everything that humans had produced since 1900 … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, human behavior, human consumption, human population, plastic pollution, water pollution

Discarded coronavirus facemasks are another pollution problem for wildlife

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on December 2, 2020 by MikeBDecember 2, 2020
Seagull with face mask

NEWS AND COMMENT: It’s extraordinary to report that an expat (and his friend) living in France campaigning about litter picked up more than 6,000 discarded coronavirus facemasks during his fifty-nine day walk. His name is Ed Platt. He is on … Continue reading →

Posted in Plastic pollution | Tagged environment, plastic pollution, water pollution

China is destroying coral reefs in two ways

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 26, 2020 by MikeBNovember 26, 2020
Coral reef destroyed by Chinese fishermen

NEWS AND VIEWS: The Chinese are destroying coral reefs over vast areas in two ways and it is highly distressing. I don’t know how anybody can simply report this without feeling anger. A lot of anger, and a desire to … Continue reading →

Posted in Marine wildlife | Tagged animal abuse, China, conservation, coral reefs, environment, marine wildlife

Planned obsolescence of devices harms the environment impacting animal welfare

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 26, 2020 by MikeBNovember 26, 2020
Planned obsolescence

The state of the environment is important for animal welfare. Damage the environment and you also harm the animals including of course the human-animal. There is a clear trend among the mighty manufacturers and retailers of gadgets, predominantly computers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged conservation, environment, news

Fipronil and imidacloprid pet flea treatments poisoning river wildlife

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 17, 2020 by MikeBNovember 17, 2020
Fronline fipronil

NEWS AND VIEWS: This is a cross post because I think the issue needs to be flagged up as strongly as possible. Some very high-profile and well-known cat and dog skin parasite treatments such as Frontline and Advantage contain strong … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged cats, dogs, domestic cats, environment, human to cat relationship, human to dog relationship, news, pesticides, pet flea treatments, products, study, toxic products

Boris Johnson wants to copy Franklin Roosevelt and plant billions of trees

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 16, 2020 by MikeBNovember 16, 2020
Civilian Conservation Corps

NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): Shortly after taking office in 1933 the then US president, Franklin Roosevelt, set up the Civilian Conservation Corps with the intention of providing work for jobless young men. The project was successful in that 3 billion … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged conservation, environment, good news, UK government

Boris Johnson pledges millions to improve conservation in England

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 16, 2020 by MikeBNovember 16, 2020
Woodland is good for human health

NEWS AND VIEWS: Although £40 million is nowhere near enough to be pledged by Boris Johnson for green spaces and conservation jobs in England, it is a step in the right direction. Craig Bennett, the chief executive of the Wildlife … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged climate change, conservation, environment, UK government

GCSE in Natural History including work in the field to stop damage to the planet

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 15, 2020 by MikeBNovember 15, 2020
Educate children early on nature and wildlife so they connect with nature

NEWS AND VIEWS: Tim Smit, 66, the creator of the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, said that if natural history was taught in schools from the age of 5 to the age of 19, people would not damage the planet … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged education, environment, good news, nature

300-year-old oak trees cut down for HS2

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 15, 2020 by MikeBNovember 15, 2020
300-year-old-oak cut down for HS2

Trees are a home to wildlife. Ancient oak trees planted in the reign of George I, 300 years ago, are being cut down to make way for HS2. There are many examples but I’ve picked out a couple and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, HS2, trees, UK government

Rectangular slabs of cheese are more environmentally friendly than square slabs

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 13, 2020 by MikeBNovember 13, 2020

I’m not sure that it is strictly the change from square to rectangular which reduces the amount of plastic waste from cheese products because the amount of plastic remains the same it seems to me but Tesco, a major supermarket … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged environment, oceans, plastic pollution, Tesco

Three guys committed a crime by cooking chickens in a Yellowstone hot spring

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on November 12, 2020 by MikeBNovember 12, 2020
Thermal water feature Yellowstone NP

NEWS & VIEWS: This is an interesting minor crime, a misdemeanour in America. Two men admitted making their dinner by boiling chickens in a Yellowstone Park hot spring. Dallas Roberts was making dinner, he said, with his cousin Eric and … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged conservation, environment

Fish in rivers and the sea poisoned by cigarettes

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 30, 2020 by MikeBOctober 30, 2020
Cigarettes poisoning rivers and sea

It’s an interesting thought, the 5,000 or so poisonous chemicals in cigarettes can end up being leached into rivers and the sea. Cigarettes are known to be highly toxic. It is also known that fish have a good sense of … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged conservation, environment, fish, marine wildlife

Wild species need to travel north by 3 miles per year because of climate change

Animal-human relationship avatarPosted on October 29, 2020 by MikeBOctober 29, 2020
Global warming

The charity Rewilding Britain has advised that the UK habitats of many wild species need to be joined up to allow them to travel north by up to 3 miles per year because of global warming. Travelling north allows them … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation | Tagged conservation, environment, extinction, global warming, habitat

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