Last week, Hurricane Patricia made landfall here in Mexico. It was the strongest hurricane ever recorded. At one point, Patricia would have been a “Category 7” hurricane, except that the measurement scale only goes up to Category 5. By the time you read this, the worst part of the storm will have passed us. Thankfully, early reports indicate that the damage has been … [Read more...]
A Cape Town story of 21st September
Cape Town's Climate Change gathering was rallied together in two weeks and the fact that 200 people turned up on a beautiful Sunday at such short notice confirms Cape Town’s conscience about doing what is good and right. The people’s climate march is a global protest in 160 countries with approx. 2000 events taking place. Although Avaaz publicised the greatest Climate … [Read more...]
The secret ‘free’ trade agreement lives
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a highly secretive and expansive free trade agreement between the United States and twelve Pacific Rim countries, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the USA and Vietnam. Despite the global outpouring of opposition to this corporate giveaway, governments around … [Read more...]