Fionnuala Fox's Blog (6)

Before we get to business Please add your signature to the FUTURO-Plan WORLD PEACE SOLUTION Advertising spending has increased dramatically in recent years. Wikipedia states that in 2006, spending on advertising was estimated at $155 billion in the United States and $385 billion worldwide, and the latter to exceed $500 billion by 2010. While advertising can be seen as necessary for economic growth, it is not without social costs. Unsolicit… Continue

Each household in Northern Ireland contributes around one tonne of waste and this amount is increasing! Our current lifestyle, based on convenience and over packaged products, means we are producing more waste than ever. At the moment the most common way of managing waste is through landfill. Not only are we running out of space in landfill sites, but new legislation from Europe is obliging us to find better ways of dealing with waste. The Waste Strategy groups developed joint management plans… Continue

Tourism employs around 9 million Europeans and accounts for 30% of total European Union external trade in services. (Taken from: Environment for Europeans) The growth of the industry has taken its toll on the environment - the time has come to promote a more sustainable, eco-friendly approach. It’s that time of year again when thoughts gradually turn to sunnier climes, where fun, sun and unashamed selfindulgence are the name of the game. Visions of sandy beaches, clear blue seas and hot summer… Continue

Current climate models predict global warming of between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100. Even a 1.4°C temperature rise over 100 years has never been observed in the past 10,000 years. The Earth's climate is already slowly adjusting to past greenhouse emissions - climate records show that global temperatures have increased by 0.6 °C since the late 19th century. The 1990s are likely to have been the warmest decade of the millennium. Mean sea-level around the world has risen by 10-20 cm. Most of t… Continue

I just received this in email from my good friend Sara Blow and wanted to share with you. YARD WORK - AS VIEWED FROM HEAVEN (overheard in a conversation between God and St. Francis): God: Francis, you know all about gardens and nature; what in the world is going on down there in the U.S.? What happened to the dandelions, violets, thistles and the stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought, and multiply with ab… Continue

The Earthʼs climate has always been changing. However, for at least 100 years we have been aware of a serious problem with the way our activities on earth may be affecting the climate. Swedish scientist Svente Arrhenius first raised the issue in 1895, and since then Climate change has now become accepted as possibly the most serious threat mankind has to face. Tackling climate change is urgent – not only the causes of climate change, but also the effects it will have on our society. So that we… Continue