health,waste,environment,life

Tradition got a just transition Sustainability braes successfully Transitioned the traditional burns supper into achieving sustainability and governmental net zero targets, by giving the traditional burns night an update ( whilst also being mindfull not to commit culturcide) to achieve net zero targets, this transition to a well loved tradition, to help educate modern burns fans about the population explosion biodiversity loss and environmental destruction, The evening kicked off with the address to our vegetarian Haggis. This Haggis was locally sourced (as was nearly everything we have a shop local champion) the vegetarian Haggis unfortunately came from a local slaughterhouse! this did not please our animal welfare advisor (she's a lifelong, peace loving vegetarian who's passionate about an end to cruelty) but; she was overruled this slaughterhouse is only two miles up the road, and- Campbell's meats gave us a good deal on their veggie Haggis and broth mix. The evening...

I kept my fantastic journey across Europe to Bulgaria and back off social media, I I no longer fly for environmental reasons, if I was doing this journey by bus trains or boats as I have in the past then I would have enjoyed sharing the fun with others on Instagram, but I took a car leaving myself wide open to right wing criticism of hypocrisy, I don’t have the energy to battle that negativity right now! It was a fantastic adventure; I apologise to future generations for the diesel I wasted BUT; be assured the policy makers and transport system designers are responsible for this wastefulness my carbon footprint is tiny in comparison to theirs I made sure I got back from this fun trans-European road trip to veliko Turnovo in Bulgaria -from home and back again, in time to be a Marshall for the first time in my life! after more than 35 years of taking part in running events, I am actively giving something back to the running community, scurry events had asked polmont Communit...

Grangemouth Stadium Grangemouth has an international-standard sports stadium and sports centre. This Stadium was built in 1966 (the year I was born) for the citizens of Grangemouth, it was partly funded by BP. (British petroleum) which was then a nationalised industry, the vast majority of the people in Scotland and England were Socialists or at least trade unionists, this was nearly 60 years ago! so many things have changed since then, when I was born and the stadium was opened Grangemouth was considered one of the most prosperous towns in Europe, even though there was no North Sea oil then! The oil for the refinery and petrochemical industry in those days, relied upon imported oil from America and the middle east shipped into the large industrial docks of Grangemouth, forth ports were then one of the busiest in Europe, there was not only the refinery and the massive ICI complex, there was also lots of local iron foundries and coal mines, these industries all required a large amou...

Current updates of CAT activities or a week in the life of someone navigating the community asset transfer system Monday morning I returned from a weekend away in Warrington by train, I had very little time to do anything except, - prepare for a talk I was doing to students at Glasgow uni, it was about the just transition movement and climate change, I’ve talked about this plenty other times at other events, but this one - I had prepared some slides for the lecture theatres projector, I wanted time to go over these before getting up to speak, all the text messages then came in about the PCH being mothballed regardless our work, Ma Heid wiz pickled! No time or brain space to go over what I had planned – I had to wing it, The organiser of the lecture said I was awesome and; - she said it with joy in her face (she meant it) , I could then get back to texting about the PCH and agree to meet up Tuesday morning, which clashed with the start of the funders fayre, needs must everyone needs...

Sustainable Christmas Spoiler alert “”” Santa’s not real! Yes, I was saddened when my big sister told me that, but she felt I deserved to know the truth! If he’s not real then who or what is he? What is the truth? and why do we find it acceptable to deceive and tell children lies, surely; this is setting a bad example to the next generation, or are we in general a bunch of deceitful liars indoctrinating the next generation into also being greedy consumerist liars? Firstly, where did he come from? 2nd spoiler alert it wasn’t the north pole!( lets not discuss global ice loss polar bears and pole disinformation here) There’s a massive difference between father Christmas and Santa Claus – especially! in England (not Scotland as historically Christmas as we now know it, was never celebrated in Scotland) Father Christmas in England was based on - an English a pre Christianity Pagan who was robe`d in a green hooded cloak, wearing a wreath of Holly or mistletoe who would go around, li...

Home energy security As an individual, I have gone to great lengths to transition my diet, my lifestyle, my consumerist habits, my waste, and my personal transport, all down to a globally sustainable carbon footprint, these were all good lifestyle transitions towards - how the world needs to be! I did not do this overnight, none of those systems would have coped by a swift change, it was all what is called a just and fair transition for me, that transition as an individual is nearly complete, it has taken me around 8 years to transition - my diet, my finances, my consumerist habits and my personal transport The final part of my transition is my homes combined heat and power system, at present I have no energy security, I am reliant upon international corporations to heat and power my home, this is unsustainable! especially as the government deliberately and intentionally drive the cost of heating my home and powering my home into unrealistic territory! I will end up in debt o...