DON’T WASTE FOOD: Children’s second FOODSENSE SONG

 

Image US Environment Protection Agency

FOOD WASTE DAMAGES THE CLIMATE - but EVERYONE who is fortunate enough to enjoy the privilege of regular meals, can take action

WRAP is a global environmental action NGO transforming our broken product and food systems to create Circular Living for the benefit of climate, nature and people. On its website it shows these horrendous statistics

At least 1.3 billion metric tons of food is wasted globally each year.

 

Food waste is estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to contribute 8-10% of total man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

This affects everyone on the planet, so it would be good for children to be aware of this issue from an early age. Awareness can be built through song.

So here is the second CHILDREN’S FOODSENSE SONG on this blog: it can be sung to the tune of Hot Cross Buns.

Don’t Waste Food! (Hot Cross Buns)

 

Don’t waste food! 

Don’t waste food!

We’ll help to save the planet if we

Don’t waste food!

 

Don’t waste food!

Don’t waste food!

We’ll help stop climate changes if we

Don’t waste food!

 

Don’t waste food!

Don’t waste food!

We’ll lower greenhouse gases if we

Don’t waste food!

 

 

Don’t waste food!

Don’t waste food!

We’ll know were being useful if we

Don’t waste food!

The first FOODSENSE SONG, Never Waste Food can be found HERE

NEVER WASTE FOOD - CHILDREN’S FOODSENSE SONG

Image US Environment Protection Agency

FOOD WASTE DAMAGES THE CLIMATE - but EVERYONE who is fortunate enough to enjoy the privilege of regular meals, can take action

WRAP is a global environmental action NGO transforming our broken product and food systems to create Circular Living for the benefit of climate, nature and people. On its website it shows these horrendous statistics

At least 1.3 billion metric tons of food is wasted globally each year.

 

Food waste is estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to contribute 8-10% of total man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

This affects everyone on the planet, so it would be good for children to be aware of this issue from an early age. Awareness can be built through song.

So here is the first CHILDREN’S FOODSENSE SONG on this blog: it can be sung to the lively Zulu tune Bambalela

Never Waste Food

 

Chorus:

Never Waste Food, O Never waste food, (x2)

O never, never, never, never

Never waste food

 

It will help the planet.

Chorus:

 

Only buy what’s needed.

Chorus:

 

Use left-overs wisely.

Chorus:

 

Eat all on your pla-ate.

Chorus: twice to end

 

Transition Song (transitioning away from dirty, dangerous fossil fuels)

It is always a joy to see news that will have real impact towards speeding the green and clean energy revolution , which is undoubtedly well and truly on the way.

 

Recently (May 2026) Ireland, France, Columbia and Tuvalu committed to producing RoadMaps to transition away from Fossil Fuels. The same process is being considered in many other countries (Reported in New Scientist 7^th May 2026 under the heading ‘Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era?’)

 

This is a huge encouragement, even if projected dates for beneficial change would ideally be far more quickly than those featuring in existing plans. As yet, China, US and Russia are not engaged with this process but 57 countries were invited to the transition summit which will apply pressure on countries hitherto disinclined to commit. 

 

To celebrate this encouraging move, Here is a song called ‘Transition Song’, to the well-known and lovely tune ‘How Can I Keep From Singing’.

 

Whilst the song starts with a simple invitation to sing, the second and third verses offer opportunities for many people to become truly engaged with the transition by petitioning politicians to produce ‘road maps’ and reinforce pressure on financial institutions to switch support from dirty dangerous fuels to clean, green energy sources.

 

TRANSITION SONG - To the tune ‘How Can I Keep From Singing’ 

Let’s sing a glad transition song.

for fossil fuels are dying:

clean energy is on the rise:

see foul-fuel backers crying.

Electric cars and air source pumps

and simple solar lighting

are peaceful weapons in a war

humanity is fighting.

 

Make politicians who’d survive

draw road maps to transition,

to eco-energy’s great gift

of healthy earth conditions.

Wind turbines, mighty waterpower

and solar panels righting

the wrongs and ills of dirty fuels.

For this, just keep on fighting.

 

Force bankers and great pension funds

to speed us on our journey,

where energy is only clean

and Earth is truly healthy.

Electric cars and air source pumps

and simple solar lighting,

are peaceful weapons in a war

humanity is fighting.

(c) Trevor Thorn May 2026

 

 

 

 

 

CLIMERICK: Nat West, Your ‘Pragmatic Mid-road’

Good to hear of the disruption yesterday at the Natwest Banking group where the CEO sought to argue that they are being responsible about their support for dirty, dangerous fuels. This Climerick invites all NatWest shareholders to consider how much they want to see a cleaner, more sustainable world.

Nat West, your ‘Pragmatic mid-road’

remains a dangerous mode:

if the Earth is to breathe,

your shareholders must seethe

at all finance for fuels that corrode.

CLIMERICK: Many Countries Are Seeing The Light

Price of Brent Crude since beginning of 2026

published on-line by Hargreaves Lansdown.

It feels extraordinary that war, with all its disastrous and hideous outcomes, might just hasten the green-energy transition. 

The inevitability of that transition had already been forecast by Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of The United Nations in a speech to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly 11^th January 2026. But with the world’s vulnerability to the dirty and dangerous carbon fuel industries, made so much more evident by the vileness of war, strategies that free countries from that stranglehold become increasingly attractive.

This CLIMERICK takes up that theme

 Many countries are seeing the light 

and jettisoning carbon fuels’ blight.

So with this global trend

foul fuel’s grip looks to end

and net zero come well into sight.

CLIMERICK: A War With Oil at Its Heart

Photo credit Business Insider

A war with oil at its heart

makes clear the strangling part

that dirty fuels play

in the world of today.

So come! Boost the Eco-fresh-start.

CLIMERICK: It’s Awesome! More People Are Keen That The world Should Transition To Green

It’s Awesome! More People Are Keen

That the world should transition to green

So if that’s where you stand

You are part of a band

Wanting dirty fuels right off the scene.

 

(Research by Climate Outreach cited in webinar 4.2.26 based on how over 7,000 British people think and feel about climate in culture and entertainment showed that a mjority of those surveyed want the green-transition to become a reality. The surveys were produced in partnership with Wellcome Trust, Cultural Philanthropy Foundation and More in Common, and funded by Wellcome Trust and the European Climate Foundation.)

A CLIMERICK With GOOD NEWS!

GOOD NEWS!

'The green energy transition is now irreversible' quote from Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of The United Nations in a speech to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly 11^th January 2026.

Image by The Digital Artist 

on Pixabay free images

Many countries are seeing the light 

and jettisoning carbon fuels’ blight.

So with this global trend

foul fuel’s grip will soon end

and Net Zero come soon into sight.

 

CLIMERICK: Householders (and/or Homebuilders) Can Hasten The Fall

It really is possible for those contemplating buying or changing household equipment to hasten the end of the dirty fuels era. The first word can equally be ‘home-builders’

Householders can hasten the fall

of dirty fuels, holding in thrall

the fate of the earth,

by giving wide berth

to appliances, gas coal and oil

CLIMERICK: INSURERS YOUR CLAIMS WILL BE VAST

There is no doubt that the financial sector could bring the fossil fuel industries to a far more rapid end if they withdrew their support. So this postshows a concept poster to  encourage insurers to recognise that while they support the gas and coal industries, their claims record for climate-induced disasters will rise astronomically in the next few years. The captions under the photos sum it up one way and the CLIMERICK another. The captions read:

FROM RISK to CATASTROPHE

FROM RISK to CALAMITY.

Maybe posters like this could be plastered over insurance company’s premises - world wide even though  it seems impossible they have not yet made this obvious connection

 

CLIMERICK: FOOD SECURITY

                                                  All pics from Pixabay free images
 

When and wherever you eat

be reminded we have to defeat

fossil fuel’s devious ploys,

because they’ll destroy

food security: what a vile feat!

 

Climerick informed by UK National Security on Climate & Nature Briefing, 27th November 2025

Watch the event by clicking HERE

A CHRISTMAS CLIMERICK TABLE MAT

If you are someone who SERIOUSLY WANTS OTHERS to understand the urgency of the Climate crisis, you might think about producing the CHRISTMAS TABLE MAT BELOW

Printed on to A4, it is certain to be a conversation prompt!

However this feels as an idea, you will find many more CLIMERICKS (Climate related Limericks) at

 https://eco-verses.blogspot.com

CLIMERICK: Earth Needs Many Savvy Investors

Let’s put pressure on the Investors (see list below)

Earth needs many savvy investors

to swiftly emerge as defectors

from all Carbon Majors,*

and now switch their favours

to eco-power planet-protectors.

 

*See Carbon Majors list of corporate entities at The Carbon Majors Entity list

which lists the ten largest Investor-owned companies as Chevron (USA), Exxon-Mobil (USA), BP (UK), Shell (UK), Conoco-Phillips (USA), Peabody Energy (USA), TotalEnergies (France), Occidental Petroleum (USA), BHP (Australia), Consol Energy (Australia)

 

SO WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

 

  

This is a 'CLIMERICK at Christmas' card which draws together the horrors of the Israeli actions in the Holy Land and the existential threat of Climate change. The CLIMERICK reads

Bethlehem’s besieged with woes

because of its Zionist foes.

And climate could freeze

its last olive trees.

Round the manger, angst just grows and grows.

(The card is this year a concept design - but if still appropriate, and let’s hope it’s not, and there is sufficient interest, it may be made available next year)

Find out more about CLIMERICK cards via the owl image button in the right hand column.

THOSE OILigarchs, They Lie, They Lie

Just a thought in the closing stages of COP30

Image credit: Pixabay free image

 - Alexandra_Koch

 

Those OILigarchs, they lie, they lie,

when they proclaim they aim to be

great sources of clean energy:

when what they do, relentlessly

is drill and drill and drill and drill, 

leaving gross scars beneath the sea,

in beauty spots quite brazenly,

or on First Nations’ territory.

They don’t care when pollution seeps

from poorly maintained fossil wells;

they spread miasma far and wide;

their bottom lines spew threats and smells.

 

 

CLIMERICK: Electric Car Switching

 

Electric car switching contributes

to the health of the climate, a good route

to help cut pollution;

they’re a major solution:

so with an EV, show that you’re astute.

 

Climerick and image by Trevor Thorn November 2025.

Many more Climericks to help prompt Climate concern 

conversations can be found elsewhere on this site

and some are available to raise awareness by sending a card

or displaying a poster . These are available from the CLIMERICK

CARDS(TM) shop at http://bit.ly/46aZeaK

NEW! CLIMERICK CARDS AND POSTERS - Learn more if you value our planet.

With the opening of the CLIMERICK CARD Etsy shop, some might wonder who might send CLIMERICK CARDS and to whom. Here are some ideas

Who might send

 CLIMERICK 

CARDS?

(Climate change wisdom

 in five short lines)

 

·     Mums and Dads to show the children you DO care about the world they will face.

 

·     Children to let mums, dads and other grown-ups know that you are anxious or concerned about the planet.

 

·     Students to let the ‘oldies’ know you want their urgent help to improve your future.

 

·     Grandparents to show grandchildren you are ‘in touch’, feel sorry about climate chaos, and want to do something about it.

 

·     Community leaders to affirm your commitment to the environment.

 

·     Environmentalists to reinforce your messages in a non-aggressive, engaging way.

 

·    ANYONE WHO CARES! 

 

So, if you’re a MUM, DAD, YOUNG PERSON/CHILD, STUDENT, GRANDPARENT, COMMUNITY LEADER, ENVIRONMENTALIST head on over to the CLIMERICK CARD SHOP at http://bit.ly/46aZeaK where you’ll find a range of cards and POSTERS with which you can respond to the ideas above. That is at

http://bit.ly/46aZeaK

CLIMERICK: Lots of People Ask ‘What Can I Do?

 

Lots of people ask ‘What can I do

to build up a powerful world-view

that leaders must act 

on dire climate facts?’

Talk about them! Help others chat too.

Many more Climericks to help prompt Climate concern 

conversations can be found elsewhere on this site

and some are available to raise awareness by sending a card

or displaying a poster . These are available from the CLIMERICK

CARDS(TM) shop at http://bit.ly/46aZeaK

CLIMERICK: Don’t Reach For that Ignition Key! By John Hobbs

Today a CLIMERICK from my very long-standing friend - now living on Vancouver Island: Thanks John.

Pixabay free image by Brett Hondow - modified

Don’t reach for that ignition key!

can you walk there? Or cycle? Just see:

there’ll be less greenhouse gas

and less flab on your ass -

a win-win for you and for me!

Many more Climericks can be found elsewhere on this site

 and some are available in card or poster form from 

http://bit.ly/46aZeaK

NEW! CLIMERICK CARDS AND POSTERS at the CLIMERICK CARD SHOP

Here’s the first poster available from the new Climerick Cards shop. It’s available in A3 and A4 sizes or can be downloaded. To find out more, go to the etsy shop by clicking HERE or typing http://bit.ly/46aZeaK into your browser. (underlining not needed)

The same theme is available from the shop on A5 cards or in a set with two further climericks in A6 size.

What better way of letting friends who visit you know of your concern - with a light-hearted touch? 

Not serious enough for such a major concern? Take a look at some of the CLIMERICKS that have been posted to this blog in the last couple of years. You will find the hopeful, the challenging, the thoughtful and the downright daft! Together they give some idea of how our card and poster portfolios might develop over time. Whatever mode they are, they are intended to provoke discussion on the biggest issue of today - and thereby help many people to realise they can take action that will help to hasten the end of the dirty, dangerous fossil fuels era and help usher in the new era of Clean air technologies - already outstripping COGS (Coal, oil, gas and shale) in delivery terms, mainly due to investment by developing nations, and China (according to a BBC report 7th October 2025).

The CLIMERICK posted on 12th September looks forward to reinforcement of that trend. You can have a look at that by clicking HERE .

NEW! CLIMERICK CARDS and POSTERS to show your concern about the climate

As from today, you can obtain CLIMERICK CARDS and POSTERS from a newly opened CLIMERICK CARDS Etsy shop. Just follow the link in image below which, in case it’s difficult to read on a phone is http://bit.ly/46aZeaK

You can also access the shop via the QR code here

CARDS are available in A5 and A6 versions and POSTERS (hard copies in A3 and A4) and a download.

The cards and poster currently available are FIRST EDITIONS with a limited range while we find our feet. Once our systems have settled and we have more clarity on what customers like, we expect to offer a much wider range of both posters and message cards. So watch this space and be among the first to provoke climate change interest among your friends, family and workplace peers by thoughtful use of the material.

How about lining up your first CLIMERICK campaign for SUSTAINABILITY DAY for the fourth Wednesday of October (This year 2025 - 22nd October)?

OR maybe for anyone you know involved with or influential at COP30 from 10th -24th November.

#COP 30 #Ecology #Sustainability #ClimateConcern #ClimateChaos #ClimateChange 

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