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Midnight is so close to hand
How much more can our planet stand
Carbon’s still on the rise
Yet planes still crowd the skies
Why the hell ain’t all short-flight shit banned?
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Solar lights in an African village
will avoid lethal kerosene spillage;
they cut through the gloom,
and reduce toxic fumes:
even more, make for CO2 shrinkage.
This Climerick arose out of receiving an Email appeal from Eko,an international campaigning organisation based in San Francisco: Solar Links Initiative is a registered UK Charity which, in my view, appears from its financial information lodged with the Charity Commission to have the capacity to meet the aims of the appeal ie. to equip all homes in appropriate villages to ensure even handed support throughout the selected village(s) . I have made a modest monthly donation directly to Solar Links Initiative because the simple logic of the project resonates with the aims of Climericks.
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United Utilities cease
Releasing sewage please:
Lakes and rivers should be
Pollution-free,
So healthy fish stocks can increase
BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyx6wvlqz0o 30/8/2024
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On many Pacific Isles
Most homes are within three miles
Of the rising sea
People there could be
Victims of first-world lifestyles
Article in Guardian (28/8/24). Headline: Rising sea levels mean Pacific islands in 'grave danger', warns UN chief
Find more about the thinking behind the growing collection of CLIMERICKS HERE
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This Climerick is aimed at those who are and will be visiting The Lake District, so is particularly germane just ahead of the UK Bank Holiday weekend. But will also be relevant to many Lakes elsewhere in the UK or other countries that attract high volumes of tourist traffic
You tourists who visit the Lakes,
please avoid making mistakes.
Don’t drive; Park and Ride!
in nature take pride;
don’t litter or pollute the lakes!
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Doctors jailed for climate change protest
had their licence reviewed by weird process,
then absurdly, withdrawn
through wild claptrap that’s spawned
in the GMC – they’re the real ogres.
Two doctors who have taken part in peaceful climate change protests have been jailed and to add insult to injury, the GMC have disgracefully withdrawn their licences to practice. (Observer report 18.08.2024)
Find more about the thinking behind the growing collection of CLIMERICKS HERE
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I’m on an astronomy retreat this week with The *Othona Community in Bradwell on Sea, Essex. Rhythms of the community are dictated by brief morning and evening reflections in the close-by 7th century chapel built by St Cedd and swimming! That is because the only a proportion of the guests are here for the Astronomy; for a greater proportion, this is a family holiday with a guest star, Ivy who at 18 months has, I think, managed to charm everyone.
Every activity here is shared in some way by the guests and I was invited first to take an evening reflection, yesterday to say grace at lunchtime, and today I have been on lunch-time washing up duty, which is no small task with 90 guests. Thankfully the community has invested in modern cleaning equipment which is powered by off-grid electricity: an impressive feature which makes hosting such a large holiday-time population, practicable.
This, being my first summer week attendance here, I was a bit taken aback to be asked to lead grace on Tuesday lunchtime. I decided to follow a conventional meal-time Grace with a Climerick specially composed for the event!
My friends as we eat and drink well,
Please give thought to whom you might tell
That Othona’s off-grid,
In a small, vital bid,
To help head off Climate change hell.
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What a gift? It would make many glad,
if new buildings had to be clad
with solar to heat
their air-con’s - so beat
the need for grid power: that’s not bad!
Idea From New Scientist – Readers’ Letters 27/7/24. Heat could, of course be directly used for much more than just aircons – but they are such hungry beasts!
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This couplet is part of a set which is addressed to all sorts of trades and professions, especially those which have large numbers - and might get overlooked by policy-makers. It reinforces the fact that Climate chaos affects EVERBODY.
If you’re part of the great band of cleaners
who sometimes feel you are ‘not-seeners’,
this is time to break-out
and raise up a shout,
‘Clear the mess that’s been made by ‘No-Greeners’’.
How to do that’s not easy to know,
so, while you are out on the go,
place a climerick where
lots of people might stare
which says ‘Turn off the dirty fuel flow.’
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Politicians worldwide must have seen,
that mass UK voters want green
policies soon,
for they’ve seen it’s high-noon
for Earth with a poor Eco-scene.
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Auchincloss1, you’re killing the earth
For the sake of your company’s worth.
Your claim BP care
about poisoning the air
is a lie threat’ning every2 new birth
1 Auchincloss CE of BP
2That is every human, every animal, every plant, every insect and everything that inhabits the sea.
Information source: Guardian article 30 July 2024
‘BP to hand investors $7bn this year as it expands oil operations’
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the heat of the day
so it’s squirrelled away
to be used whilst the sun shines no more.
In a New Scientist article 20/7/24 titled ‘The Surprisingly Simple Solutions to Renewable Energy’s Biggest Problem’ a quote ‘Instead of devising more gizmos to store electricity, could we just store heat instead?”
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Greenkeepers and golfers hear tell,
you must expect fairways from hell,
through curbs on your water
should governments falter.
in planning to save earth’s deep wells.
We are draining ancient aquifers much too fast and this will inevitably lead to crises and the need to prioritise the use of water in many countries. So this is a prompt to those who have non-essential vested interests in water supplies being maintained, to pressure their friends and acquaintances in governments to make realistic future plans to preserve much more of easily accessed current water supplies
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If you’re dining out for a treat
And others’portions look more than you’ll eat
Ask your waiter to bring
A small portioned serving
To help towards Food Waste’s retreat.
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As global sea levels rise
our eyebrows we raise in surprise.
But fess up, it’s down to us
So why should we so cuss and fuss
Best get wise to forestall swift goodbyes.
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What is it that you like to eat?
Does every meal include meat?
Consider the gas
those animals pass :
make meat an occasional treat.
