4 November Worldwide over half a million covid deaths now This is a grim milestone to have passed and there is no sign of any let up at the moment mediation, hospitality, Covid-19, carbon emissions Johns Hopkins University table now shows that this week we have passed the grim figure of 5 million deaths worldwide. That comes out of a total recorded cases of 248,798,277.
2 November COP26 vying for first position over covid Probably never since Noah’s Ark has man faced impending doom as he does now mediation, Covid-19, ecology, carbon emissions, crisis management For a while it maintained its top place; every news cast was about Afghanistan and the terrible issues it was raising. Then the last British and American troops left Kabul and suddenly it was all over. Now we get the odd article about it and some pretty terrible stuff too but even though the problems are probably worse now than they were at the start, covid took back over again.
20 October Increase in covid cases now causing alarm, possibly even an element of panic It was always anticipated that the daily rate could get to 50000. This now looks like a reality looming mediation, hospitality, Covid-19, travel, carbon emissions There is an undercurrent of alarm building with the rapid increase in number of new covid cases over the past week or so.
10 October Are we really ready for an energy crisis? Would it be so silly to suggest people try and save power? Let’s hope this is not going to be a winter of lurching from crisis to crisis; it is certainly beginning to look like it mediation, community, insolvency, technology, carbon emissions, power crisis One of the things people have said time and again is that during the pandemic the government has always acted too late in taking remedial action.
3 October New electricity cable between Norway and England heralds a new dawn A real positive move in the fight against carbon emissions mediation, community, ecology, technology, carbon emissions Cables under the sea are not unknown but certainly represent real challenges.
16 September Working from home looks like it is here to stay Working from home is a world changer for some mediation, community, technology, carbon emissions A survey carried out for the BBC reveals that most people believe that workers will continue to want to work from home even after the pandemic is over.
2 September Rollercoaster of new cases continues to baffle and have you checked out your car for E10? Pot pourri day as we wait and watch mediation, hospitality, Covid-19, technology, cars, carbon emissions Confused? Who isn’t! The seven day trend is showing a reduction in new cases but the daily one is resolutely up again.
28 August Light pollution – so easy to reduce! We need to think “little” as well as big; there are things we can all do to help our planet to survive mediation, community, ecology, carbon emissions While there is a pandemic around we spend a lot of time analysing the figures, counting new cases, deaths and hospitalisations and indeed it is one of the most worrying facets of our lives today.