JustCarol

Writing this felt like a contradiction - I am tired of living my life via a device, yet I live my life via a device! But having grown up in the 80s/90s it is hard to not compare how different life has become.

Water, women & well-being

In researching a chapter for book I was invited to write (Sustainability in ELT - yet to be published), I chose the topic of water, as this seemed to me one of the most vital ingredients for life. Without water, we, along with all our plant, animal and fungi relatives,…

In researching ideas for a chapter on adapting Native American teachings on water in relation to sustainability, it's made me appreciate the sacredness of the gift of water. This short piece summarises my findings, and I intend to share more ideas for English language #esol lessons.

Freedom from Fast Fashion

ESOL teachers have a list of go-to topics for lessons - food, festivals, hobbies and shopping to name the top four (probably). But shopping is definitely up there as a popular topic of choice. After all, who doesn't like a bit of retail therapy (clever marketing that…

Forest biomass growth to soar through 2030, impacting tropical forests The harvesting and burning of forest biomass to produce energy continues to surge, according to a new report on near-term global production and demand for wood pellets. This growth comes despite scien...

"Forest biomass burning is unsustainable & produces more CO2 than coal per unit of energy. Pellet-making is contributing to deforestation & biodiversity loss in NAmerica, & will increasingly do so in tropical nations, incl Vietnam, Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia." 🌏 news.mongabay.com/2025/03/fore...

A delightful surprise! ☺️
Thank you, #NATECLA, for the opportunities to share & and encourage other #esol tutors on topics such as digital skills and sustainability.

www.natecla.org.uk/join-natecla

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YouTube video by Wabano Centre Grandmother Moon with Jan Longboat

"Grandmother moon, Nakomas, is is known for the creation of of tides and without tides moving we would not have life; that set the stage for those first tiny microbes to come together to produce life and to produce oxygen, the very first breath of life happened" 15:31 youtu.be/sexeCj3LeZ4?...

YouTube video by Sing The Water Song Sing The Water Song

"The water can hear you, the water has memory..."

The more I learn from the Native Americans, the more I feel a deeper connection to this living Earth, and the role of #women as life givers and sustainers. We have a much bigger role than we think.
#sustainability #gaia

youtu.be/KC2FHciQ0sU?...

@markcranfield.bsky.social hi, I follow you on X, but it'd be great to follow your insights here on BSky. Is there any chance you'll move house?

Women are rising. Not in a modern feminist way, but as in the Divine Feminine; the sacred ways of love, compassion for life, and ancient healing are returning.

x.com/juststop_oil...

This is why I still bake Christmas cookies with my kids...
Live simply and simply love in the moment

It's still a tradition even though Santa visits have long been a thing of the past. My 13yo has made a cookie to look like me. At least she knows my favourite colour is green! 😁

Ah, of course, ford = river! Silly me! Clifford sounds about right then! Over the mountains and through the rivers!
Although we've named the most recent VW, Gloria, we've not called her that much because we both think of 2 different songs when we do 😆

We have to define what we mean by “AI.” Because the model that advanced our understanding of protein folding and the LLMs that churn out the nonsense slop that fills the internet both get called “AI.” And the latter is co-opting the usefulness of the former to create this exactly perception.

Sorry for your loss. Have a friend who owned a Tornado red & white VW, named Ken, for his adventures.
But...Re the name of your VW... over mountain tops - Cliff (check), but Ford? For a VW? 🤔

“The problem with degrowth and contraction is that they are not worth investing in because the return of investment goes to society as a whole, not the investors”

Not forgetting the ever growing energy hungry AI....

I don't think the solution is an alternative to continue business as usual. Rather, we should be changing our consumption habits altogether. Reduce the 60%+ cattle global population to make room to grow back the ~4%dwindling wildlife.

I've said yes. It's reasonable to guess that this publication will be released in early 2026. Until then, I've got to carve some time out for writing ✍️

Thrilled to get the analog, glossy, printed magazine edition of my AMOC review article! 🌊
You can of course read it open access here:

tos.org/oceanography...

The total lack of compassion for all living things, including Gaia, is the destruction of ourselves.

Yup

Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate

This headline (from the Guardian) and the whole bloody article. We must stfu if we want to stay on the right side of the law, which, ironically, is progressively on the wrong side of life. #collapse #TEOTWAWKI

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rebottable presumption of butthood.
Hehe. I do not apologise for my bad humour!

I'm a real hooman who no longer has a doggie friend 🙃

Sadly, charities, including food banks, are a sign of where we're at. Seems to show how the state prioritises life less and less and sees these charities as jobs creators that boost the economy.

It's really easy to pooh pooh this if you live in the UK, but this is global low-lying cloud cover, not just the manky dull rain clouds we've got.

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This kind of 'news' is why so many people don't give a flying fk about the state of our affairs

Toni Morrison in profile. She is a Black woman with greying locs

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."

#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #WomensHistory 🗃️

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