Going Green - Helpful Reminder!

Super cute informative list of 50 ways to help the Planet. Sure - we know most of these things, but do we implement them as well? You'll have to excuse the fact that it's US-made, but I think all the same goes for anywhere else in the world :)

Global Sustainability Symposium

Here's what's happening in Stockholm today: 


Planet Earth and humanity, facing each other in a mock trial, with around 20 Nobel Prize winners figuring as judges.
A civil court case to see whether humanity has breached their relations with the planet and to see how to restore that relationship.
A trial where we're invited to judge ourselves with the future generations in mind.


Interesting stuff - you can read the full article here.

It's obvious that just another meeting with another dialogue won't offer solutions, lets hope this "trial" will!

In other - related news (evidence for planet earth to defend her side?):


Vårt grisiga hav - a documentary by Folke Rydén & Ulrika Björkstén (look for our friend Erik Norberg in the end credits!) about the sorry state of the Baltic sea and the main cause of the pollution (surprise surprise - animal husbandry).
Unfortunately only in Swedish (yet?) and only available online until the 15 of June but so very interesting (and scary!).


I don't think I'll do much swimming this summer - a poisonous mixture of toxic algae and manure ... not so inviting!

Optimum Nutrition

"Optimum nutrition isn't a luxury. It's a necessity if you want to stay healthy and happy and keep your mind intact in the twenty-first century."

(From the book Optimum Nutrition for the Mind by Patrick Holford)

So I had Furillen-style breakfast and am totally ready to hit the books and work that mind of mine!

Have a healthy Monday!

Loppis Glädje

Nobody should have to study Chemistry all day. That's what I though when I decided to go for a little treasure-hunting.
Farbror Fynd it was! I was actually out for flower pots to plant my seedlings in but found some great decorative items for my future shop at Hamra Krog too!
I don't want to post pictures of everything because lots of it is of course "raw material" and needs to be beautified but here's a preview:

Random things that caught my eye today - cute metal cans, tools, fabrics, frames, a sweet little tray, and an old school Kodak camera! They (almost) all fit very nicely in the toolbox I found at another flea-market not too long ago. No idea who he is/was but Ingvar Carlsson made me happy :)

My seedlings seem happy in their new pots ... and I think I'll have a hard time parting with that sweet little tray when the time comes ... 

And that was all for today! I'm going back to my books for some Biology!

Love,

Aina

Back in Business

There. I know we've all seen billions of cherry blossom pictures on other blogs but spring comes later in Sweden so I feel I have all the right to put mine online too :)

Mmm don't you just love the spring?

I must admit I did panic a little when Blogger was unavailable for the last day or so and some of my posts magically disappeared ... I guess I'm a little attached to my blog after all this time so the fear of losing it all didn't feel so nice. Luckily it's only temporarily and everything should be back to normal soon.

If you didn't have a chance to see Zoe Weil's inspiring solution for the future before my post "Humane Education" was removed, watch the video here.

Bunny Love

After the elephant-episode I had trouble putting my easter bunny in a box until next year. Because who are we kidding? Bunnies don't belong in a box! They don't belong in captivity, and definitely not in battery farms!

There was a threat of rabbit battery farming coming back to the UK for the first time in 15 years. The people at Bunnyhugga launched a petition and not without success: all the applications for caged rabbit farms were withdrawn and will be replaced with applications for free range farms. Public pressure does work! (but you can still sign ;))

The next issue is of course eating bunnies ... but lets take it one step at a time ...

Here's a little experiment I conducted: Which bunny looks happiest?

(no animals were harmed in the process but as expected, precious study time was wasted ...)

Scandinavian Weirdness

Last Sunday me and some German friends were introduced to a Swedish ‘speciality’: Fermented fish (Surströmming).

Hard to describe how horrifically foul it smelled – Jamie Oliver’s reaction might give you a clue (skip to 14.12)

Despite the culinary grossness and the lingering smell it was a very pleasant day in the sunshine … you’d almost forget you’d have an exam coming up!