Category Archives: Bobbing Around

With practice, it’s easy having a hurting body and a smiling face. From Lifting the Gloom There is no zero-sum conflict between fighting climate breakdown and preserving local environments and livelihoods. Thea Riofrancos Plastic items from take-out food and beverages … Continue reading →

Human health cannot be separated from the health of the planet. Dr Neil Vora Most convicted offenders have an experience of trauma, abuse and violence at least four times higher than the general population. Gwen Adshead Instead of loving things … Continue reading →

Eating a factory-farmed animal is like eating suffering Anna Sri Doing my best to be my best. Tishina I’m the servant of the seven billion human beings alive today, dedicated to their well-being. Dalai Lama Bobbing Around Volume Twenty-one, Number … Continue reading →

Abuses multiply in our system because the system itself is abusive. Mike Dowson Worry and anxiety are being stuck in the future. Guilt and regret are being stuck in the past. Live in the NOW. Dr Bob Rich Bobbing Around … Continue reading →

That the fossil fuel industry managed to turn global warming into a political issue — Left saying it’s happening, Right saying it’s not — might have been tactically brilliant, but it was also a vast global crime. Alan Kohler If … Continue reading →

Sometimes when you’re in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted. Christine Caine Nanoplastic research is still in its infancy. But laboratory tests show that unlike microplastics, nanoplastics are small enough to accumulate within … Continue reading →

I like your Jesus — but his followers are so unlike him. Gandhi Fear cannot exist in the presence of Love. To heal fear, simply focus on Love. Love is reality, it is the essence of who you are. Pragito … Continue reading →

When you see a destitute homeless person, a refugee, a victim of violence, think “There but for the grace of God go I,” and act. You will be improving two lives: that person’s through your action, and your own through … Continue reading →

When I send out the monthly notification to people who subscribe to Bobbing Around, I put a little personal message in the covering email, but realised, Followers miss out on this. Therefore, here it is, for you: As every January, … Continue reading →

Dissatisfaction is an inside not an outside thing. As long as you take it with you, you can enjoy being miserable anywhere. Pip Lipkin The worsening state of soils [is] at least as important as the climate crisis. UN Food … Continue reading →