Equitable
Practical initiatives, direct action.
Steps towards a better future for our world.
It’s our only planet. Custodians of our grandchildren’s future, we need to take greater responsibility for our world. Now we know what’s at stake we can face the challenge with great optimism. It’s well within our powers to take the thousands of actions large and small to fashion an encouraging future.
This website outlines some direct initiatives.
Direct. Aimed at less advantaged communities where we can replace envy with hope, where the benefits will come through fastest.
Small enough that we can see for real the difference we make. Too small to dent the immense challenges we all face? Just imagine if one in a thousand of us helped out with just one small initiative. That would be a whopping eight million projects…
The initiatives outlined here may be small but address these challenges:
Repair. We can help fix the damage already done to skies, rivers, seas, and land.
Sustain. No more plundering nature! Our future can be managed sustainably.
Restrain. 8 billion mouths to feed, soon to be 10. Better healthcare and more equitable life opportunities can, in time, lead to population restraint. Equitable. If we focus on areas of greatest need we have the best prospect of progress. This also offers more sustainable long-term prospects.
How have we been doing? What are we handing to generations to come? Poisoned seas & skies? Deforestation? Floods, forest fires? Widescale extinctions, famines, pandemics? Mass migration? Wars driven by need, greed and envy?
C’mon – we can do better than this! Here are some initiatives you can join in.
“Surely working together we are powerful enough to save our planet” David Attenborough
OUR PROJECTS
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Nature’s gift. Let’s value our fields and forests. A harvest in harmony with nature
Help repair the damage. Something we can all join in.
ESTABLISHED ORGANISATIONS WE SUPPORT
Yesterday over one thousand infants died from malaria.
It’ll be the same today…………….and tomorrow.
There are plenty of other killers stalking developing nations. Little wonder large families are still seen by many as a necessary insurance against the future. Population restraint? Let’s start with better life expectations.
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been at the forefront of research & development since Britain’s 1st Nobel Prize winner Sir Ronald Russ became professor here in 1902.
– Population restraint starts with sound education – especially of girls.
– Food security demands agricultural efficiencies – that starts with access to the expanding on-line knowledge base.
– Global health needs the promotion of sound social practices just as much as the advance of medical science.
Education East Africa gives practical training and support to local primary teachers of English. Through them we can help youngsters access to the knowledge they need.
CAN WE REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE ?
Of course we can ! For example, as soon as we understood that CFCs were depleting the ozone layer, they were promptly replaced by less harmful refrigerants. Now that ozone ‘hole’ above Antarctica is recovering.
Today we recognise the consequences of our CO2 and Methane emissions. Temperatures are rising, energising the weather, making it more erratic. Promptly, new carbon-free power generation industries have been encouraged – King Coal is no more. Housing insulation, electric cars; all positive developments. There’s still a long long way to go but we’re pointing in the right direction.
The difference also comes as much from a multitude of small initiatives as from a small number of massive headline grabbing flagship policies. That’s where we can all join in.
“My hope is that (my grandchildren) will grow up in a world where they are able to look back on this dangerous passage through this narrows of history and say ‘Wow! Humanity really did step up and meet this challenge in time,’ – and I hope they’ll feel great about it.” Al Gore, 2024
There’s time to mend our ways as long as we get on with it – we all have a positive part to play. We can’t sit back and leave it to ‘Them‘ to sort things. Whoever ‘They‘ are, they can’t/won’t progress anything without widescale backing from Us. The best way of demonstrating that backing is jf we take positive, constructive action.
Curious? Click any of the thumbnails above for more details. Our projects are focused on Africa for a reason – this is where investment in healthcare, agriculture and education has been most neglected – leaving millions suffering poor life expectancy, food insecurity and limited access to the basic learning they need to progress. That’s precisely why Africa is the place where progress can be fastest, so it’s not all dire news at all. You can help if you like, or pitch in with your own initiatives. We’d love to hear from you.
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO HELP
C21st. Pilgrimage routes. Carry our call for action into a noisy world.
...WHAT ARE WE MISSING?………
Our hands are full! We’re not tackling the state of our seas, lakes or rivers – even though over 70% of our planet’s surface is covered with water. Do you have a project to propose? Just let us know.
...AND FINALLY………
The Lowdown.
Sizing up the challenge
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