The Thames's hidden treasure

It seems that almost every day there is another story about pollution of one form or another, in the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. Very often our own actions lead to that pollution and in many cases we can do something about it. This essay shows just a little part of the “treasure” trapped on the bottom of the Thames but, It could be, easily, find even in others rivers around the World.

Fly-tipping is a major cause of pollution in urban rivers in the UK.

Motorbikes leak toxic fuel, polluting the river directly, oil enters a slow-moving river it forms a rainbow-coloured film over the entire surface preventing oxygen from entering the water. On larger stretches of water the oil contaminates the feathers of water birds and when they preen the oil enters the gut and kills them.

Besides, other regularly fly-tipped items such as car parts, trolleys, safes, bicycles, bathtubs and armchairs trap silt and smother the natural gravels on the riverbed where plants and animals live and fish lay their eggs.

Only in UK’s rivers are also polluted by companies and agriculture and fewer than 15% are deemed to be in a favourable condition.

Over 97% of all the water on Earth is salty and most of the remaining 3% is frozen in the polar ice-caps. The atmosphere, rivers, lakes and underground stores hold less than 1% of all the fresh water and this tiny amount has to provide the fresh water needed to support the Earth's population. Fresh water is a precious resource and the increasing pollution of our rivers and lakes is a cause for alarm.

Each of Us should feel the responsibility to safeguard this treasure, so precious to the world and all its living beings, Plants, Animals and Human Beings.

London Pride

Celebration, diversity, activism, a demonstration — whatever it means to you, Pride in London is back and set to be the biggest yet. Lesbian, trans, genderqueer or otherwise; wherever you identify, Pride in London is about the people, for the people.

Hundreds of thousands of revellers transform London into a rainbow of colour to mark 50 years since the Stonewall uprising changed the face of gay rights with huge parade.

People joined the pride in London, marching, dancing and laughing to campaign for the freedoms that will allow them to live their lives on a genuinely equal footing. 

Groups have honoured five decades of activism, protests and victories, with those behind this year's march saying it is an opportunity for people to stand up against bigotry and hatred in all its forms.  

Organisers predicted as many as 1.5 million people were set to turn out for the event, with a staggering 600 groups marching through the capital's streets for the annual burst of colour, music and dance.

“Be Who You are and say what You feel because, those Who mind don’t matter and those Who matter don’t mind”

Extinction Rebellion

“We can pay the Ecological debt by changing economic model, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the people and the Planet Earth.”

The movement Extinction Rebellion, has brought to the attention of the World, with its colourful and non-violent manifestations, the urgency of concrete acts in addressing the ongoing climate change.

The World is in a climate Emergency and governments all over the world are doing almost nothing about it, It is our civil duty to raise awareness of Governments in order to improve a situation at the brink of a precipice.