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Home » Environment

Tag: Environment

yourearthing meditation from mel jerry-2

Earth Meditations

by Melinda J. Irvine5 May 20185 May 20182 Comments

Sometimes in the business of our lives. The way we study, we plan, we pretend, we protest, we play. And prefer to lose ourselves into a pretence (maybe it’s Facebook) and abandon the presence of who we really are. But…

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Environment Conservation, Environment, Planet Earth
Me, the Tree by Ann Louise Ramsey

Book Review: Me, the Tree by Ann Louise Ramsey

by Melinda J. Irvine27 April 201825 February 2019

The earth has worked her magic on me, in return for my love of being a tree. Anne Louise Ramsey.

Children, Environment, Reading Book Reviews, Environment, Trees
watching A Plastic Ocean

Can You Live Without Plastic Bags?

by Melinda J. Irvine24 September 201723 September 20171 Comment

My aim is to live completely without disposable plastic bags, but it's a thorny issue and lot harder than I realised. If you read my post from a new weeks ago you'll know that I'm committed to sharing my progress as…

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Activism, Environment Climate Change, Environment, noplasticbags, plasticfree
twin rainbows over the sea

Under the Moon

by Melinda J. Irvine5 June 20178 June 20172 Comments

rainbow reaching (a tiny distant moon) both sides rainbow reaches World Environment Day both sides © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Distant I'm part of Post A Day 2017 World Environment Day #WithNature

Haiku, Little Poems, Nature, Poetry, Senryu Environment, Haiku, Poetry, Senryu, WithNature

viva la altrusitic revolution

by Melinda J. Irvine5 October 20169 February 2018

Matthieu Ricard talks about how to foster an altruistic motivation rather than a selfish one and then apply that to global issues including economics and the environment.

Activism Altruism, Environment
To engage fully in the work of art, all you really need are the skills you already have. ERIC BOOTH.

About Mel.

Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, designer, and musician living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a professional writer is used to support Jerry’s recovery — plus help other marginalised kids see their own potential

neXtDRAFT zine # 68.

neXtDRAFT 68. February 2020

Community Giving.

When I'm not writing, designing or playing music, I'm actively building an online learning centre for the kids of Botongon (Philippines). If you'd like to help out, please make a donation via PAYPAL. You'll get a proper tax receipt and regular project updates. More info.
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