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Category Archives: Litter, Human Rights and Travel
Following on…
This is a follow on from my last post of two weeks ago. Have I got a book written, or at least part 2 of the book written within the two week period I had hoped for? No. Simple as … Continue reading
An uneducated journo.
-a week in Izmir, Turkey- (How to read this blog post! If you feel like it, please read it straight through. It takes about fifteen minutes. If you get to the end, please note the links, and read those too. … Continue reading
Failed.
Just an update from the last post. I failed to get any wheel chairs to Piraeus. Nice idea, and I did try, but I didn’t succeed. On another note, and on the subject of cleaning beaches, employing ‘Refugees’, and also … Continue reading
Fly tipping, Wheelchairs and The Port of Piraeus.
Flytipping, fly tipping, fly-tipping, different ways of spelling the same old nuisance. This nuisance, ‘time-and-money waster,’ appeared overnight a couple of days ago. It sparked off a request for a miracle to occur. Odd! “Simon, nothing is sensible where I … Continue reading
Keep it simple. Can we?
Six or seven trips to Calais over the past year, the most recent being yesterday Monday 7th September. Dover/Calais return day trip-£16. Half of the Syrian Refugees live below the lighthouse, (you can obviously see the landmark from miles afar). … Continue reading
Reverse Crowdfunding.
For those of you who are not sure of what Crowdfunding is it’s a method of raising funds on the internet for projects you otherwise cannot find the money for yourself. You write up your project, tell everyone how much you … Continue reading
The Beach (clean).
In 1999 Danny Boyle directed The Beach, a film adapted from Alex Garland’s novel of the same name which was published in 1996. Leonardo DiCaprio starred in the film and was set on the Thai island of Koh Phi Phi. … Continue reading
A short story-(to start with…)
A Short Story-(based on recent newspaper articles and personal travel experiences in Europe and beyond). Subjects, the Mediterranean Migrant Crisis, Europe’s Marine Litter Problem. 2098 words. ‘Try me’ by simon owens. Jake; tired, frustrated, restless and with a fire … Continue reading
Walking with sciatica, (in no more than 500 words)-part 5.
-I passed Chesil Cove at the Eastern end of Chesil Beach today. There’s always plastic there. A team of people could walk up and down the 18 mile pebble UNESCO World Heritage Site every day until the problem gets solved, … Continue reading
Slavery? Not in my opinion!
Not knowing quite what to write about after my last visit to the ‘illegal’ Migrant population in Calais, I posted a short tweet on twitter: It goes like this: Starting a debate on employing “Irregular Migrants” on Europe’s borders and … Continue reading
The Professional Litter Picker. 