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Anyone like maths? You should if you like knitting really as it's often all about the maths: number of rows, lace patterns, calculating gauges and row increases, re-calculating patterns, gauges. Check out this link sent by Mat (and no, he's not into knitting/crocheting although might be a closet crocheter... I have no idea how he came upon this!). But just another amazing connection between nature and maths (I like that stuff) with extra whipped cream - crochet!

While you are browsing away from this blog you might as well check out this guy Edward Burtynsky too. An amazing landscape photographer seeing the NEW natural world. I saw the doco "Manufactured Landscapes" on Monday at film club - brill ant depiction of what's going on around the world with industry.

You know what: I say flag climate change camp - I think it's bollox humans are being blamed for a naturally repeating earth cycle. I've seen too much evidence now that I think Mr Gore was w-r-o-n-g. I stood on that side of the fence for ages but there is too much other evidence to ignore now (sorry I'm not going to reference any for you but just take a look sometime). For example: when Al let us know that those markers sitting on some South Pacific atolls were measuring water levels as "depleting drastically from climate change and my hair-dryer" did he add the small fact that the markers ARE ACTUALLY SINKING!! Think about it... The coral forming the base of the atoll is breaking down (naturally). I think for a long time I was just too chicken to look at the facts and go against the trendy bandwagon.

HOWEVER I now firmly believe the climate change actions/solutions are great BUT must be "re-marketed" to the real simple fault of humans: that of depleting our natural resources (fossil fuels, water, clean air etc). You might think it's one in the same thing but I disagree - there's no way we can change the Earth's orbit or when an Ice Age begins (come on folks do we really think we are that big) but we sure as hell can change how much petrol or petroleum by-products we consume. It's not that the planet could collapse from climate change: it won't, it's been through climate change - bought the t-shirt, bought the whole shop in fact. The biggest threat is ourselves. Fact: current civilisation will not survive once our natural resources are gone. We're just not that equipped anymore and if we want to continue any resemblance of our current commodities lifestyle: we need to reserve our natural resources or find alternative resources, or find alternative ways of living.

... Class dismissed?