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It would seem that there is no official Blog Action Day or theme this year however the event is set to return next year and the small team of volunteers who set up and manage the event have encouraged bloggers to post today anyway, about something of significance to them. I have thought about this and chosen to promote compassion and tolerance with regard to the massive issue of immigration. Image Credit: IB Times This has been a hot topic for such a long time, however things seemed to have escalated in recent years and become out of any sense of control. In addition the recent vote in the UK to leave the European Union, with immigration seemingly a strong driving force for some peoples decision to vote leave, seems to have sparked an outbreak of racial attacks throughout the country. While I am sure terrorist events have not helped with this matter immigration is a completely separate issue. I read daily news stories about the immigration camp at Calais, immigrant...

In two days time it is Blog Action Day (BAD). I have come across some conflicting information regarding the theme for this year and also a post stating that BAD are now partners with Article 19, a charitable organisation who defend the right to freedom of expression. It is a little difficult to piece the whole story together at this time for two reasons; firstly I have not participated for several years and as such have been unaware of the changes as they have occurred, and secondly I do not use Facebook or Twitter and have become aware recently how much that excludes me from certain information. Although you can view Facebook pages to some extent without being a member the information is limited and something I have to actively seek out rather than coming to me via regular feeds. I am delighted that I have looked this up at this time, and as such not missed out on BAD for this year however while I am considering what to post and trying to confirm if there is actually ...

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Well Blog Action Day  is almost here again and this years topic is Water. I am starting to research my post and have chosen my particular topic which is going to be the oceans. The Blog Action Day website has lots or interesting information including suggestions for posts , banners to put on your blog, a registration page so that you can register your blog for participation, information on fund-raising , and a petition which indicates your support of the UN's efforts to improve water and sanitation for billions of people around the world. You can also sign the petition by clicking on the banner at the top left of my blog and it only takes a few seconds to complete. I usually post the Blog Action Day You Tube clip to help promote the day here but frankly this years clip has some annoying music as an accompaniment (sorry guys but it really does) and so instead I thought I would post this, a splendid song written and performed by the folk musician Benji Kirkpatrick. The ...

I have thought long and hard about this post. I have put different Blog Action Day posts on all of my blogs in an attempt to reflect their purpose. This is my blog for straight talking, hard truths, strong beliefs and shared solutions . On my other blogs I have tried to provide a means of action for people that are realistic and beneficial to the cause however I believe that stronger and more direct action is required. Whatever forecasts can be made about our planet, the effects of our presence, man made climatic changes, conflict between nations, natural climatic changes aggravated by our actions, or a combination of them all, I believe that our planet will ultimately survive in some form, I do not believe that mankind will . I believe there is a inevitability to our own self destruction. We are capable of change however seem to need a stronger reason than currently exists to globally unite. I believe that necessity is the mother of invention and we do not seem to feel that action is ...

The 15th October 2009 is Blog Action Day , powered by Change.org. In their words: ‘Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One issue. Thousands of voices.’ I have taken part in Blog Action Day for a couple of years now along with my Sister and Mum and it really is an amazing event. This year’s topic is climate change. I have begun to notice over the past few years while attending seminars and courses that we can be very good at getting together, uniting to a cause and planning action however a period of time elapses, nothing happens and then before you know it we are all sitting there again discussing the same issues and noticing that we didn’t actually take any action . This day to me is a day of communicating the wish for chang...