Saturday-Pentacle – Week 42 – 2019

A product I found out via a tweet –

Collapsible straw – Stumbled upon this tweet to find this reusable straw. How many times we go to the restaurants and are forced to use plastic or paper straws which are not reusable, impacting the environment and eventually causing climate change. As per a study, Straws make up about 4 per cent of the plastic trash by piece, overall. In the same study, researchers found out that there are nearly 7.5 million plastic straws lying around America’s shorelines. That means 437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on the entire world’s coastlines. Which is massive. This is also cruel to the life in the sea as fish and birds eat these straws also and die.

Using this kind of reusable straw may seem like a very small step but nonetheless its collective impact (if we as nations start using them in scale) will be super massive.

A straw-like this scan be reused hundreds or thousands (if kept hygienic) of times. You can buy it here, in case interested.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

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Learned about a scary disaster which happened in 1993 –

BBC News – 1993 – Maharastra,India Earthquake – While working on a podcast episode research I learned about this 1993 earthquake happened in Latur, Maharashtra. It was gut-wrenching and scary. But the relief efforts were huge. This BBC documentary captures a bit of it. Check it out.

A book I loved –

Becoming by Michelle Obama – This book is a very intimate description of life of a US president and the first lady from the first lady’s point of view. It gives us a glimpse of how presidential life is. But moreover, it tells a story of a woman who had a humble beginning but eventually through her will, commitment and brave decisions became so strong that no one could ignore her.

I listened to the audiobook version and enjoyed every moment of it. Highly recommend this book. You can get kindle version here and audiobook version here.

Quote I’m pondering on lately – 

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Mark Twain

Until Next Saturday!

Thanks for reading.

Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 42 – 2019