Brief intro

A proper introduction to this blog will come shortly. I created this site a bit late in the night (oh well...), so I do not quite have the time for that right now. Still, I don't want the blog to be floating postless in the air, so I will give a few points out of my head as it is at this hour...

I am a first-year university student, studying paleontology (the study of past life, basically) at the University of Bristol in England. I have been interested in getting properly involved in environmental and developmental activities, but I am more of a 'thinker' than a 'doer'; that is, I prefer to sit down with a pen in hand and set my mind to work on ideas or plans, rather than handing out flyers or marching the streets in protest. I also hope that my interest in paleontology can help add a slightly different dimension to my musings, to give them an extra spice, so to speak.

I also run a blog on paeontology – Weird & Wonderful – where I basically write about anything paleontology-related that I feel like writing about: anything from field trips to purely factual posts. I will try to keep this blog a bit more focused, and less technical, if I can. Those are my initial intentions for the style of writing; we will see how that turns out, and how it develops in the future.

The main reasons I decided to create an entirely new blog for environmental and developmental discussions are:

(a) to keep the two 'topics' clearly separated, so that there will not be any confusion in the sense of direction of the articles; whenever there is an issue that overlaps both blog topics, I will of course write coupled posts

(b) to enhance publicity for the organisations or charity groups I wish to promote: I will then write posts for both blogs (although the one for this site will be more elaborate), simply to spread their messages more widely, which is what these types of ogranisations need!

Or well... maybe that is a good enough introduction for now?

My plan for the first blog post is to write about the MSC (Marine Stewardship Council), a quality label for marine food, certifying responsible and sustainable fishing.