media: August 2007 Archives

Today I did some voluntary work for York Rotters, standing behind a stall at an event in Rowntree Park, promoting home-composting and recycling. The event was my first 'Pride', organised by the local Gay and Lesbian groups. Although I consider myself 'LBGT friendly', I've never been to a Pride event. It was a small gathering, probably just a hundred or so, but it was joyous and fun, and I met several of my friends. The Rotters stall was well received and we had lots of enquiries and questions about composting, and perhaps a couple of new volunteer Rotters.

The Beijing Olympics are less than a year away and the media spotlight is focussing on China, and I've been reading some shocking things about Human Rights abuses under Jiang Zemin's Communist Party Government. Some commentators suggest boycotting the Olympics as the abuses are incompatible with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Olympic Charter. However it may be that with the Olympics happening, and the World's media there, the situation might be improved.