Category Archives: Fireworks and ‘celebrations’

Fireworks; harmless fun or wanton destruction?

Posted on October 18, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

As someone who used to love the spectacle and the theatre of firework displays, the whizzing, whooping, whistling, screams, pops, and thunderous bangs, the sparkling, light-blazing skies and the gunpowder smoke hanging heavy in the crisp frosty air, the past … Continue reading →

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Reduction and restriction – is it compromise or betrayal?

Posted on July 5, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I was recently discussing fireworks, balloons, sky lanterns etc and the devastating harm that they inflict on all living creatures in many ways; some as an extreme form of noise/light pollution, and all resulting in widespread toxic littering that pollutes … Continue reading →

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