Author: jeremy

  • 423 billion kms

    423 billion kms

    Happy 423 billion kms travelled 🚀♾️✨

    When we think about distance travelled, we usually default to the distance we travel by transport across the surface of the earth.
    If you travel to an office workplace and back and live a fairly localised life, you likely do about 15-20k kms (12.5k miles) a year.

    That’s 1.8 million kms (1.2 million miles) travelled for your lifetime if you live to 90 years old.

    But thats a limited view of the universe.

    We’re travelling through space and the earth is spinning, orbiting and drifting.

    Just orbiting the sun, I’ve travelled 48 billion kilometres (30 billion miles).

    Travelling in the Milky Way adds another 374 billion kilometres (232 billion miles).

    And spinning on the earths axis adds another 634 million kms (393 million miles).

    I like to imagine a stardust trail that I’m leaving behind as I hurtle through space. My songline.

    And all of our trails are spinning out into the sky, space and out into the universe together. All mixed together.

    If my first bit of stardust is 423 billion kilometres away, there’s no chance I’m meeting it again in this lifetime. We only travel in one direction, spiralling forward in life.

    Sometimes I like to wonder though, where that first bit is in space? I wonder if in the future, some smart people will figure out how to travel back to it and say hello. I’d like to hold it and reassure it, that all the stardust that came after it turned out okay.

    You can calculate your travelled distance by prompting:

    If I’m X years old, how far have I travelled in space including earth rotation, sun orbit and through space? 🙂 🌏

  • Whale sharks are endangered – how you can help

    Whale sharks are endangered – how you can help

    Whale sharks are the world’s biggest fish and they aren’t actually a whale, but a shark. Sharks are also a type of fish.

    Their scientific name is Rhincodon Typus. This is derived from the Greek words rhinos (rasp) and don (tooth). And the word typos is from the Latin word, type – which means the whale shark is the 1st or foundational member of its species.

    They can grow up to 20 meters and weigh like 40 tons! 

    Each whale shark has a unique constellation pattern, just like our fingerprints.

    They cannot bite or chew, they’re filter feeders through their gills and have around 3,000 tiny teeth to help them crush their food

    They don’t have eyelids, so you’ll never get winked at by a whale shark! 🙂

    They have teeth (dermal denticles) on their eyes (a bit like bees) to protect them from damage.

    They eat krill, plankton and small fish by filter feeding. They often feed need the surface which means they can also ingest floating plastics.

    They’re a gentle giant, have never hurt a human and can live to over 100 years old.

    Whale sharks are ovoviviparous which means they lay eggs inside, which hatch and then they give birth to live babies about 50cm long.

    Whale sharks are on the IUCN’s endangered red list with populations thought to be decreasing 

    What you can do to help:

    Learn about Whale Sharks here on the Red List.

    Visit them using tours that operate ethically and sustainably.

    Post them on your socials, they’re so cute 🥰

    Drive slowly in your boats when they’re in the area. Use a drone to search ahead 

    Only eat sustainably caught seafood

    Donate to organisations that do actual ocean conservation or whale shark research 

    Respect our beautiful oceans.

  • Soul cleansers

    Soul cleansers

    You may need to recharge or detox from time to time and we all have our different ways of doing that.
    For me, I keep returning to a handful of helpful methods and they are:

    Fire

    I light a fire 🔥 and sit in the smoke 💨 It’s like having this cloud wash through you and take the stress and worry with it.

    Ocean

    The ocean is my soul friend. If I could spend every day by it, I would. Swim in the ocean and absorb the salt.

    Salt is such a great cleanser. And sea salt is full of healthy minerals that clean your skin, heal wounds and wash your hair.

    Sunshine ☀️

    Sitting in the sun is the best. It warms me, reassures me, recharges and soothes me. It reminds me that each day is a new chance to try again. The sun will rise again tomorrow and we get to do a little better than yesterday.

    Nature

    Hang out in nature and breathe the fresh air. I love getting out in the Australian bush where there’s no sounds of the city. Just the birds, a few kangaroos 🦘 and fresh air.

    Stillness

    Create stillness. Life is best processed in stillness and quiet. Thoughts and feelings can be heard, meanings deciphered.
    In calm and stillness, you grow.

  • We are like a garden

    We are like a garden

    Some days we need more water.

    Some days, we need a little more sunshine.

    At times, we fruit.

    At times, we rest or grow in silence.

    But with daily work, our garden will flourish!

  • Two great things in life

    Two great things in life

    We have the capacity to contribute good to the world on a daily basis and
    amongst all of the bustle of life’s journey, I think there are two really great
    things we can achieve as humans on this planet. Not all of us are able or
    want to, but these two are special;


    Create a human life
    If it’s what’s lined up for you in life, creating another human being that will live on and contribute to the betterment of the world is a wonderful thing. It may be the best thing you will ever do on this planet.


    Save a life
    If you happen to be in the situation where it’s required, where you have the skills and someone is in need of help – save someone’s life. It may be that you redirect someone away from danger, warn them, physically drag them out of it, or otherwise – but do it. Save their life so that they can live on and better the world. We never know what that person will become, achieve or effect in the world in the future.


    A while back my team and I made a thing, it teaches you first aid skills and it might help you save a life. It was the precursor to the current set of online first aid courses available at St John WA. More info: https://stjohnwa.com.au/first-aid-
    training/first-aid-skills