#banlastic

[scotianostra]

On November 26th 1836 John McAdam died.

Next time you drive your car, take a moment to thank John Loudon McAdam, whose development of the ‘macadam’ road building technique, paved the way for your smooth road trip. McAdam was the Scotsman who was responsible for the greatest advance in road construction since the Romans

A little known fact about "oor" man John is that the family name was traditionally McGregor, but was changed to McAdam (claiming descent from the Biblical Adam) for political reasons in James VI's reign, the name McGregor was banned for a time.following their involvement in various feuds and conflicts, including clashes with rival clans and political upheavals. The banlasted some 171 years from 1603 till 1774.

He moved to New York in 1770 and, as a merchant and prize agent during the American Revolution, basically he was selling goods seized by the British, "the spoils of war",and made his fortune working at his uncle's counting house, but after the War and being on the losing side, his assets were seized in turn and he was kicked out of newly independent America.

He must have still had enough tucked away for on his return to Scotland in 1783 he purchased an estate at Sauchrie, Ayrshire.

In McAdam’s day, the roads had long since deteriorated from how the Romans had left them and after he returned from ‘the Colonies’, McAdam, at his own expense, began to experiment with various methods of road building. He was determined to do something about roads, which were in his own words, “at once loose, rough, and perishable, tedious and dangerous to travel on, and very costly to repair”.

He developed his revolutionary method, involving a system of improved drainage, and confidently asserted that his roads would be impervious to the weathering action of wind and rain, and withstand the heavy traffic of the day. Doubters and sceptics were plenty and scornful, but McAdam astounded everyone by coming up with the secret of building durable roadways that were far cheaper to maintain.

Due to his inventiveness, the highways of Falmouth and Bristol were transformed from rutted quagmires into even, hard surfaced and well-drained carriageways that could withstand the dual pressures of traffic and weather. In addition to being the creator of better road surfaces, McAdam also developed ideas of good road management, which many of the turnpike companies of the day adopted. As a result of his success, in 1827, McAdam was made Surveyor General of Metropolitan roads for England, Scotland and Wales.

McAdam was given a cash sum by Parliament for his work, but that was merely a token in relation to the enormous effort he had expended, he was also offered a knighthood, but turned it down!

Although McAdam held valid patents on his method of road building, those were neither protected nor enforced and he received no royalties. Maybe that was fair enough as his processes were so important for the public good, McAdam died relatively poor on this day 1836, and was buried in Moffat.

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[emanraouf]

Banlastic :

It is one of the organisation that focus on solutions for plastic .they made different activities, I just attended awareness to reduce plastic as it interact with food also it causes pollution for coral reefs, sea and it affects different species of fish in the sea.

There were camping for cleaning beaches also I attended with them discussion of a movie called (bag it) it was one of the important movies that discuss pollution of plastic.

They organised workshops for students to make recycling from bottles, paper.

It is important to make awareness and step forward to make change.

Nowadays, there are humourous initiatives world wide to discuss crisis related to environment. In Egypt there are recycling team, we made recycling from paper to create agenda, origami shapes for children.

In bibliotheca Alexandria there are team teach you how to make decoration from paper and plastic and join gallery for environment. There are many online platforms to discuss environmental issues.

At the end I hope to spread Banlastic words to protect our environment .

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In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

With increasing community awareness of the dangers of plastic to human and environmental health, a number of youth initiatives in Egypt have been launched to tackle plastic pollution, notably Banlastic, Bekia and Verynile.

#Africa #Egypt #MiddleEast #NorthAfrica #Verynile

Read more: http://bit.ly/31t6lbC

[scotianostra]

On November 26th 1836 John McAdam died.

Next time you drive your car, take a moment to thank John Loudon McAdam, whose development of the ‘macadam’ road building technique, paved the way for your smooth road trip. McAdam was the Scotsman who was responsible for the greatest advance in road construction since the Romans

A little known fact about "oor" man John is that the family name was traditionally McGregor, but was changed to McAdam (claiming descent from the Biblical Adam) for political reasons in James VI's reign, the name McGregor was banned for a time.following their involvement in various feuds and conflicts, including clashes with rival clans and political upheavals. The banlasted some 171 years from 1603 till 1774.

He moved to New York in 1770 and, as a merchant and prize agent during the American Revolution, basically he was selling goods seized by the British, "the spoils of war",and made his fortune working at his uncle's counting house, but after the War and being on the losing side, his assets were seized in turn and he was kicked out of newly independent America.

He must have still had enough tucked away for on his return to Scotland in 1783 he purchased an estate at Sauchrie, Ayrshire.

In McAdam’s day, the roads had long since deteriorated from how the Romans had left them and after he returned from ‘the Colonies’, McAdam, at his own expense, began to experiment with various methods of road building. He was determined to do something about roads, which were in his own words, “at once loose, rough, and perishable, tedious and dangerous to travel on, and very costly to repair”.

He developed his revolutionary method, involving a system of improved drainage, and confidently asserted that his roads would be impervious to the weathering action of wind and rain, and withstand the heavy traffic of the day. Doubters and sceptics were plenty and scornful, but McAdam astounded everyone by coming up with the secret of building durable roadways that were far cheaper to maintain.

Due to his inventiveness, the highways of Falmouth and Bristol were transformed from rutted quagmires into even, hard surfaced and well-drained carriageways that could withstand the dual pressures of traffic and weather. In addition to being the creator of better road surfaces, McAdam also developed ideas of good road management, which many of the turnpike companies of the day adopted. As a result of his success, in 1827, McAdam was made Surveyor General of Metropolitan roads for England, Scotland and Wales.

McAdam was given a cash sum by Parliament for his work, but that was merely a token in relation to the enormous effort he had expended, he was also offered a knighthood, but turned it down!

Although McAdam held valid patents on his method of road building, those were neither protected nor enforced and he received no royalties. Maybe that was fair enough as his processes were so important for the public good, McAdam died relatively poor on the 26th of November, 1836, and was buried in Moffat, in Dumfriesshire.

[fanackwebsite]

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

With increasing community awareness of the dangers of plastic to human and environmental health, a number of youth initiatives in Egypt have been launched to tackle plastic pollution, notably Banlastic, Bekia and Verynile.

#Egypt #Verynile

Read more: http://bit.ly/31t6lbC

[fanackwebsite]

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

With increasing community awareness of the dangers of plastic to human and environmental health, a number of youth initiatives in Egypt have been launched to tackle plastic pollution, notably Banlastic, Bekia and Verynile.

#Africa #Egypt #MiddleEast #NorthAfrica #Verynile

Read more: http://bit.ly/31t6lbC

[fanackwebsite]

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

With increasing community awareness of the dangers of plastic to human and environmental health, a number of youth initiatives in Egypt have been launched to tackle plastic pollution, notably Banlastic, Bekia and Verynile.

#Africa #Egypt #MiddleEast #NorthAfrica #Verynile

Read more: http://bit.ly/31t6lbC

[fanackwebsite]

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

With increasing community awareness of the dangers of plastic to human and environmental health, a number of youth initiatives in Egypt have been launched to tackle plastic pollution, notably Banlastic, Bekia and Verynile.

#Africa #Egypt #MiddleEast #NorthAfrica #Verynile

Read more: http://bit.ly/31t6lbC

[fanackwebsite]

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

With increasing community awareness of the dangers of plastic to human and environmental health, a number of youth initiatives in Egypt have been launched to tackle plastic pollution, notably Banlastic, Bekia and Verynile.

#Egypt #Verynile

Read more: http://bit.ly/31t6lbC

[fanackwebsite]

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

In Egypt, Youth Join Forces to Fight Plastic Pollution

With increasing community awareness of the dangers of plastic to human and environmental health, a number of youth initiatives in Egypt have been launched to tackle plastic pollution, notably Banlastic, Bekia and Verynile.

#Africa #Egypt #MiddleEast #NorthAfrica #Verynile

Read more: http://bit.ly/31t6lbC

[emanraouf]

Banlastic is one of the greatest organisation In Alexandria that focus on recycling of plastic and awareness. Different workshops can be found also creative awareness through movies, games.

Civil campaigns to clean water from plastic is amazing initiative from them and step forward to make awareness.

It is a project for changing our mind and reduce consumption of plastic for better life.

#Banlastic #volunteering #recycling