Wilding week 2 (Jul20)
20th July 2020

The diggers are in their element The water meadow is now looking pretty earthy with very little water at all. The old mill pond has been drained to reveal a shallow muddy bottom – it turns out that it was pretty full of silt. If we’d left it for a[...]

Wilding has started… (Jul20)

Yesterday, the diggers and dumpers arrived, along with the wonderful Andrew George and his fellow[...]

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A role reversal. Imagine humans behaved like animals and vice versa. What would we think[...]

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How Covid-19 is Changing the world (Apr20)

The Covid Crisis is sowing the seeds of division - young vs old, local vs[...]

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10
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COVID 19 MAY BE THE BOILING FROG WE NEED (MAR20)

I remember referring to the boiling frogs analogy in speeches about 20 years ago.  Some[...]

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19
Mar
Simply switching from plastics to other materials could actually increase carbon emissions. (Mar20)

This is the conclusion of a new report from the Green Alliance: Fixing the System[...]

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Mar
Turning the Big Yellow green

I’ve just been appointed a board member of FTSE 250 company The Big Yellow Self[...]

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Nov
Getting beds (Sep19)

I received an email last week giving me some shocking information about the number of[...]

22
Sep
SMART METERS ARE SMART (Sep19)

My son, Monty, has worked out how we can save over £2,000 per annum on[...]

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17
Sep
Going wild in Dorset (Sep19)

I’m tremendously excited about our new landscaping project… The central idea is wilding and I’m[...]

09
Sep
McDonalds are wrong to switch to paper straws (Aug19)

I can’t count the number of times when I’ve said I don’t want a straw[...]

09
Aug
Frightening floor paint may be greener than I thought…(Jul19)

I tried to order 10 litre pots, but was told that 5 litres would be[...]

31
Jul
Butterflies love this meadow

A wonderful place near me. It’s full of wild flowers. Butterflies and bees love it.[...]

29
Jun
I love electric bikes (Jun19)

Sailing through the countryside. Exploring hidden routes. Getting some much needed exercise…  It’s wonderful.  [...]

20
Jun
Speaking at Lyme Regis fossil festival (May19)

I had to walk right round the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis before finding the[...]

13
May
I’m feeding my dog insects! (Apr19)

The brilliant thing about this is that it’s better for the planet – and apparently[...]

06
Apr
Let’s hope Catholic bishops become extinct in Kenya (Feb19)

I can’t believe the latest nonsense from the Catholic Church in Kenya.  Bishop Kariuki is asking Christians[...]

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Feb