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I wrote my first blog in 2006 about twinning the town of Glastonbury with Timbuktu. When I pressed the button to post it online, I thought no-one would see it – it felt quite anonymous. Imagine my surprise when a few seconds later, I received a complaint and subsequently had to change it! That has made me more careful about what I say. But I still write in an informal style from a personal point of view. For a couple of years, my blogs were published by Telegraph online, but they wanted me to write more frequently, so I reverted to my personal blog page. And, in 2018, I’ve moved my Blog from Blogspot to my website, so am hoping that hasn’t caused any confusion.

I really like getting comments, so long as they’re not abusive or spam, so please do let me know your thoughts. Read on….

READY, STEADY, STOP AT BIG YELLOW (Jan21)

15th January 2021

I was excited to join the board of the Big Yellow in March 2020 to ‘provide oversight regarding their strategic environmental objectives, with deliverable targets’. Sadly, my approach does not chime with the executive board and I’ve decided to resign. Perhaps I was too ambitious in hoping to help Big[...]

Farmers Must STOP Killing Earth (Dec20)

Why are most rivers brown or red? A soupy earthy colour. It’s because they are[...]

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Dec

BEING FRIENDLY TO BARN OWLS (Dec20)

I’m learning about owls. My interest has been propelled by the regular nightly call of[...]

2 Comments

13
Dec

ECOPOD COFFINS ARE NOT QUITE DEAD (Dec20)

But pretty nearly. What a pity. These beautiful paper mâché, seed-shaped coffins are gorgeous. They’re[...]

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02
Dec

TV Clips of Julia Hailes – Green Consumer Compilation from 1988/1989/1990 (posted Nov20)

Many people will be surprised to know how much interest there was about green consumerism[...]

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Nov

Scorched earth in Sicily (Oct20)

What a beautiful time of year to come to this island perched on Italy’s toe. [...]

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29
Oct

Wilding week 2 (Jul20)

The diggers are in their element The water meadow is now looking pretty earthy with[...]

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Jul

Wilding has started… (Jul20)

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

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Jul

ANIMALS TURN HUMAN…(May20)

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

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May

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
Apr

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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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[...]

29
Nov

Getting beds (Sep19)

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

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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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Sep

Going wild in Dorset (Sep19)

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

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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[...]