In conversation with Isabella Tree (Nov23)!!

The Electric Palace in Bridport was packed. The Bridport Literary Festival or Bridlit had managed to [...]

We’re going to the Big One – Friday 21st April 2023

The invitation is for everybody to Unite to Survive at ‘The Big One’ – a four-day [...]

Sheep are like locusts (Apr23)

A flock of sheep will eat pretty well everything in their path – wildflowers, [...]

Our new Environment Minister is a disaster (Nov22)

I couldn’t believe it when I saw this video of Thérèse Coffey, the new [...]

Venice is sinking (Mar16)

It felt apocalyptic.  Exceptional flood levels. Sandbags.  Elevated planks to walk along. St Mark’s [...]

EU WEEE Regulation is Bonkers (Jan12)

For anyone that doesn’t know, ‘WEEE’ stands for ‘Waste  Electrical & Electronic Equipment’ – [...]

My goldfish died along with Labour – Here’s my coalition manifesto (May10)

  Zac Goldsmith, formerly editor of the Ecologist, gets elected in Richmond   Chris [...]

Yarlington Housing (Mar10)

I was the key note speaker at the Yarlington Housing Annual meeting, held in [...]

House of Commons Generation Green Manifesto (Feb10)

Greg Barker, Shadow Minister for Climate hosted the reception at the House of Commons.  [...]

Amsterdam declaration – Club of Rome conference (Nov09)

Club of Rome conference delegates   Gorbachev looking a bit grim, arriving at Club [...]

Pig heaven (Jun09)

A friend of mine called Sarah has bought three not so little piglets. They’re [...]

A Trip to Waste Tip (Jun08)

Dimmer landfill site near Castle Cary in Somerset is unusual.  It has a rather [...]

Street light rant (Feb08)

There’s been some discussion recently about councils turning off lights between midnight and dawn. [...]

EU Bureacratic nightmare… (May07)

It’s been a long time since I’ve done any work for the EU. I [...]