Ecosystem Restoration

Like many torn between what love to do and what maybe need to do. Please follow link to ‘Ecosystem Restoration Playbook produced by the UN for World Environment Day. Maybe your family can find something in this, you would like to do,. Its No Mow May to encourage wildlife, many we are losing rapidly – […]

Bears mostly in Alaska by river

Takes a while to load but so impressive -bear cubs and moose in the river

Ramon’s Dad – Cloud Forests of Ecuador

Ramón’s father, who was defending his family’s land in Colombia’s rainforest from powerful palm oil companies, was murdered in broad daylight. Now Ramón’s mum worries for her son’s life.. Ministry of Environment, Quito, Ecuador: Please – Stop Selling Last of the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest to Oil Companies You can make soap from Lanolin in sheeps […]

Cyclamens

The End of Farming

“For decades, the way we farm has been degrading land and destroying wildlife. Now there’s a revolution coming – but is it going to create more problems than it solves?” – Christopher de Bellaigue more A feisty article worth reading – especially with conditions for farm workers in the UK under the spotlight because of […]

More people are cycling – we need cycle lanes

Cycling is good for you and environmental – but its scary driving a car when cyclists ride 2 abreast on narrow country roads, do sudden breaks and turn across the road without indicating. We need to prioritise building cycle lanes like Holland and other European countries and some cyclists need to look at the highway […]

Windscale

To find alternatives for Energy in this warming World and considering what is happening in Ukraine – why would anyone build – more – Nuclear Power Plants (in UK) ? We have Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Hydro-Power, Biomass and Tidal – as viable Renewable Energy alternatives. We also need to think much more about Insulation so […]

Farmer ploughs huge anti-Brexit message in field

Lots of reasons farmers are worried if Brexit goes ahead. If the UK isolates itself from the European Market – the farmers voice – is one that must be heard. Farmer David Lewis of Manor Farm, Water Eaton, Swindon, who ploughed the message into his field, said: “Brexit would be just awful for farming. “So […]

Winter – Black Forest National Park

Sunseed Desert Technology

Because background is in Horticulture and Environment became involved with Sunseed Desert Technology. My intention to go to Morocco to help Berber community especially ladies have own income and to give them independence by developing the potential for Argan seedlings by reconstructing a greenhouse to grow them inside. Talked to lots of people and advice […]

Plastics Can Be Broken Down into Fuel

Considering ” the plastic recycling industry is severely under-performing. Only 9 percent of plastic waste ever produced has been recycled. Around 12 percent has been burnt, leaving 79 percent of all plastic ever produced still out there in the world.” Jacinta Bowles – could this headline be true “Plastics Can Be Broken Down Into Fuel” Please read […]

Tale of benjamin bunny and a vagabond cat

Looking to top of our garden in the evening, could see two, three rabbits almost doing leap frog, running and almost playing tag among the apple trees. Looking closer noticed an enormous rabbit hole had appeared near the hedge by the road. almost expected to see a row of washing and a white picket fence […]

Sheep playing Possum

Early morning on the South Downs, not really sure what the two sheep in the middle are up to

Blue Downs

Humphrey Woollen Whale

All money from the Sale of our ‘Humph’ will be donated to ‘World Cetacean Alliance’ (WCA) who would like to raise awareness of the impacts of Ghost Netting in the Seas.

Humphrey – Humpback/Baleen Whale

In the middle of making a small sculpture – 60cms high by 40cms long of a Whale made from Shetland and Finnish wool – greyish Have read Humpbacks are the noisiest and most imaginative Whales – creating long complex, eerie and beautiful songs.

Thirsty Concrete, Surface water and Spray

Wondering as struggling along the M25 in heavy rain what could be done to cut down the spray from surface water. Approaching lorries, so much spray, they become almost invisible. Maybe we need more runoff ditches besides roads or control of speed and volume of the traffic in heavy rain. Even wondered if lorrys/vans/cars could […]

Five minutes to midnight

(Photograph John Mcconnico/The Guardian) “UK Met Office estimates 2016 will be at least as hot as 2015, which would mean the three hottest years ever had occurred in a row” more Increasing possibilities for Fracking in UK and cutting subsidies for Solar and other Renewable Energies – it doesnt make sense to me. Remember reading […]

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