June 9, 2023
Caroline Lucas – A Personal Tribute
Caroline Lucas’s decision yesterday to step down at the next election came as a bit of a shock for the Green Party. After 13 years as an MP, 15 years as an MEP, 4 years as a…
May 2, 2019
A Great Big Shout-Out to Extinction Rebellion!
What a fortnight! To have the utterly remarkable Greta Thunberg here in the UK for a couple of days was so inspiring. Her ‘truth to power’ take-down of UK parliamentarians,…
April 26, 2017
Take Courage! – O Ye of Little Faith! – from Earth Day
I can’t say I’ve been the biggest supporter of Earth Day over the years. Not really into formulaic anniversaries, especially when every day should be a bloody Earth Day as far as…
September 8, 2014
Fork in the road? (response to Tony Juniper’s article on Zero Deforestation)
Thanks to Tony Juniper for a great article that rightly raises (again!) the question of what ‘zero’ means when people talk about deforestation. I agree with every one of Tony’s…
September 4, 2014
What does ‘Zero Deforestation’ mean to you?
This is not a trick question. But it sure as hell is a tricky question! As evidenced by a very mischievous article by Ben Webster in The Times today making out that I had just…
July 7, 2014
Telling Cameron: Get Behind Solar!
This is my last word on solar issues – for a bit! One hundred and fifty businesses have joined forces to deliver a letter to David Cameron today – simply to urge him to support…