Conservation And Conservatism
August 25, 2019
There was an article in the Sunday Times this morning by Eric Kaufmann which partly articulated something which has been troubling me for a while....
The Green Blob Fights Back
February 9, 2019
I have avoided politics in my blog as much as I can over the last 10 years. So you can tell I'm pretty upset to break this cardinal rule. For the ...
We Are 10!
October 6, 2018
Amazingly, Habitat Aid is 10 years old. It started off as what now looks like a lunatic plunge into the unknown. I'd had 30+years in the City and n...
Things Fall Apart
July 16, 2018
From time to time I used to suffer from what doctors call "anxiety" - I guess a form of mild depression, which I've learnt how to manage over the y...
Green Brexit Greenwash - and Some More Cheerful News
May 14, 2018
I have read a great deal about the government's plans for the environment - a Green Brexit. I have heard Michael Gove speak about it, earlier this ...
Blacksmithing
February 28, 2018
I like a bit of craft. I've been on dry stone walling and hedge laying courses, and afterwards really enjoyed trying to impersonate someone who kne...
Common Ground
February 16, 2018
Common Ground is a wonderfully slippery fish. It's a charity founded by Sue Clifford and Angela King, which according to its unique website "seek(s...
The Tragedy of the Commons
January 25, 2018
To get a break from Donald Trump at Davos I've been learning about the "tragedy of the commons". It's an idea coined in the 19th century and revive...
Green Crap Redux
January 11, 2018
David Cameron's "green crap" moment was deeply depressing. Not just because of the policy change it indicated, but because it suggested the elector...
Jeremy Clarkson
November 26, 2017
Jeremy Clarkson was the jokey boy at school. He kept you amused by taking the piss out of teachers and less popular kids. He wasn't the sort of blo...
Green Thursday Good, Black Friday Bad
November 24, 2017
A very jolly green outing yesterday threw today - Black Friday - into even sharper perspective. Habitat Aid made it into the top 50 green businesse...
Peaky Blinders
November 21, 2017
I've just watched the first in the new series of the brilliant Peaky Blinders. If you're not a fan, it's a sort of historical drama set in the Blac...
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