20 years ago, a bunch of wildlife conservation organisations published a report on the state of wildlife in the UK and what should be done to protect it. That report was Biodiversity Challenge and it made quite an impact – at least for a while. Back in 1993 the UK government (and this was before…
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Give as You Live
I have been using Give as You Live for over a year. After the usual amount of clicking and filling in fields you can open an account which allows you automatically to donate some of what you spend to a charity of your choice – and there is a big choice! Now I know that…
20:20 on science and policy
Recently a paper was published, by scientists, about the 20 things that politicians should understand about science. It’s a bit of an irritating list and I was just about to sit down and write about the 20 things that scientists should know about politics and policy-making when, partly to my relief and partly to my…
Scotland’s environment
We’re all told that Scotland is different but it appears that its politicians aren’t that different really. The Environment, Rural Scotland, Energy and Resources chapter of Scotland’s Future forgets to leave a place for nature. It’s all about energy, energy prices, Scottish fishermen and Scottish farmers but very little about the Scottish landscape or wildlife…
Buy your badger Christmas cards here!
It’s December tomorrow so you should be posting your Christmas cards soon. About a dozen people have ordered sets of these cards so far and have told me that they will send them to Defra, Natural England, the NFU and David Cameron as a protest against the badger cull. If you’d like to purchase a…
What was that list?
I posted this list of birds yesterday and asked you what you thought it signified. Mute Swan Greylag Goose Canada Goose Wigeon Teal Mallard Tufted Duck Pheasant Cormorant Grey Heron Great Crested Grebe Little Grebe Buzzard Kestrel Coot Oystercatcher Lapwing Black-headed Gull Common Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Stock dove Woodpigeon Collared Dove Green…
What is this list?
Just for fun. Here is a list of birds that I have seen – where and how? Answer 1800 tomorrow. Mute Swan Greylag Goose Canada Goose Wigeon Teal Mallard Tufted Duck Pheasant Cormorant Grey Heron Great Crested Grebe Little Grebe Buzzard Kestrel Coot Oystercatcher Lapwing Black-headed Gull Common Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Stock…
Not such a bad idea…
50 years
I spend a lot of my time these days trying to persuade those who love nature to become more politically active. I’m often told that all politicians are the same: they are not. They never were, and they never will be. …
Adverts
Have a look at these two advertisements – they are very different in what they say about nature. Toys ‘R’ Us advertisment. Chipotle advert. Which did you like best? You may have noticed that adverts have appeared in the right hand sidebar of this webpage. I’ve not been terribly keen on the idea of having…