I felt I’d been lax

To cut a long story short I’ve just joined the League Against Cruel Sports as a member.  This is largely because they have supported Hen Harrier Day and our e-petition so helpfully. But there are some other reasons, too. First, I have got such a lot of abuse from people on Twitter over this e-petition…

Vote for Policies

Vote for Policies is a website that allows you to compare the policies of political parties on areas that interest you (eg the environment) without being told which party’s they are, and then lets you see which political party is closest to your own view of the world. I used it in the 2010 general…

We knew that – but it bears repetition

If we  ate more of what we grow we could feed another 4 billion people – which would go a long way, in the short term to deal with global food poverty.  Many of these gains would be achieved in a few countries. The major gains would be from eating less meat (and more plant…

This blog – 2 landmarks (of a sort)

The first post on this blog was on 21 April 2011, a few days before I left the RSPB. Today saw the 1500th blog post here, and, by chance, the 20,000th comment on that blog too. Early on, I told you what this blog would do, and I’m glad to see that I have held…