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The Road Not Taken
I ran across a music video on YouTube last night. It was produced in 1987 by an Australian band named Midnight Oil. The song (you may remember it) is “Beds Are Burning”. It resonated with me because of the recent fires in Australia. It seems eerily prescient now. “How do we sleep while our […]
UNESCO Designates 11 New Biosphere Reserves
Earlier this month, UNESCO added 11 new biosphere reserves to the 737 already existing reserves. Here are the new 11. This is a wonderful action taken. As the human population exploded beyond 8 billion in the last few years, our species risks overwhelming sensitive biosphere habitats. As a species, we are unique in our […]
Rewilding the UK
by Neil Kitching I am donating one third of the profits from my book “Carbon Choices” to rewilding projects. In this blog I explain why I support rewilding. Humans have devastated nature – on land, in the sea, in the soil, in the air. We have converted land to grow crops, introduced vast […]
