Planting our first fruit trees and becoming parents to two kittens
We were lucky enough to inherit 40 hazelnut trees, 30 sweet chestnuts, 15 peaches, four pawpaw...
More mistakes to savour – our changing relationship with animals – no rain but a bumper harvest
More mistakes to savour We’ve spent a lot of time this summer trying to correct a big mistake from...
Two steps forward, one step back
So far we’ve mostly talked about steps forward, but we think it’s also important to record the...
A perfect storm of environmental and social problems could cause global breakdown
The gathering storm of human‐caused threats to climate, nature and economy pose a danger of...
New temperature records set around the world in 2018
In 2018, a remarkable 29 countries plus Antarctica set individual records for the hottest year...
Diminishing returns in complex societies: why civilisations collapse
Why do civilizations collapse? It is a question that has been haunting the nebulous entity we call...
E is for Electricity
Switch your electricity supply to a renewable energy provider like Ecotricity in the UK or...
B is for Bees
More than 50% of the bees in the world have disappeared in the last fifteen years. This epidemic,...
M is for Mooncup
After a slow start, Blanche has become a big fan of her Mooncup. For those who don’t know, the...