Building the dream — mostly in yellow!
Our long‐term tenant and the former owner of the farm, Steve, has finally left for a new life as a...
Learning, working and having fun: weekend courses at The Big Raise
We offer two types of weekend: permaculture and meditation or permaculture and vegan cooking. Our...
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...
Dramatic photo shows extent of sea ice melt in Greenland
Rapidly melting sea ice in Greenland has presented an unusual hazard for research teams retrieving...
Stop obsessing over your environmental “sins” and fight the oil and gas industry instead
I’m at my friend’s birthday dinner when an all‐too‐familiar conversation unfolds. I introduce...
Unexpected surge in global methane levels
Last year global methane reached a new historic high, marking the second highest year‐over‐year...
S is for Schools Strike (for the climate)
When she realised that her generation wouldn’t have a future unless the world’s politicians acted...
M is for Milk
You want milk for your breakfast, but you’re starting to think that cow’s milk, which is mostly...
W is for What if?
What if, at the start of the 21st century, we had taken climate change seriously? What if we had...