Festive times and blockchains

Cork Oak, Santarem, Portugal

Busy, busy, busy as always, but amplified somewhat in the run up to Christmas. I’ve been interviewed for the Association of Sustainability Practitioners, by the lovely Lourdes Gant. Guided the national launch for the National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces, new report Better Friends, which details the vibrant and committed Friends group movement in the UK. Kept up with other voluntary commitments, launched…

Covid-19 – our response

Deforestration in Borneo

These times are strange but not unprecedented. Scientists have long warned about the possibility of a severe pandemic. We have already seen multiple outbreaks of similar viral contagions, those which have jumped from animals to humans – SARS, Ebola, MERS. Many researchers have been watching and waiting, as the destruction of the natural world wipes out the natural viral hosts. The virus in turn,…