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Stuart's books
I recommend anyone who wants to stand for public office to read this book. I recognise a lot of what the first half of this book talks about either through my own personal experience of being a Council candidate or helping to campaign f...
From the opening this story grabs and hauls you off into the wonders of a darkly wooded world. There’s no learning curve, as it starts small and simple. You are then introduced to a pleasant and likable young woman, whose life is drastic...
The reader is reunited with Bennie, Judy and Mary, and a few other new characters (Lou!) join in on the fun. Like her other books, there are lots of twists and turns, including possible twins, police corruption, newly discovered fathers,...
Category Archives: environment
‘Normal’ has failed vulnerable people
For the world’s most vulnerable people the last thing they need is to get back to normal. The current pandemic has exposed the fragility of farming and food systems around the world. Farming wasn’t working before now, millions of smallholder … Continue reading
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Tagged farming, food systems, poverty
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Build, Build Build but, more houses?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s current mantra is to “build, build build and is attacking the planning laws in England for holding up more house building. His manifesto promised 300,000 in England but latest comments suggest only 180,000. It ignores the … Continue reading
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Tagged housing, planning, social justice
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Children asking parents a question on climate change
An interesting article on The Conversation web-site and I thought I would highlight just one bit of it. First the children should work out what the parents CO2 emissions were last year, yes they’ll have to ask their parents lots … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, environment
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Workplace Parking Levy
This is a proposal from the Scottish Green Party that was put forward as part of the Scottish Parliament’s Budget process in February 2019. To make it into law, it requires the current Transport Bill before Parliament to be amended … Continue reading
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Global Warming May Have Started Sooner Than You Thought
The following is based on my reading of a specific section of a book that made me think again about global warming. I have paraphrased sections and excluded the bit about GM crops, if you want to know more, read … Continue reading
Posted in environment, political
Tagged agriculture, farming, forest, global warming
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