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Gardeners Question Time
A question most people involved with the environment dread being asked is how many ecosystem services there are.
The only possible answer is -apos-quite a lot-apos-.
I-apos-m not being flippant here because this matters. It matters a lot. Ecosystem services provide a great deal of what sustains us o...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 13 September 2019
This Land Is Our Land
The intense cyclonic systems which have passed over Great Britain this month did not even rate naming as storms, despite producing some memorable local flooding, intense winds and a layer of gloom among those who had chosen August staycations.
But ever more intense weather events are the new normal ...
Posted by Jon Reeds on 17 August 2019
England PLC And Linear Thinking
Imagine a company with perhaps thousands of employees, and offices and warehouses in several parts of the country. They manufacture widgets and wodgets and offer repairs & services for their products. They also have a consultancy division, which offers advice on the sector and how to make the most o...
Posted by Nigel Pearce on 08 August 2019
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Added on 03 October 2016
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Added on 26 September 2016
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Added on 23 September 2016
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Added on 20 September 2016
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Added on 17 September 2016
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Added on 17 September 2016
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Added on 14 September 2016
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Added on 12 September 2016