It's starting....!

A bit of Vicks vapour rub on your buff /snood at the end of a cold 👌

Some good news: After Nepal relinquished control of forests to the villages that depend on them, forest cover nearly doubled. earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150937/…

I'm a few hundred miles south but tonight was the first after work in the light run of the year. And what a stunning sunset to light it! 🤩 (Standardly poor sunset photos)

Ft. pigs too! 🐖

My previous job is now being advertised and would suit anyone interested in academic pursuit of the socioeconomic processes, and sustainable development, of the Highlands and Islands. The listed projects, student cohort, and team are excellent. eri.ac.uk/we-are-recruit…

Good morning

Happy Burns Night!

Today the land worked by Burns - and where he wrote that 'Man's dominion has broken Nature's social union' - is farmed organically.

👇Read Bryce's inspiring story about how nature-friendly farming transformed a struggling business.

dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

Friday Fun - in honour of Herman Daly, founding father of #ecologicaleconomics . I say 'fun', but really it's extraordinary and outrageous that in the 2020s mainstream economics education still does not engage with the 2nd law of thermodynamics.

#FakeHistory

Doughnut economics enters the mainstream (2023, colourised)

Great to see Warriston Cemetery on Winterwatch last night. Such hidden ecological gems in the middle of our cities!
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

NEW, on low-traffic neighbourhoods: biggest-yet UK study (of 46 London LTNs) indicates they notably reduce motor vehicles within the zone without seemingly increasingly traffic on boundary roads. The latter has been a major objection by LTN critics.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…

Integrating capitals - the next, crucially important step in understanding the value created by businesses by and for nature and people. Find out more about it here:

I've really been enjoying the beaver success stories over the last week or so. I never realised how much I love them!

This has cheered my Sunday up exponentially