Monetised Fear: Canned ‘Clean’ Air
Mainstream media often miss the point when it comes to sustainability. Canned air from mountain locations has wider implications than being a fad for the easily conned rich.
‘Toxic’ Places
Following on from writing about mining waste as a challenging habitat for plants (see ‘First Arrivals‘), I want to provide...
First Arrivals
If epiphytes were people, we would call them clever strategists. I guess this holds true for any organism that manages...
Challenging Soils
What makes plants thrive? The obvious answer is light, water and ‘good soil’. Light is not likely to be a...
Is the ban of waste imports by China going to be a wake-up call?
From today, 1 January 2018, China will stop to import and recycle 24 categories of our waste, in a move to improve environmental conditions, the health of the population and quality control of products. The […]
To the River
In 2008, the Environment Agency wrote “Abandoned mines are one of the most significant pollution threats in Britain” (EA, 2008). This pollution threat to fresh, ground and coastal waters arises from thousands of discharges of mine waters […]
Mining and People
‘Poldark‘, the popular BBC series uses the Cornish mining legacy as a backdrop and you might have come across its relics on a coastal walk or moorland walk. Neither the picturesque views of landscape and sea, […]
Permanent Residence
Thank you, Home Office! My application was successful and I have Permanent Residence status. For now. Of course, I have this right while the UK is member of the EU. Therefore, the Home Office news […]
my BREXIT uncertainty
I arrived in the UK in 1993 from continental Europe. I have learned here and invested a lot of my life in this country. I love living here, especially because I thought to be among […]
Learning and tests
I’ve been learning all my life (sounds obvious) and teaching for much of my professional life and I am increasingly frustrated with education institution’s obsession with assessments. In most countries, the obligation to spend a […]
Achilles – take 5
Boat design is brilliant. I’m not talking about beautiful, sleek and fast hulls, efficient rigging, righting properties…as great as this might be when you’re up for a sail. I’m thinking about the interior. Galley, heads, […]
Achilles – take 4
A well known restaurant in Plymouth’s Barbican housed in a building associated with an even better known alcoholic drink that bears the city’s name and goes well with tonic water and lime offers disabled patrons […]
23 June 2016: A profoundly disturbing day
I am European and in the UK.
