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This report communicates the importance of a healthier plant-rich diet with less meat, which will provide many benefits to us and the planet.

Jonathon Porritt enlightens readers and promotes a great book, ‘Here Comes The Sun’, by Bill McKibben, published by W.W.Norton.

"While every other energy technology warrants huge amounts of attention and coverage (and even controversy), the massive potential for tidal energy here in the UK (particularly on the Severn Estuary) goes entirely unremarked, month in, month out. DESNZ ignores it; environmental NGOs won’t touch it with a barge pole; journalists remain indifferent, and there are only a handful of academics who keep raising the flag for it." Jonathon Porritt

That is how experts are describing the findings of a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report that says that global temperatures are on track to exceed the most ambitious end of the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.  To end the climate crisis, we now need the will of all the world's governments.

Fourteen eco-activists have written sections of “Small World Big Ideas. They all seek change in our ways of living. It is a book well worth reading. It is edited by Satish Kumar, who is also the Editor Emeritus of Resurgence and Ecologist, as well as being a peace activist and ecologist. He has written both…

At first glance, this would seem to be a rather unusual statement. Not too long ago, I would have thought the same. However, a recent Radio4 programme opened my eyes as to why there is a lot of possible truth in this statement. At the moment, there are some quite unstable leaders on the world…

What about nature's environmental gifts here at home? Please read Jonathon Porritt's article about the UK's potential for Tidal Power, the majority of which has been included here.

A short, personal summary by Jeff White, regarding the COP 29 Conference, the G7 Summit and the Plastics Conference, which many people - including Jeff - believed were rather dismal.

What is the extension to the ‘Quiet Revolution’? It is to Communicate with people, as Jeff has learned driving night buses in London. To make a connection with many of the people he meets, even with strangers, has gladdened his heart. In our everyday lives, we need to connect with people we come into contact with. This will often yield surprising positive results.