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With half a million Americans dead, and nearly 100,000 UK dead, in both cases more than all in WW2. Inauguration 2021Michael, Bobji Kali myself and a cup of lapsange tea, that became champagne, on a sofa in Magnolia House, Halesworth, on a dull day, watched the US inauguration of Joseph Biden, ordinary Jo from Delaware,… Continue reading Belly of the beast to building bridges

I am re-reading this log (as it was called then) 18 January 2021, after I heard from Ira, that Zhenya - Evgeny - had just died from COVID in a St Petersburg hospital. The snow came unexpectedly, I'd found a fur hat to wear, and Irena called me as I was walking the dogs. Zhenya… Continue reading 1994 Volga with Bob and Greenpeace

I am back in Russia today. The snow came unexpectedly, I found a fur hat to wear, and Irena called me as I was walking the dogs: Eugenia (Zhenya Usov) has died of COVID, she said. I am back in Russia, in 1994, all day. Moscow St Petersburg, and a long drive to a lake… Continue reading Zhenya Usov, Russia 1994

Sold. To Zoe and Lee, who will love it, transform it and use it. Unloved from the start, for it was purchased as I rose to a gauntlet of Barry's (you never decide immediately), regretted since, and a determination to stick with my gut. But who could not enjoy such a smooth ride and trouble… Continue reading End of the unloved camper

How to manage infinite growth on a finite planet. One of the greatest challenges facing humanity today is to maintain the healthy growth necessary to lift the world’s one billion people out of absolute poverty and manage the natural resources required for the well-being of nine billion people by 2050 – all while keeping environmental… Continue reading Doing more with less

mRNA vaccinations Usually vaccines come from a made safe virus, or surface protein piece of it. The mRNA makes a code for a piece of that spike of protein, injected into the human, code into the cells, which is a blue print to make these spike proteins, provokes the normal immune response. Antibodies, small protein… Continue reading Vaccinations

Transition to a green economy. / To a low carbon to a net zero world / From brown to green. Growth is determined by what we value. Re Thinking Wealth https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000qwrz A desire for a fairer world Re thinking wealth - Material (Money) Moral (happiness/love/wellbeing). Todays emphasis on Material. Do we have a moral imperative… Continue reading Ideas from Reith and Radio

Mark from Brooklands Members TV, put together this interview with Jack, Vic and myself. We were put on the spot - had no idea it was a live interview, thought it was just a zoom meeting. When asked to give a history lesson on Heligoland, I had to do some swift mouse actions and find… Continue reading Loch Ness Wellington 2020 Brooklands