Yippee! Our forests are safe, for now

February 19, 2011 Good causes britain, consultation, forestry commission, forests, jonathon porritt, national trust, NGOs, old post, petitions, politics, public access, right to roam, rspb, save our forests, wildlife, woodland, woodland trust, wwf 0 Comment

Yippee! Our forests are safe, for now

Looking back at the Save Our Forests campaign Across the Middle East grassroots movements are toppling governments one after another like dominoes. Tunisia and Egypt are already down, and Libya and Yemen are next in line. Somewhat less momentously, but

How the sale of England’s forests drove me back into politics

January 29, 2011 Good causes britain, charities, consultation, countryside, digi comms, forestry commission, forests, national parks, national trust, old post, petitions, politics, public access, public footpaths, right to roam, save our forests, wildlife, woodland, woodland trust 0 Comment

How the sale of England’s forests drove me back into politics

As a digital communications professional who has worked in central government for much of the last three years, I’ve managed to remain deliciously apathetic to the world of politics. This may seem strange, for you would think a person whose