Autumn in the Wider World
Putting all the unpleasant nonsense of Brexit, Johnson and Trump to one side we have seen Greta Thunberg inspire over 20 million...
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Will Sutherland
Oct 6, 20191 min read
Composting and the National Trust - Update
My thanks to those subscribers who have responded to my request of last month. It would be good if we could get together much more...
Will Sutherland
Sep 3, 20196 min read
Facebook launches “Libra”!
So why are we talking about this in August 2019? After all the runner beans are now climbing and flowering in all their glory, the apple...
Will Sutherland
Sep 3, 20192 min read
Composting and the National Trust – Join my campaign!
The more one thinks about it, the entire future of the planet depends on effective composting. For millions of years plant nutrients have...
Will Sutherland
May 9, 201910 min read
Climate Change! Yes - it's in the news!
We all need to talk about this! Greta Thunberg, David Attenborough and finally XR – blistering headlines, punchy interviews and major...
Will Sutherland
Mar 4, 20195 min read
SANO PARTY – MANIFESTO draft of 14 January 2019
THE RIGHT TO SAY 'NO' The SANO party exists for two reasons: 1. to remedy the “democratic deficit” by giving voters an opportunity to say...
Will Sutherland
Mar 4, 20193 min read
SIX THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE THE EARTH!
Everybody knows that we humans are making a mess of our Earth. Our economic system gives the wrong signals. Our Nation States...
Will Sutherland
Mar 4, 201920 min read
How the Rio Alternative Treaties were written in 1992
By a strange set of happenings and circumstance during June 1992 I found myself editing, co-ordinating and finally publishing the...
wllmsutherland
Jan 27, 20198 min read
Just Say "NO"
DEMOCRACY – HOW CAN WE FIX IT? HANDMAIDEN OF THE RICH, CATALYST FOR CONSUMERISM AND CAMOUFLAGE FOR CORPORATE POWER... THE ANSWER JUST SAY...
wllmsutherland
Jan 10, 20193 min read
Learn about Extinction Rebellion
The “Overton” window! This Christmas I learned something new! Thanks to a new pressure group –Extinction Rebellion or XR I learned about...
wllmsutherland
Dec 10, 20186 min read
Cosmic Magic is Good News
There's no doubt that the long winter nights before Christmas (the winter solstice) are a time for hot crumpets and deep reflection. As...
wllmsutherland
Oct 19, 20181 min read
A Big Pinch of Salt!
“Sustainable” sure is a mightly long word Politicians just love it – or that's what I've heard It's an easy quick way to seem quite...
wllmsutherland
Oct 5, 20186 min read
Darwin's Dangerous Idea! A Gardener's Hopeful Idea!
As I look out of my breakfast window at the dolphins playing in the north sea off Craster my mind is boiling with frustration. Last night...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20185 min read
The John Seymour School of Self-Sufficiency goes on
I first met John Seymour back in 1991 at a dinner party in London held by a mutual friend John Papworth. I was very much looking forward...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20183 min read
The Soil
Soil - source of virtually all life and much more important than fossil fuel If I've said it once, I've said it twice Soil and shit are...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20186 min read
Choosing your smallholding
The first challenge for those searchiing after the "good life" is to decide just exactly what you want to do. Do you like animals and...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 201823 min read
CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS
Some of my earliest memories are of fascination about how the world works. More than 60 years ago (!) I lay in my bed and looked at...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 201816 min read
CHANGES FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE! The Need for effective Cultural Engineering
Sustainability and the consumer culture are in direct conflict. We are now locked into a set of behaviours based on fossil fuel and...
Will Sutherland
Aug 1, 201811 min read
Metanoia - the Wisdom beyond Wildness
The War Against Greed 1. Finding the new roots of "Progress" It is time to leave the dark satanic mills behind us. It is time to say...
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