This blog is an attempt to respond to and consider some of the issues raised in a blog by my friend Lucy McRobert.

In her blog, Lucy describes the emergence of conservation, ecological science and then of the modern environmental movement. She is also right to point out that our concern for the environment has been undermined by mass consumerism that has overtaken contemporary values systems in the past few decades.

Interestingly, Lucy also strongly critiques a woman who feels that sustainable labelling schemes are inherently self-contradicting and indeed hypocritical, although the woman in question put it in much stronger terms than this.

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It seems to me on my morning scan of Facebook and Twitter, that once again I have been bombarded by a host of petitions, causes and campaigns all clamouring for my support. My conscience is assaulted by the plight of the honey bee, the nightingale, seabirds, tigers, pangolins, fish, and goodness knows what else. What’s worse is that they all make a bloody good point and as a naturalist I care about every single one of these species…

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I’ve never really used my blog to rant. I try and stay within the realms of intellectual, thoughtful, or at least pointlessly inane, but I fear today that this just won’t do, so I shall apologise now if by the end I have descended into a long string of foul and abusive language, coupled with petty name calling and threats of violence.

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Snowy Lanes near Far Coton

Look outside at your garden. Do you have coniferous hedges, fences, bushes, fading lawns, dreary flowerbeds, trees, patio?

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