Thanks Rachel. I would certainly appreciate a continuation of Zoom meetings perhaps once a month. I would be happy for these to include occasional talks or question and answer sessions by remote speakers we would otherwise not get a chance to hear from. I would support these meetings in some way given that they would be less frequent that they currently are. I am delighted by the potential of my friends getting to meet and laugh together again in person, thanks to scientific ingenuity and dedicated healthcare workers. Excited for a new phase of community engagement.

We hope you got something out of the Greenpeace Advocacy Training session with Laura Burley. I know I did. Please try to put what you learned into practice, and find time to contact your MP, this March.

I found some more accessible material on this subject. A fellow member of Ignite Hubs, which teaches children computer programming and other skills, has a webpage and blog dedicated to this topic. Her name is Vanessa Cheung, and here is her website. https://littlesustainableinvestor.com/

@richardgthomas01 Hi Richard, is it easy to find the location of EV sites in Dorset online? Planet Shaftesbury can add them to google maps if they are not on there already, and we can leave reviews if they vary in standard. Google maps only gives me this one. Coppice St, Shaftesbury SP7 8PD

I am relatively new to the area, so it has taken me a while to catch up on this story, but when I saw at Dinah's Hollow in real life I can see why it is absolutely worth saving. It is clear that the concrete and nails proposed will not stand up to the elements as effectively as the natural solution we have now, and will cost an exorbitant amount to produce one of the ugliest sights in a county that has it's eye on becoming an eco-tourism destination. That might need a rethink. To quote one of the ten science-based rules in this recent BBC piece, "Protect existing forests first". #Scientists #SaveTrees

A good question Lady Ellah. Is the extra activity distracting intelligent folks? I have worked in academia for several years at some of the worlds top Universities, and I can tell you that the Climate Emergency is a significant distraction to my intelligent colleagues. It can feel like there is not much point in curing a disease or designing a faster computer when we are facing extinction as a species. Most don't sleep well. The idea that working harder to solve the problem is making the problem worse is a scary one, but that is not the feedback or 'vicious cycle' that is most worrying. It is more terrifying that as average temperatures increase, forests become drier, resulting is larger and more dangerous fires in the summer, leaving less forest to retain moisture and raising the average temperature. Similarly, a hotter planet means melting icecaps, smaller icecaps reflect less of the sun's energy, leading to a hotter planet. These are the kinds of downward spirals that are cause for alarm. All activity requires energy from somewhere, so you are correct. Thinking about saving the planet does come at a price. But the price tag on business-as-usual and limitless expansion is all of our lives, while the price tag on designing laws, financial tools and renewable energy solutions is just giving up the career you may otherwise have had in mind (which would also have used fuel).