What will your choice be?

The Earth’s vital signs are weakening with most aspects of the natural environment in serious decline and the cause of that decline, we humans, are about to suffer a wide and accelerating range of ill-effects from the severe to the catastrophic.

This is not my opinion. Nor is it the opinion of environmental lobbyists. Nor the opinion of green politicians.

This is the conclusion of the UN’s Geo-4 report, a vast assessment of the state of the planet and how it has changed since 1987 when the World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission) produced its report, Our Common Future.

Oo-er missus, must have been a cold day…

A friend emailed me this photo and as a few boys (and possibly girls) in blue read the blog, I thought they might appreciate it as much as I do. To see just what the problem is, click through for the bigger picture, someone had a lot of fun putting that image in exactly that spot on the back of a bus…