Joe St Clair-Ford

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Ex cocktail person now restoring a farm in Catalunya. Unhealthy interest in politics, classic liberal.
The transparent and desperate, frequent attempts to get me to open Twitter are really helping me stay away.
Gaia Vince on how climate change will shape where people live on ⁦@Nature⁩ podcast https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04132-2
Gaia Vince on how climate change will shape where people live

The award-winning science writer joins us to discuss her book Nomad Century.

My (newish to me) old truck doesn't have traction control and driving some icy bendy mountain roads this morning made me realise how much one relies on it without thinking about it. Luckily I had a misspent youth sliding battered old hatchbacks around so I kept on the road.

#driving #icy #mountainlife

Today’s poem is called ‘Reach Out to Me’.

WARNING: contains sexy business speak.

I was just going to make beer but this sounds interesting.
#climatecrisis #food

Fermenting a revolution – George Monbiot https://www.monbiot.com/2022/11/26/fermenting-a-revolution/

Fermenting a revolution

I believe this is the most important environmental technology ever developed. It might be all that now stands between us and Earth systems collapse. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th November 2022 So what do we do now? After 27 summits and no effective action, it seems that the real purpose was to…

George Monbiot
From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction?

Fossil fuels, fisheries and farming: the world’s most destructive industries are fiercely protected by governments, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
Beautiful #autumn colours providing the background for some ancient stone work today.
Sunrise on the dog walk. Good morning!

Happy Monday everyone, just trying to get myself motivated to go out in the cold and mark up the barn so I can start dismantling and reinforcing the tops of the 700 year old stone walls. Wish me luck!

#offgridbuilding #restoration #offgrid

Not so much raining as in the clouds yesterday in La Garotxa. Not particularly conducive to getting much building done.
At least my Lazer level arrived so the kids could have a rave.