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    In Memoriam

    I interviewed him a few times for this parish - rather enjoyed it.
  2. Yes I was simplifying but you’re right hence the name of the era. apologies to those who i misled into thinking that oil did come from the bodies of dinosaurs, but my point was back then things (including dinosaurs) didn’t rot / bacteria and shrooms are too new - “But when those trees died, the bacteria, fungi, and other microbes that today would have chewed the dead wood into smaller and smaller bits were missing, or as Ward and Kirschvink put it, they “were not yet present.” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-fantastically-strange-origin-of-most-coal-on-earth
  3. can you imagine the mess of deadthings not breaking down? 'm not sure i could have coped with mounds of dead stuff - even if it wasn't rotting
  4. talking of fungal growth - did you know why fossil fuels from dinosaurs exist? Because back then when the animals died there wasn't the fungus or bacteria to break them down there is today - so they just became oil. It wouldn't happen now if we left dead things they would break down - bacteria and fungus have come along way since then.
  5. only Co2 however - it ignores all the pollutants released by burning stuff - and pollution is also a driver of climate breakdown not just levels of CO2 - which change heat/energy levels in the system causing change. Pollution tends to magnify the climatic conditions Of course pollution is mainly an ecological argument in terms of the twin issues we face it's more the biodiversity crisis side of things - living biodiversity tends not to do very well in polluted spaces - humans on the other hand seem to be able to thrive.
  6. I love the way they are saying they are helping people in a cost of living crisis - by keeping them chained to ever increasing fossil fuel prices 🤣
  7. I'm sorry but I think you are in for a shock over the next decade if you think Dorset is going to solve a sustainable transition with high tech, or if you think we will be living like we have since we relied on Empire. We are rapidly sliding back to being the 'sick man of Europe' - The current water companies are on the brink of totally messing up fresh water provision at scale, the government moving the goalposts to make water pollution an acceptable outcome is going to result in sizeable issues things will go down hill rapidly once that bites. Dorset currently has 5 days of light rain forecast in the next 50 days, even hosepipe bans are not going to cut it. Compost loos save tens of litres of water per person per event and give back to the environment in the way nature was designed. They're sustainable, sanitary, the antidote to sewage pollution and the need for fertilisers - why try to reinvent the wheel? As others have said provide more urinals, better lighting, and make sitting down mandatory, and the problem solves itself. Yes there needs be more cups, or I think hessian bags hung in each cubicle full of sawdust work better.
  8. that was a fantastic moment - the inhalation across the crowd was audible!
  9. is that because there was the 'other acmpervan field' as well I wonder?
  10. Any idea when these go on sale?
  11. agree - i do think they need some work in design - hooks are expected - perhaps lower front to ensure everyone sits down, the steps is a harder issue to solve with the need for the seat to be over the collectors. I'd add lighting in the roof is also something even permaculture events have.
  12. “The Committee on Climate Change estimates that around two-thirds of the emissions reductions we have to achieve in the UK are going to require some kind of change in how people live. There’s a huge opportunity here to role-model these shifts in our own (event) spaces – influencing and nudging people." - Chiara Badiali, knowledge and sector intelligence lead at sustainable events consultancy Julie’s Bicycle Dorset County Council - Green Charter and Ecological Emergency Strategy https://moderngov.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/documents/s29602/Appendix A - Draft Dorset Council Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy - Progress report - Spri.pdf Low Carbon Dorset guidance for businesses https://www.lowcarbondorset.org.uk/guide-to-reducing-emissions/ Julie's Bicycle (sustainable events consultancy) - https://juliesbicycle.com/ Meegan Jones, Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315439723/sustainable-event-management-meegan-jones ISO 20121 offers guidance and best practice to help control an event’s environmental impact – in everything from plastic cups and compatible toilets to the use of public transport. It addresses all stages of an event’s supply chain, and includes monitoring and measuring guidelines, KPIs, purchasing choices, circularity and climate impact. Julie’s Bicycle, meanwhile, offers its own free resources for water and waste management, as well as a carbon calculator. In addition to Scope 3, ESOS and SECR reporting. Festival goers should be aware the kind of festivals you may have become used to are not what you can expect in the coming years.
  13. if EOTR have been reading my feedback/suggestion emails they could have booked them a few years ago for 2024.
  14. i thought there were a lot of Nick Cave references this year
  15. i think a lot of people are in for a shock as e head to net zero - and a pollution free world
  16. we missed out on a campervan ticket too - any idea when the next tier goes on sale?
  17. Had 3rdManRecords listed theirs? 😜
  18. I know someone with a ticket to Cambridge folk festival with camping at Cherry Hinton campsite this weekend, short notice I realise if anyone wants it PM me
  19. Just a bit gutted I don’t even get a foot note
  20. Best of luck in the future Neil thanks for creating all this /me looks around and remembers when all this was fields
  21. Nope but I came here hoping to find some - new format apparently
  22. The first year in all the years we’ve been going that our daughter has showed an interest and says it’s a great line-up. I’m just determined not to miss Angel Olsen again.
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