I was well and truly educated at this place.
The funny thing was that it made me think of plastic windows. Nearly 40 years ago I built a modern cow barn, and my plastic windows were the first on the Island. Besides a couple of hinges going, they are here today with no maintenance or replacement. Had I put wooden windows in I would have used hard wood, as soft wood nowadays does not last, and I would have had to paint them with fossil-fuel-based paint.
Also, I am horrified by the logging going on all over the world of mahogany and other precious woods – from trees that have taken hundreds of years to grow.
Of trees that produce habitats for all biodiversity.
We do not want to go back to the Victorian days.
Destroying forests to make their fancy staircases, their elaborate doors, floors, furniture and windows.
Nigeria is a prime example of the carnage done by the Victorians. Killing all the big game and destroying the jungle.
The cleverest person I ever met, who was well into his 80s, gave me the best advice. He said: ‘Don’t look back, always look forward otherwise you will sink into a hole.
Progress is looking forward, not looking back.’ In the meantime, I think we should have one minister for planning, and one special minister for the environment whose job it will be to save our planet.
