Saturday, 15 January 2011

Hens, Forests, Robins: Awakening

This morning I woke at something not very much past 5. This was fine by me as I had wanted to wake early to listen to a broadcast on BBC Radio 4 of an interview with a couple who live in a Yurt on Exmoor, how they live with the land, farming it in a sustainable way, including the wood used for their fire. The couple are called Hen (short for Helen) and Leo.

Some of you may already know of @Hen4 on Twitter. Hen is campaigning for the Save Our Forests campaign (Twitter hashtag #SaveOurForests). The except below is from the 38 degrees website where you can find out lots more, download information including posters and leaflets, and most importantly, sign the petition to help stop this action:
The government is planning a massive sell off of our national forests. They could be auctioned and fenced off, run down, logged or turned into golf courses and holiday villages. 

We can't let that happen. We need to stop these plans. National treasures like the The Forest of Dean, Sherwood Forest and The New Forest could be sold off. Once they are gone, they will be lost forever. 

A huge petition will force the government to rethink its plans. If we can prove how strongly the public are against this, they will have to back down. Please sign the petition now.

Find out more: Visit the save our forests action centre to find out more about the forest sell off and download campaign leaflets and posters.

I would urge you to visit Hen's website to find out more about this remarkable woman, and the interview is available to listen on the BBC website here. (I'm not sure how long for though.)


It's not been the normal start to my mornings but as I write this now, dawn has arrived through magenta and indio skies; the Robin has sung it in.

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2 comments:

  1. David LinternSaturday, 15 January 2011 at 13:44:00 CET

    good spot Helen, will def have a listen. Good campaign also, signed on the dotted line a month or so ago.

    Here, have some trees - it ain't tesco:

    http://selfpowered.blogspot.com/2010/12/trees.html

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  2. Phoenix C.Saturday, 15 January 2011 at 14:40:00 CET

    Thanks for posting the link to Hen's interview - a real inspiration, as are her twitter posts!

    The proposed forests sell-off is horrendous, and I'm amazed that not everyone is aware of it, when talking to folk. I'll be posting about some of our local area forests.

    Notice your Sheffield locality - my favourite place when doing my Fine Art degree in Sheffield many years ago was Fox House Woods. There was an wondrous atmosphere there, a really compelling place. Is it still unspoilt?

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