Like our finances, humankind is living with a growing ecological deficit but the solution is different. The deficit will worsen with dangerous consequences unless we address population growth sooner rather than later. Efficiency improvements, increased use of renewable resources and less waste in themselves are no longer sufficient to put us back into credit

Success in your life is not a single achievement. It's all that you do with others and for others

Those living in rural areas as well as those with a planning policy remit for those areas have an important responsibility to protect green belt agricultural land for the wider benefit of feeding the UK into the uncertain future that we all face

When politicians & economists understand we live in a finite world & act accordingly then a better future has a chance

Short term "dash for cash" economic solutions hinder progress towards a better, more sustainable, world

Destroying green belt agricultural land for immediate economic gain is like burning your children's inheritance to cook a single meal

It's better to ask the right questions than accept the status quo