What better way to start the 2023 than with a drop in by a poet who cares deeply about protection of the environment, Peter Clive.

As I write this, while recovering from the hangover I inflicted on myself at a New Year’s party celebrating the start of 2023, Europe is experiencing temperature anomalies that are alarming meteorologists and climate scientists. Records are falling across the continent as temperatures that exceed the average for this time of year by 15 Celsius degrees or more are measured. Although we are still in the depths of winter, the weather is unseasonally warm. And if we were to add these increments of 15 Celsius degree or more to the temperatures we expect for summer, the result is deeply unsettling. The party’s over, and has been for some time, and the longer we delude ourselves and remain indifferent to the consequences of our recklessness…