I couldn't stop Brexit, but I could do my bit to save the planet

I needed something to fight for after the People's Vote campaign collapsed. So I unleashed my inner ecowarriorAnyone who objects to my incessant posting of tree photos on social media can blame Georgia Gould, the leader of Camden council and the daughter of the Labour strategist Philip Gould (RIP). Last year, as the People's Vote campaign collapsed, Georgia - who is always looking out for the health and happiness of others - was very clear about where she thought my energies should be redirected: into saving the planet.She arrived on my doorstep at Christmas with a clutch of books, notably David Wallace-Wells' The Uninhabitable Earth and Peter Wohlleben's The Hidden Life of Trees - both brilliant. They stirred the dormant ecowarrior within and inspired a resolution that I have kept since: to be a full-blown "dendrophile", AKA "one who loves trees". Having failed to stop Brexit, which had been my resolution for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, what could be easier than succeeding in saving the planet? Continue reading...