Happy 2013, may it be a year for conservation and common sense.

As 2012 draws to a close, what have we learned?  How do we go forward in 2013 in a way that is beneficial to not just us humans but to the world in which we inhabit.  When we hear of many countries wanting to exploit coal reserves and pump more Co2 in to the air, do we give up the ideals of reducing our own carbon footprint?  Do we go ahead and plunder the ice of the arctic in the ever urgent quest of oil, when we already have problems maintaining oil rigs safely in areas far less dangerous?  I know it won't happen but in my ideal scenario, us, the ones with the buying power would boycott those that don't give a damn about the earth and her many beautiful creatures.

And about those creatures?  I would dearly love to see a concerted effort by the governments of the world to actually push for conservation more.  We are still loosing UK wildflowers at an astonishing rate, bees are declining and our birds too.  We in the UK have one native feline predator on the brink of extinction.  Where are the adverts for it?  Why are we pushing for the survival of say Tigers and Pandas' when most people in this country have never heard of let alone seen a scottish wildcat.  Is it so ludicrous to want to save one of our native species?  It was once feared to be at less than 400, latest estimates put it at a dire 35.  What are you going to do about this?  Are you prepared to get involved and push for the survival of this species and the re-wilding of Great Britain?

We need to be strong in 2013, we need to stay the course and change courses of animals and plants and find a balance that redresses the fact that anthropogenic change has caused considerable damage.  We have one earth, we need to look after her and all her inhabitants.

With that, I wish you all a happy new year, and pledge that as a resolution I will continue to do all I personally can to push for the conservation of species here in the UK whilst raising awareness of other species world wide.