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Media Pack“

“ what a wonderful magazine Naomi AldortAuthor of Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves: Transforming parent-child relationships from reaction and struggle to freedom, power and joy

Distributed through Comag & INK to

Over 600 stockists

including WH Smiths

also available in digital formats

For all advertising contact us on 01454 838 667 or email [email protected]

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a natural approach to family lifeAbout JUNO

Just wanted to say – JUNO is fantastic. What a unique, wonderfully crafted magazine with original and interesting articles and a strong sense of the sustainable and natural world in which we live...

Sue WorkerDirector, Giggle Giggle Ltd

JUNO is a natural parenting magazine that inspires and supports families through its range of features, columns and artwork. Established in 2003, it is published four times a year, in March, June, September and December. The editorial is broad, covering all aspects of family life for all ages. JUNO is loved by many readers for its articles that share personal experiences and reflections, and for the beautiful and striking images and illustrations from a range of artists.

JUNO offers fresh perspectives in this fast-paced technological world, creating a non-judgemental community for those who are keen to follow “a natural approach to family life”. There are columns on home-education, empowered birth, teens and nutrition; interviews, craft and recipe ideas and a mix of features that can help readers make informed choices as they journey through the challenges of parenting.

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1. Organic Hand Cream – Rather Lovely

This is a fantastic hand cream! It’s light and soft to apply and my skin felt silky afterwards. My hands work hard, so I’m always looking out for creams that make a difference – and this one does. I tried the Herbal blend, which has a pleasant lavender fragrance that lingers. Made in the UK.

£10 for 30mlwww.ratherlovely.co.uk

2. Calendula and Comfrey Rescue Salve – purepotions

This is part of the purepotions First Aid Range, which also includes Tea Tree, Lavender and Arnica Rescue Salves. I found the Calendula and Comfrey Salve excellent for helping sore, dry skin heal on my face and hands. The serrations around the lid make the tin easy to handle, and I only needed a little of the balm to see improvement. It’s suitable for use on babies and children.

£4.65 for 15mlwww.purepotions.co.uk

3. Facial Puff Sponge, French Green Clay – The Konjac Sponge Co

These sponges are made from the root of the Amorphophallus konjac plant, which is native to Asia, and a range has been developed containing different clays or plant derivatives for different types of skin. I like that this is a natural vegetable product and that it is easy to use and versatile – you just wet it with water to soften it. After I used it my skin felt smoother and softer and gently cleansed. The sponges are biodegradable and are suitable for vegans.

£8.99www.konjacspongecompany.com

4. Liquid Soap – Fair Squared

This is a thick, moisturising soap. I tested the almond variety, which is made with Fairtrade olive and almond oils from Palestine, and I liked the scent and that it did not dry out my skin. Fair Squared’s unique formulations are made in Germany from natural ingredients to strict labelling requirements, and all the products are suitable for vegans.

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5. Clean as a Bean Shampoo and Conditioner – Good Bubble

My daughter and I have really enjoyed using this shampoo and conditioner. We tried the variety with dragon fruit extract, and the smell is fantastic but not overpowering. We both found that our hair was really soft and easy to comb through afterwards, and because we didn’t need to use much of either product both bottles have lasted well. Suitable for vegans.

£3.69 for 250mlwww.goodbubble.co.uk 6. Dubble Trubble 2 in 1 Shampoo and Body Wash – Daniel Galvin Jr

All my family have enjoyed using this. We found it worked well on both body and hair, which impressed us, as it can be difficult to find a product that is equally successful as a shampoo and as a body wash. It comes in a range of fruity varieties, all made with botanical extracts and natural and organic ingredients. The products are available at mainstream supermarkets, with money from sales donated to The Prince’s Trust. £3 for 200mlwww.danielgalvinjunior.com

7. Cocoa & Almond Body Butter – Akamuti

Akamuti uses organic cocoa butter community traded with producers in Uganda to create this pure and simple product. It’s a solid moisturiser, but it easily softened on my fingers and applied smoothly, leaving my skin silky and non-greasy. The sweet almond oil combines with the cocoa butter to create a light nutty-chocolately smell.

from £6 for 50mlwww.akamuti.co.uk

8. Bloom and Blossom Rejuvenating Facial Spritz – Mia Mama

Lady’s mantle extract, aloe vera and lime essential oil make this a very refreshing facial spritz. I kept it on my desk and enjoyed using it when I could feel myself flagging. I really liked the zesty scent and I could feel it moisturising my face. It is suitable for use when pregnant, and the horsetail leaf extract helps to increase collagen production.

£15 for 100mlwww.mia-mama.co.uk

9. Cleansing Bodywash – Mia & Dom

Essential oils of bergamot and lavender are combined in this clean, fresh, all-over body wash, which is ideal for baby hair and skin – and adults can use it too! I found it very gentle but effective. The Mia & Dom website has a full list of product ingredients, together with their qualities.

£12.99 for 200mlmiadomskincare.com

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books for adults • winter reviews by Saffia Farr

If you like science, you’ll love this book! Zion takes a range of issues – birth, travel, diet and nutrition, nappies – and discusses them all from the science perspective, questioning and discussing what is truly ‘green’. She defines ‘green’ as “being as environmentally friendly as possible, while considering your child’s everyday personal health as well, and taking into account social-justice issues to some degree, because no one is an island and humans and animals are part of the environment too”. On that basis, she writes a pro-vaccination chapter, stating that, according to science, “in terms of being safe and effective, vaccines are already green. For many people the definition of ‘green’ includes social justice, fairness, equality and quality of life. Children with measles in developing countries suffer needlessly… [S]tatistician Hans Rosling argues that, as people are lifted out of poverty, they attain better quality of life and vaccines play an important role in this.” I know many readers will disagree, but my editorial interest is to promote discussion and awareness, and we are always happy to hear alternative viewpoints from books we review. For those who wish to research further, Zion does, meticulously, refer to the scientific papers or studies on which she bases her conclusions.

When I started reading this book I felt as if I were intruding on a personal conversation. This is a book written for men, and at the start I felt the words were not for the likes of me. However, I was soon hooked, finding the chapter ‘Healing the Father Wound’ incredibly powerful and the chapter ‘Men and Women’ important for everyone to read. My conclusion is that if we as women understand more about men, we can be

Perfect for the festive

season..

The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting by Zion Lights, NoNonsense Life

Zen & the Path of Mindful Parenting: Meditations on Raising Children by Clea Danaan, Leaping Hare Press

At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well by Amy Chaplin, Jacqui Small

What I like about The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting is that it looks beyond the obvious ‘green’ discussions, enabling us to think in depth about the long-term environmental impact and implication of our parenting decisions. There is a lot of information but it is helpfully broken down into short sections with clear headings, so you can find the discussion on a particular issue of interest very easily. It is also written in a measured tone. Zion does not write from a position of judgement but from one where she is simply trying to share the scientific perspective on each issue and from that draw conclusions. The aim is not to browbeat readers into following everything in this book, but simply to share what is the ‘greenest’ option. Reading this book, I was surprised and challenged, as well as informed. With so much information to digest, I will keep returning to it as I try to tweak my behaviour to make greener choices, while remaining true to what has become important to me as an individual as I journey through my life.

Manhood: A Guidebook for Men by Steve Biddulph, Vermilion

better partners, daughters and mothers to them. Steve’s aim in this book is to give men the confidence to stop and reflect on what it really means to be a man. So many men, he says, go through life wearing masks. They repress emotions and are never ‘real’ with themselves or others. If we allow men to escape these stereotypes then their real power will be released – and that is not physical power, which is so much associated with being a man.

Steve writes about “manning up” in ways that might irritate some, but I think it’s important to see the whole message, which for me is to be yourself, not who you think you should be or who you are conditioned to be. This involves time and possibly professional support, but I think it could help us all to reflect on whether we have issues that would benefit from being brought to light, things from our past that affect who we are and how we behave, every day. If there are men in the world who are able to express their emotions, be comfortable with their children, not feel driven to succeed financially and be brave enough to take tough decisions – the “black knights” of folklore – then we will all benefit, Steve believes.

There is a lot of depth and reflection in Manhood, but also plenty of anecdotes and stories that allow a break in the intensity and a way to put the theory in context. There is much to think about, but Steve concludes: “Words in a book can only take you so far… Go deep. Go free. There is a big life waiting.”

… when you bring mindfulness to parenting, you notice.

This is another excellent addition to the Mindfulness series. I found the approach really helpful. Often I read about mindfulness or meditation but can’t quite grasp what the author is on about. With this book, I felt I understood what Clea Danaan was saying. It’s not a blueprint for mindfulness, but simply her reflections on a journey to be more mindful. Her message is that when we stop and notice, we can often see what is not working, rather than crashing in and dealing with situations in a reactive way. Her reflections are practical and gentle, and therefore realistic. One of the most pertinent points is that life is not perfect and it doesn’t help anyone to pretend that family life is perfect. What Danaan does is give ideas on how mindfulness could help you cope in the inevitable moments of chaos. I found the insights in this book very helpful and I like the honest way in which they are presented.

I hope my thoughts and meditations have inspired greater awareness of your path as a parent, and therefore your own Hero’s Journey. We learn so much about ourselves and each other simply by being present to what is.

At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen is a beautiful and inspirational celebration of a way of life and cooking. Amy Chaplin grew up in rural Australia with the nearest shop 30 miles away, so the ability to cook whole meals with seasonal produce is ingrained in her, as is having a well-stocked pantry. The Pantry section of this book is particularly interesting. Amy is keen to attract people to soaking grains, beans and nuts, and I found her weekly meal planner very helpful, showing how her food style does not have to be onerous. Using this book is a lifestyle decision, as most of the recipes are vegan and Amy’s aim is to inspire cooking with wholefoods rather than anything processed. But she makes it look so fun, easy and inviting that you want to give it a go. I was attracted to Amy’s work by her ethos that we don’t need to run up food miles on superfoods: all food is ‘super’ if you eat well. Amy champions local food markets and the joy and inspiration that can be gained from farmers’ markets. I will continue to read this book for years to come to be challenged and inspired to improve the vitality and ‘super’ potential of the food I cook.

Through this book, my intention is to inspire you to seek out ingredients that have been grown with reverence for the environment, find a deeper connection to the natural world, and above all else, to cook more.

Steve’s aim in this book is to give men

the confidence to stop and reflect

on what it really means to be a man

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a natural approach to family lifeAudienceOur target audience is AB12 females between the ages of 25and 44 with two or more children. They have sufficient incometo enable them to make natural and environmentally consciouslifestyle choices. Our readers believe the way in which we shopcan make a huge difference to our world. They purchase natural,organic and ethically produced products for themselves and theirfamilies which include food, clothing, toys, cleaning products andtoiletries. They are also deeply interested in alternative schooling,birthing support, physical and spiritual wellbeing and holistictherapies.

Each printed issue is treasured, retained and revisited. The copiesare often shared between friends and generations, further expanding the readership. JUNO has become a respected source of parenting information, especially for the more socially and environmentally responsible reader. thanks so much for such a great magazine.

I think it’s just getting better and better

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a natural approach to family lifeCirculationJUNO is available by subscription worldwide, in selected branches of WH Smiths and in many independent UK stockists such as organic food outlets and baby equipment and clothes shops. It is also widely distributed to retailers by INK. Current readership is approximately 25,000. JUNO is also available in digital format, available on the App Store and through isubscribe and exact editions.

JUNO is published four times a year

Issue Copy Deadline Publication Date46 - Winter 2016 14 October 2016 1 December 201647 - Spring 2017 20 Jan 2017 1 March 201748 - Summer 2017 24 April 2017 1 June 201749 - Autumn 2017 14 July 2017 1 September 2017

craft

Size 0-6 months 6-12 months 1 year 2 years 4 years 6 years

Finished chest 52cm 56cm 59cm 61cm 68cm 74cm

Finished length 32cm 33cm 34cm 36cm 38cm 41cm

Yarm amounts 231m 263m 298m 323m 385m 427m

Rainbow

Bright Materials:

Main Colour (MC): 3 (4, 4, 4, 5, 6) x 50g balls of Rico Creative

Cotton Aran (100 per cent cotton), 85m Mouse (28)

• Colour A: 1 x 50g ball of Rico Creative Cotton Aran (100 per

cent cotton), 85m Red (05)

• Colour B: 1 x 50g ball of Rico Creative Cotton Aran (100 per

cent cotton), 85m Orange (74)

• Colour C: 1 x 50g ball of Rico Creative Cotton Aran (100 per

cent cotton), 85m Banana (63)

• Colour D: 1 x 50g ball of Rico Creative Cotton Aran (100 per

cent cotton), 85m Green (49)

• Colour E: 1 x 50g ball of Rico Creative Cotton Aran (100 per

cent cotton), 85m Royal (39)

• 5mm/H8 hook

• 4.5mm/7 hook

• Stitch marker

• Tapestry needle

Yarn Review The colours in this range of affordable cotton

yarn are so vibrant, it is hard to pick just one...

Yarn Alternatives: Knit Picks Simply Cotton Worsted Yarn

Tension Work 8.25 sts and 16 rows in tweed stitch to measure

10cm square using a 5mm hook, or size required to obtain tension.

Special Stitches Tweed Stitch

Set-up round: 1ch, *1dc, 1ch, miss 1; repeat from * across.

All other rounds: 1ch, *1dc into chsp, 1ch; repeat from * across.

Pattern Notes:• Do not count the chains at the beginning of the round as a stitch.

• Do not turn your work at the end of each round.

Instructions:

YokeUsing the larger hook, make 56 (60, 64, 68, 72, 76)ch. Join in the

round with a slst.

Row 1: 2ch, 56 (60, 64, 68, 72, 76)htr. Join.

Row 2: 2ch, [3htr, 2htr in htr] 14 (15, 16, 17, 18, 19) times. Join. 70

(75, 80, 85, 90, 95)htr.

Row 3: 2ch, 70 (75, 80, 85, 90, 95)htr. Join.

Row 4: 2ch, [4htr, 2htr into htr] 14 (15, 16, 17, 18, 19) times. Join.

84 (90, 96, 102, 108, 114)htr.

For sizes 0–6 months and 6–12 months go to round 1 of the

Bodice.

For sizes 1 year, 2 years, 4 years and 6 years ONLY

Row 5: 2ch, - (-, 96, 102, 108, 114)htr. Join.

For sizes 1 year and 2 years, continue to Round 1 of the Bodice.

For sizes 4 years and 6 years ONLY Row 6: 2ch, [5htr, 2htr into

htr] - (-, -, -, 18, 18) times. - (-, -, -, 0, 6)htr. Join. - (-, -, -, 126, 132)htr.

BodiceRound 1 (this round is worked in BLO): Continuing in MC, 1ch,

[1dc, 1ch, miss 1] 14 (15, 16, 17, 21, 22) times, make 12 (14, 14,

14, 12, 14)fdc, miss 14 (15, 16, 17, 21, 22), [1dc, 1ch, miss 1] 14

(15, 16, 17, 21, 22) times, make 12 (14, 14, 14, 12, 14)fdc, miss 14

(15, 16, 17, 21, 22). Join in the round. Break yarn. 52 (58, 60, 62,

66, 72)dc.

Round 2: Join Colour A and mark beginning of round with a stitch

marker, 1ch, [1dc, 1ch, miss 1] 6 (7, 7, 7, 6, 7) times, [1dc into

chsp, 1ch] 14 (15, 16, 17, 21, 22) times, [1dc, 1ch, miss 1] 6 (7, 7,

7, 6, 7) times, [1dc into chsp, 1ch] 14 (15, 16, 17, 21, 22) times.

Join. Break yarn. 40 (44, 46, 48, 54, 58)dc.

Round 3: Switch to MC, 1ch, [1dc, 1ch, 1dc] into the same chsp,

1ch, [1dc into chsp, 1ch] 20 (22, 23, 24, 27, 29) times, [1dc, 1ch,

1dc] into the same chsp, 1ch, [1dc into chsp, 1ch] 20 (22, 23, 24,

27, 29) times. Join. Break yarn. 42 (46, 48, 50, 56, 60).

Round 4: Switch to Colour B: 1ch, work in tweed stitch around.

Join. Break yarn. 42 (46, 48, 50, 56, 60).

Rounds 5–43 (45, 47, 49, 51, 53): repeat round 4, changing the

colours in pattern. The colour pattern in this section is worked as

follows:Round 5: MC

Round 6: Colour C

Round 7: MC

Round 8: Colour D

Round 9: MC

Round 10: Colour E

Round 11: MC

This quick and fun little

dress makes a bold

statement with its geometric

shapes and bright colours. It

is sized in a way that means

that it can start as a dress

and become a top as the

child grows.

Extracted from Crochet at Play: 30 Fun Hats, Scarves,

Clothes and Toys for Kids to Enjoy by Kat Goldin, Kyle Books

After years of living a city life, and feeling the effects of a lost connection with my rural roots, I went back to live in the country to work with trees. There was no big plan. One of the more romantic ideas was to plant a musical woodland – maple and rosewood for guitars, spruce for violins, and so on. It was a short-lived idea dreamed up in a Spanish city where trees in their pollarded contortions were a decorative backdrop to city life.

That was nearly 20 years ago, and although the musical arboretum was the first and the most misguided of many ideas, it raised the question early on as to what my place could be in the countryside after so long a displacement.

Green woodworking

My way back along this natural path started with green woodwork, which at the time was beginning its slow renaissance inspired by the late Bill Hogarth and led by Mike Abbott, Hal Wynne-Jones and others.

Unlike with modern carpentry, the starting point with green woodwork is the tree itself and not a stack of timber in a DIY store. As I learned the names of our native trees and their properties, their stories and their management, about coppicing, pollarding, the underwood and the wildwood, the countryside slowly started to become more familiar. A new world began to unfold and a walk in the woods was never the same again.

Working the wood green, rather than dry, enables you to follow the grain, mirroring the natural curves of the tree.

It retains that link with what it was as a tree right through to what it will become. Before the wood dries it is easier to shape with hand tools and will bend more easily after steaming, a quality that is particularly useful when building yurts. Working with what you find growing in your local woods rather than what has been imported and industry graded teaches you a new way of seeing. You learn to use the knots, the awkward bends of the wood, the spirals caused by honeysuckle on a hazel rod, for example; your eye learns a new greenwood language.

My first yurt, made from hazel and ash poles foraged from the hedgerows and local woods, followed some months after these discoveries and became, without my ever intending it, the first of many. I lived in it for a year and people started asking me to make others.

The yurts we make at Yurtworks are from wood that has grown locally, and while some machines are used in the process, they are made principally by hand, with the marks of the hand tools left on the wood. They are made from ash (the Norse Tree of Life), and although they have some modern components so that they work well in our climate, they retain the spirit of their Mongolian and Kyrgyz counterparts.

when you share a space so closely you have to be organised, respect each other and work

Yurt livingHow can yurts help connect us to the Earth, and why do they

make such appealing living spaces? Tim Hutton describes his journey of discovery

It was a murky sort of evening; a clouded sky and

spitting rain. I’d left my 4-month-old daughter for the

first time, with my husband, so that I could travel

across the city to meet a new mother called Elaine. Her

plea had awakened a strong feeling deep inside

me, a need for one mother to connect to

another, for one thriving baby to help to

heal another, and I was set on what I

felt I had to do.

My daughter was born a few

weeks ‘early’ but she barely lost

any weight within the first few

weeks and quickly shot up

the centiles on the chart, all

through being fed exclusively

on breast-milk. I was happy

as could be, proud and full

of energy as a new mum.

I was also amazed at

the power of breast-

milk, which I had read

about but not fully

appreciated before

experiencing it

myself. This positive

energy is what led

me to join the Human

Milk 4 Human Babies

group on Facebook.

I didn’t think too

much about donating

milk in the beginning,

except that I knew

Zion Lights discovered that

sharing her breast-milk benefited

her as much as it did the family

she was helping

T h e M i l k

o f H u m a n

K i n d n e s s

22 Juno

Keeping

chickens

Caz Greenwood enthuses

about the joys of having

chickens as part of the family

I first read about Polly Higgins in Resurgence and Permaculture. I was inspired by her ideas and solutions to our environmental problems: create a law of ecocide, make damaging the environment a crime, ensure heads of states and corporations are legally bound to put the welfare of people

children? Do we want to be life-affirming or life-destroying? We have to move away from the assumption that we own the Earth, that we can use resources as we wish. Parents will understand this. Parents don’t own their children, but they have a duty to care for them. This is about stewardship and trusteeship; we should all be stewards of the Earth.”

The proposal is that the Law of Ecocide be ratified by the United Nations and become the fifth international crime against peace, alongside crimes against humanity, war crimes, crimes of aggression and genocide. This would make it an international law that all would have to adhere to. Polly has spent years researching the law and setting out detailed proposals on how to make a law of Ecocide workable. She explains: “There are two aspects. On one side of the coin is the right to life, on the other side is the governance of those rights, so we make it a crime to take away that

right to life. There are two aspects to ecocide: environmental ecocide, whereby actions are damaging the Earth and ecosystems, and cultural ecocide, whereby people’s right to life is affected. Both are illustrated by the Athabasca Tar Sands in Canada, where massive areas of peatland and wetlands are being destroyed to expose the tar sands, and the First Nations Indigenous communities are threatened by rising levels of toxins in their fish and water.”

Reading about ecocide, I feel confused. Surely there are existing laws, including human rights laws, to stop such damaging practices? The reality is that there are not. Polly explains: “The problem is a causal link, proving that what is happening to you is as the result of the industrial process. With the Law of Ecocide, all you need to do is provide a contaminated soil sample and that proves the damage to the Earth. A law of ecocide would also stop the problem at source – instead of

doing something that causes pollution or a loss of ecosystems and then paying a fine, companies would stop the polluting activity in the first place, because it would be a crime, for which individuals would be liable.”

“Can this really be done?” I ask hesitantly.

“Yes. History shows that such change of direction has been achieved. William Wilberforce is an inspiration in how he brought about the prohibition of slavery – rather than owners promising to treat slaves better, Wilberforce said no, they should not be slaves at all. And due to public pressure, laws were enacted that prohibited slavery. We need to do this with environmental destruction. At the moment, all we have are compromise laws, limitations on what companies can do. The problem is that if they exceed their limitations they just pay the fine and carry on, and this does not solve the problem of the irreversible destruction of our environment, which is leading to loss of ecosystems, plants and wildlife and to climate change.”

The clever thing about Polly’s work is that she is bringing businesses on board. She doesn’t say that profit is a problem, but that profit at the expense of our Earth is a problem. She again uses the example of the abolition of slavery – businesses fought against the idea, saying they could not operate without slaves; but they innovated and found new ways. Likewise with the Law of Ecocide, if we stop channelling pension

funds into financing destructive projects, that money could be used to fund green energy and innovative solutions to our resources issues. Polly says: “It’s a complete switch; the first principle is that we are life-affirming, we will do no harm. We have the right not to be polluted, the right to the freedom of a healthy environment – that is our starting point.”

But this is trying to change the whole paradigm of how global business thinks and operates; changing the perspective of what is important, or unimportant, in the pursuit of profit. Although a simple premise, in practice this is a massive shift. I ask Polly if she ever feels overwhelmed. She smiles. “I have done. And when I have I’ve shouted to the skies ‘Help me!’ and help has always come.”

we have to move away from the assumption that we own the Earth, that we can use resources as we wish

Talking to Polly is inspiring. Reading her books Eradicating Ecocide and Earth Is Our Business, I felt overwhelmed by the enormity of such a paradigm shift and helpless about what I could do against the power forces of global corporations and country leaders. But Polly is not focusing so much on the end goal as

Saffia Farr talks to lawyer Polly Higgins, who asks us all to “pollinate” and leave a positive legacy for our children

Ecocide:the fifth crime against peace

Polly Higgins’ proposed definition for ecocide:

the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of

ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human

agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful

enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been or

will be severely diminished.

and planet above profit and therefore change the assumption that the Earth is a resource to exploit to a duty to protect our planet which overrides all else. If this is done, then all the problems we are grappling with will be solved, at source. Instead of clearing up pollution, time, human energy and resources could be put into green, creative solutions to sustainable life. Put like this, I say to Polly, it all seems so simple. So why

hasn’t it happened?

“It has to be when civilisations are ready. We reach tipping points; we say ‘no more’. We reached that with genocide, with slavery, with apartheid. Now I believe we are reaching it with ecocide. This is a legacy issue: what sort of Earth do we want to leave our

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1. The advertiser warrants that their advertisement in no way contravenes the provisions of the Trades Descriptions Act 1968, and is legal, decent and truthful.

2. Cancellations cannot be accepted after the ad order or invoice is issued, full terms and conditions can be found on the website with a link on the invoice.

3. The advertiser indemnifies Juno Publishing and their printers against any damages or other loss caused as a result of publication of your advertisement.

4. Payment due prior to publication date as specified on the invoice.

5. Juno Publishing reserves the right to reject an advertisement.

6. The advertiser’s invoice for an advertisement constitutes a contract andacceptance of the conditions above.

We welcome your interest in advertising withJUNO, and hope that you will want to become aregular advertiser.

Should you place an order with us, your advertisement is subject to the following termsand conditions:

For all advertising contact us on 01454 838 667 or email [email protected]