If you haven’t seen it, you might enjoy/ be inspired by this video by Scottish rewilding alliance
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If you haven’t signed up yet then the code ‘ DANROM1SK5’ will plant an extra 8 trees - so definitely worth doing 
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Welcome to Mossy Earth @Dan5!
I’ve now just become CTO @ Mossy Earth (I’d been doing pro-bono dev work with them for a few months), so feel free to provide any feedback/ ask any questions!
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Thanks! I look forward to seeing it grow and amazing things happening. Congrats on your new role too 
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Thanks! Yeah, excited to see where we can take things, scope to do some really interesting and impactful projects.
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@Dan5 I noticed the other day that Starling do tree planting for new customers, do you think Monzo would be interested in doing something similar around rewilding with us? Or anyone you’d be able to put us in contact with to ask?
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@N26throwaway how was the Attenborough documentary about nature during the pandemic? I haven’t gotten round to watching it yet
Also, I thought people might find this crowd funder interesting, they are looking to raise money to buy some land to rewild in England.
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This looks pretty cool initially.
Will have a proper look around their website etc later.
While I agree that temporary absences could do a lot of good, I don’t think they would ever work in the real world; for the same reason that fad diets don’t.
The weekend before starting a diet on Monday we treat ourselves to takeaway because we deserve it. Before a Green Lockdown, individuals and companies would just try and cram in what they can’t get done during it. It will have short term gains but nothing that lasts.
For real results there needs to be a permanent change in attitude and habits. I think we are getting there, people are already making those permanent changes to their daily lives and over time it will snowball. It will be these changes in attitudes over generations that will see the biggest gains for the welfare of the planet.
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I think the advantage of a temporary change is that people can see the difference that their actions can make, and thus drive a permanent change.
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True, I just don’t think you’d get people to actually do it or take it seriously.
For example we’re in the middle of a global pandemic where failure to comply with lockdown rules could very well have an affect on either your own health or someone you know, and that isn’t even enough for some people to get on board.
It’s like anything though, there’ll always be some people who won’t get involved - but at some point you hit a point where the critical mass makes enough difference.
That might be by our own actions, or by forcing big corporations to make changes.
One of the things I’m trying to do is to shift as much of my spending to more environmentally friendly companies and products. The more people who do that the more the giants will be encouraged to do the same thing.
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Yeah, it can be hard until there are system changes, but I think every little change can add up enough to force a system change, and something like covid can definitely help to push things toward another base of attraction. I also feel like as the younger generation start getting in to power at companies, decide what company to work at based on more than just salary, or create companies themselves that start pressuring larger companies, then that’ll help. Monzo being an example of that.
On a separate note, our latest podcast episode is the most interesting we’ve done I think, it’s on fungi and mycology.
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Yep
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I’ve also just started listening to the Knepp Estate podcast, which seems really good so far.
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It’s 4am - couldn’t sleep - and fell on this thread. What a great start to the day 
Love the whole concept - no-brainer.
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I can certainly sympathise with not sleeping very well, particularly now it’s a bit warmer, glad you enjoyed the thread though, welcome!