Collapse Adaptation

First Published January 8th 2026 Edited and republished January 15th 2026 Updated 25th January 2026 I started growing Typha Latifolia a few years ago in my ponds, and I started to understand why this plant was revered by indigenous people across the globe. Although it is an invasive species in Hawaii. In the UK, it is one of many native wetland species, and it's an important plant for carbon capture. The annual biomass output from Typha is phenomenal. We could be cleaning our rivers and capturing CO2 into a plant that fills the cells within its leaves with CO2 and pressurises it.  HIGH CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN AERENCHYMA OF TYPHA LATIFOLIA Of course, this is more nuanced, but there is potential to capture CO2 in much higher concentrations than just the biomass. Typha has the potential to survive temperatures as high as  48°C, as well as at the Arctic Circle. This plant has been found almost everywhere humans have inhabited over the last 100,000 years. Indigenous people...

Specifically, UK Problems Based On What Has Already Happened. Let's speculate for a moment: 1.5°C and increasing. Emissions too have been increasing, so things are not getting better. Adapting to Climate Risk Heatwaves & Wet Bulb events Wet bulb adaptation requires knowledge  & an understanding that these are the killer temperature/humidity combinations and we should avoid being out in them. We should also be aware of how microclimates trap heat and moisture and can therefore be warmer than the forecast temperatures, which is why carrying a personal thermometer/ hygrometer or WBT combined unit with a built-in Wet Bulb Table calculator with a data logger is recommended. Technology for #Lifehouses during Heatwaves and Wet Bulb Events? Directly running Peltier cool air blowers from Photovoltaics into well-insulated spaces to create "cool off" zones. Thermometers with data logging and Bluetooth connectivity with an app, such as the Inkbird, allow heat /humidity tracki...

Published December 23 2025  Update January 17 2026 The primarily purpose of this blog post is to promote good mental health through contact with nature. This is especially for people experiencing climate Anxiety and climate related depression. I don't care what people believe in, however I think some people's approach to nature connection and therapy is deeply flawed. I am concerned that Dr Gail Bradbrook is taken in by Ceremonialists and suggests that they should be attending to climate grief and depression when there are psychiatric and psychological studies that indicate that prolonged contact with nature and gardening good for our mental health.  But the ceremonialists aren't offering nature therapy using medically proven techniques and peer reviewed data. Instead they are using New Age Pic'n'mix psychobabble. They are likely to do more damage, than help. Meaningful activity in nature is a psychiatrically proven non- medication intervention to ease Generalised ...

First Published November 22 2026 Edited January 17 2026 The English landscape is ancient and I think this ancient landscape is deeply misunderstood by many people who talk about connection to the land. The megaliths in the English landscape are a distraction. They are mostly out-of-date communal calendars, not unlike the more portable astrolabe or tombs. They are interesting, but the living ancient landscape is where we can best learn the connection to nature and the land in a meaningful and deeply fulfilling way. Natural historic features in the English Landscape tell a story of missing people. The hedges and woodlands which once supported the livelihoods of whole communities of woodcutters, coppicers, bodegers, hudlers, charcoal makers and many more trades related to coppicing. The story of where most of these skilled men went is sad and it has resulted in the decline of ancient woodlands on a massive scale. Coppice on large estates is largely neglected, regarded as not economically ...

Drought & Over Extraction of Water Coupled With Accelerating Global Climatic Heating Are How Civilisations Are Driven To Collapse. Iran is in the grip of a national poly crisis. Sanctions, despotic corruption, financial mismanagement, drought, pollution, economic collapse and ecological collapse triggering social unrest and government crackdown because this is how the state has always responded to bread riots “Dry spells everywhere” Iran is now grappling with its sixth consecutive year of drought, while heatwaves  pushed temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius  (122 degrees Fahrenheit) during the summer. The past water year, ending in late September 2025, was one of the driest on record, with the current year shaping up to be worse, with Iran receiving only 2.3mm (0.09 inches) of precipitation by early November, down by 81 per cent compared with the historical average of the same period, the Meteorological Organisation said. A whopping 19 dams – up from nine three weeks ago ...