Global Recession - what do we think?

Are we heading for a global economic slump? Are any of us worried about it if we are? The Ecologist magazine is claiming that we need one to save the planet. Whatever we think about the subject, paul Krugman's columns are quite enlightening..

Bigger Trees near Warter donated to the Tate Britain

Fantastic, I love this painting. The Yorkshire landscape abides (to misquote the Dude).