Note the difference between the headline's "green campaigners who block their gardens" and Titchmarsh's, "I hope that none of the Extinction Rebellion protesters has a block-paved garden."Hypocrites! Alan Titchmarsh blasts green campaigners who block pave their gardens or swell their carbon footprint by eating out-of-season fruit and veg
- He said saving planet is not matter solely for land management and industry
- He took aim at those who may criticise the Government for not doing enough
- Titchmarsh, 70, also attacked those who buy fruit in the winter months
Alan Titchmarsh has criticised green activists who lecture others about the environment but then block-pave their own gardens or buy imported strawberries in January.The TV gardener said saving the planet is not a matter solely for agricultural land management and industry, but for individuals who can do more to 'make a difference to the health of planet Earth'.'Those of us who cherish that bit of land that comes with our houses have a duty of care that is every bit as vital as that incumbent on the owners of vast estates,' he told BBC Gardeners' World magazine.He took aim at those who may criticise the Government for not doing enough to curb global warming and climate change, in particular Extinction Rebellion protesters, yet do not do enough themselves domestically.'I hope that none of the Extinction Rebellion protesters has a block-paved front garden,' he said.
Alan Titchmarsh's income is largely built around his persona as gardener and TV broadcaster, and he has gone on from that to fronting advertising for Sun Life Funeral Plans https://www.sunlife.co.uk/funeral-planning/funeral-plans/
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| Sun Life Guaranteed Funeral Plan is fronted by Alan Titchmarsh who says it's "One of the most affordable ways to cover a funeral." |
I would add that a great many Extinction Rebellion younger supporters have not been taught gardening as a basic skill but they do realise that government policies have let climate crises fester.
We live in the legacy of how the robber barons and Enclosures Acts that helped carve the way to capitalism in which people lose touch with the land. As people have lost touch with the land, we have become more dependent upon others' produce via an increasingly global market, and that was one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution going hand in hand with British colonisation of other lands and import-export arrangements.
If capitalism is the root cause, ecosocialism is the antidote
I believe that the antidote is ecosocialism, and refer readers to the Green Left Blog http://greenleftblog.blogspot.com/ and London Green Left Blog http://londongreenleft.blogspot.com/ on ecosocialism, and Prof. Guy Standing's book Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&sxsrf=ACYBGNRFPlaY8m160tA809ez94dd7WZLrA%3A1577787706249&ei=OiELXor2DoSi1fAPxoWOgA0&q=%22guy+standing%22+%22plunder+of+the+commons%22&oq=%22guy+standing%22+%22plunder+of+the+commons%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i30.9113.11069..14984...0.2..0.154.994.0j7......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i7i30.zyawUCDTC5Q&ved=0ahUKEwiK-4ue1d_mAhUEURUIHcaCA9AQ4dUDCAo&uact=5accompanied by the communal wonders of community gardening
https://wembleymatters.blogspot.com/search?q=gardening
See also
https://newsforwardsfromalanwheatley.blogspot.com/2019/11/government-policy-and-global-investment-as-plunder-of-the-Commons.htmlPost Script
I especially welcome the comment below from 'Unknown', and point out that comments submitted anonymously are not altogether ruled out for their anonymity:I remember Alan Titchmarsh writing in the Radio Times about a decade ago questioning the science of climate change, trotting out the tired old cliche that weather has always been variable. He and others in high profile positions (eg David Bellamy) who have questioned climate science over the years have done more to damage our chances of keeping global warming to a safe level than any number of XR activists who might buy fruit out of season or have a paved front garden.
Google search link "alan titchmarsh" "climate change denial"
The following search link was created by using keywords "alan titchmarsh" "climate change denial"https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%22alan+titchmarsh%22+%22climate+change+denial%22NB: Use of all lower case letters as above in a Google search is quite acceptable, even when using 'proper names'; and quotation marks are a handy device for ensuring that the exact phrase or name combination is located.
I remember Alan Titchmarsh writing in the Radio Times about a decade ago questioning the science of climate change, trotting out the tired old cliche that weather has always been variable. He and others in high profile positions (eg David Bellamy) who have questioned climate science over the years have done more to damage our chances of keeping global warming to a safe level than any number of XR activists who might buy fruit out of season or have a paved front garden.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment, Unknown. This kind of feedback is really helpful, compared to one e-mail recipient's,"Have you not got anything better to do with your time?" e-mailed response.
ReplyDeleteMea Culpa. Yes, it was me. I sent that email. It was sent after posting a critical comment on Titchmarsh and his "authenic" Voice of the Northern Tory Thatcherite voter stickiness within certain segments of the populace.
ReplyDeleteLike the email it was laced with Bitter Irony, the pharmacuetical of choice of all post-68 political commentators. The only voice of those who thought Punk and T'internet would create a social levelling outside of Maoism or The Matrix.
How foolish of me to expect not to have this obvious "disruptor" tactic used against me. Alan, I tip my floral trilby to you; you've not only edited our history, but chosen me as El Diablo, daemon of the Social Media to pursue a tiny, wee, small sting of punctured pride as a consciousness raising exercise. Well done.
Will this make the cut?