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Considering Tomorrow Today<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n After 27 Years – How Green Are My Valleys? Wales has a new government elected in an unfamiliar political landscape. This is not going to be a political piece, don\u2019t be concerned, it just seems a good moment to take a look at our green credentials here in Wales not only at our valleys, but mountains, rivers, the sea around us, urban landscapes, post-industrial sites and more importantly what we the people of Wales do to improve or damage our own surroundings.<\/p>\n It’s fair to say that most of the world\u2019s developed societies have used the wonderful resources that the planet and its nature provide as free gifts, contributing to economies built on the growth of wealth. There has been little consideration for the whole picture, the ecosystem. Some types of bees, for example, have been farmed and exploited for\u00a0their honey but bees in general have no economic value, with their contribution as pollinators disregarded, their habitats destroyed and only recently the impact of their decline on our ability to feed the world\u2019s population acknowledged. It\u2019s been much the same with most of nature\u2019s wonders.<\/p>\n Gradually those who have for decades been warning of the dangers of overfishing or campaigned for the return of beavers to the countryside or those who construct hedgehog highways have made their voices heard and slowly things are changing. Here in 2015 the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act was in the vanguard in making sustainable development a central organising principle for government.<\/p>\n It seems that it has made a difference, household recycling by local authorities in Wales was over 65% in 2022-23, a world leading rate and household carbon footprints fell by 37% between 2001 and 2020. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OEDC) and other international bodies reviewing evidence found that this overarching approach has resulted in improvement in health, education and wellbeing for the people of Wales. The 2015 Act inspired the UN Declaration of Future Generations based on sustainable development.<\/p>\n Currently Wales is considered an exemplar. Let\u2019s hope it stays that way.<\/p>\n A Message from Sian Hops!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Hi – I just want to reach out to all of you fellow hop growers.<\/p>\n Our Hops haven’t materialised yet, even though I have planted my seeds in a pot after following all the instructions. We keep trying with the hope of having something grow when the harvest is due. Usually hop picking is around 5th September or maybe 12th depending on what sort of weather we have this Summer.<\/p>\n So far, it’s cold and windy. We are all hoping for some warmth for ourselves and our plants.<\/p>\n I hope we will have a get together in September and share a drink or two. I will be in touch nearer that date. If there is anything I can help with in the meantime, please let me know.<\/p>\n Sian<\/p>\n P.S. I wish WWO was in colour, for you to see the springlike bright green of neighbours\u2019 hops.<\/p>\n (P.P.S<\/span>\u00a0 From the editor of WWO.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n If you know Sian, tell her that her\u00a0 wish has been\u00a0 granted<\/span>.\u00a0 As readers of this are aware,<\/span> all the illustrations<\/span> are in<\/span> Glorious Technicolour<\/span> on the Web Version of the WWO<\/span>)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n To join our Facebook group, please \u2018friend up\u2019 with the GwenFo account @ https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gwen.fo.1 and then jon the Wenvoe Forum @ https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/635369267864402<\/p>\n Some further information and updates, blog site https:\/\/wenvoeforum.wordpress.com\/. Any Wenvoe community member is welcome to join the Forum meetings, via Zoom, which are normally held 19.00 on the second Thursday of each month. E-mail gwen-fo.forum@gmail.com if you wish to join<\/p>\n WENVOE FORUM Considering Tomorrow Today After 27 Years – How Green Are My Valleys? Wales has a new government elected in an unfamiliar political landscape. 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