Solutions to all our problems do not rely on politicians; they rely on YOU and ME. If we need to  change … just change. We don’t need someone else to tell us to change or laws to enforce us. 

Our problems will always be answered by others with mediocrity   Answers don’t come from Governments they come from the people; from us. Our world needs to accommodate climate change … our biggest threat. Tania and I are changing our lives around to accommodate a reduction in carbon with a hybrid vehicle, heat pumps etc. We want to do some good for those that come after us.

I always thought developing our way out of climate change would be difficult. Interestingly Sweden, in collaboration with Serbian scientists, have developed “liquid trees”— compact photobioreactor tanks filled with microalgae that can produce oxygen equivalent to up to 100 mature trees in just one cubic meter.

Known as LIQUID 3, these tanks use microalgae that perform photosynthesis 10–100 times more efficiently than trees per square meter. Each unit can generate as much oxygen as an acre of forest, while also capturing CO₂, filtering air pollutants, and producing biomass that can be reused for biofuels.

Unlike traditional trees that take decades to mature, these systems start cleaning the air immediately—making them ideal for dense, polluted urban areas where trees struggle to survive. The design goes a step further by integrating solar panels and public seating, turning them into functional urban furniture.

Belgrade has already installed 20 units as a proof of concept, and Sweden is now scaling this technology for Nordic cities, where harsh winters limit conventional green infrastructure.

Importantly, liquid trees are not a replacement for real trees, but a powerful supplement—offering rapid air-quality improvement where space and climate are constraints.

🌱 Innovation inspired by nature, engineered for cities.

We may yet innovate ourselves out of the climate challenges. 

As part of the closure of Wildlife Tours and education I shall be closing down my email address and replacing carl@wildlifetoursandeducation.co.uk

My new address is

Whalewhisperer58@yahoo.com

I would encourage you to replace this in your records and start to use it with immediate effect. Its origin has a back story. My good friend, journalist and writer Simon Barnes wrote me a letter a few years ago addressed to West Runton’s Whale Whisperer … and bizarrely the letter found me!

In addition my new postal address is now:

21 Dragonfly Way, Holt, Norfolk, NR25 6UH

Again please update your records if you would like to keep in touch.

I’ve spent a little time putting together a new site about some of the prrdonal adventures and trips I’ve been on and the sites I’ve visited over the years. Take your pick of the details you would like to see regarding any of the trips that interest you and by following the instructions in this link https://wildlifetripreportsite.wordpress.com/about/ you will be able to receive details and duplicate any of the personal tours I have been on over the years.

With my best regards.

Carl

I’m going to be very frank. When one gets an aggressive grade 4 glioblastoma brain tumour it turns out that it will never really go away. It will reoccur until it will eventually shorten life. How short, how much time remains is the key question of course and nobody truly knows. It could be months it could be years. 

Against all odds Tania and I found one another from the opposite sides of the planet. If you can perhaps understand she was someone I loved deeply before I’d even met her.  I loved the very idea of her. I’m so pleased we caught one another’s eye on the boat to that penguin colony in Chile and we knew immediately we had things in common. We fully appreciate all the time we have had and have remaining together. 

I’ve never been phased by my own mortality. Having been raised in part on two animal husbandry farms in West Yorkshire and the Scottish borders. I consider myself to have a deep understanding of the cyclical nature of life. Nothing lasts forever. 

As I’ve said previously I have some things I want to complete but I also have some things I would like to enjoy for longer. Tania’s love; the purest truest feeling I have ever experienced being the most precious. 

On the last visit to Addenbrooks the Steroids I’m taking were reduced. This has brought about a reduction in the number of cats wearing cardigans I’m sharing the house with … which can only be a good thing. Some of the Ruparian like flights into my past have also reduced too. 

Before I loose my train of thought I would like to say that we both have been so touched by the warmth, love, affection and help offered by all our friends, work colleagues and beyond. Thank you all. Hope is the only thing stronger than fear and we both have a duty of hope. 

Tania and I wish you all a Wonderful Christmas. The Waxwing photo is one I took last Winter bizarrely just a few hundred of metres from where we have just bought the house in Holt which we move into tomorrow.