Just pleasantly floundering around.....

This Friday chap was playing in Jurnets Bar in Norwich. It's a great venue (in a cosy crypt) where every Friday night a handful of different bands and musicians play a few numbers each. I have had some amazing nights there over the years - sometimes because of the quality of the music and sometimes because of the wonderful crowd it attracts. Unfortunately though, this week I wasn't able to go but because I knew a particular friend of mine was going who I was sad to miss, I sent her a box in place of me. The box was a yogi tea bag box painted purple and labelled: Sadly I cannot make it tonight so I have sent: 1) a better version of me and 2) some things that will be more fun than me xxxxxxx The 'me' she got was: And inside the box for her to play with was.... CONTENTS • Some play dough to make a new nose for me • A yoga position to try • A post-it to stick on her husband's back (It sad 'don't kick me') • Poo Poem • A bouncy ball to bounce at your leisure ...

Yesterday I was reading a version of Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth written for young people. (I like books for young people - especially when they have lots of pictures) This book is clear, cuts-to-the-chase and spells out what needs to happen. I have always thought the title was spot on for this work! Anyway it got me thinking - linked to my post Sustainability about different countries' readiness to embrace these issues. For example, a country that is in a state of civil unrest, that has starving people in abundance and heaps of corruption is unlikely to have the green agenda high up on its list of priorities. It takes a certain level of some kind of development for this readiness that I was pondering. I know there is a Corruption Perception Index for countries but I was wondering if there could be a more complex index for showing a country's readiness to embrace the sustainability agenda. It would need to take an awful lot into account as an awful lot can inhibit this p...