Paul Brannen

We have to insulate >9 billion square meters until 2050 in the EU.
I don't think it needs many brain cells to realize that this needs to be done with regenerative materials like straw; which is available and cheap instead of fossil, synthetic materials.

Well done @brucespringsteen.net good to see you using your powerful voice to call out the rising tide of Fascism in the USA.

“This is a significant milestone in Glennon Brothers history, which dates back to 1913."

FULL STORY: www.forestryjournal.co.uk/news/2580589...

Most impressed by Bellway’s new timber frame facility opened today at Sutton-in-Ashfield. The timber frames both substitute for more carbon intensive materials & themselves store carbon = a climate win-win. @forestryjournal.bsky.social @marycreagh.bsky.social @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social

Heading to Nottinghamshire for the opening of Bellway's new timber frame facility. All part of the southward march of timber frame into England, a well established construction practice in Scotland accounting for 92% of family homes, compared to less than 10% in England.

I spent a few days in Paris last month and I can vouch this is indeed the case. A big change in a short time. Impressive. 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland The US president says the countries will be charged a

Time to join the Canadian public and decline to buy anything from the USA and not to visit either. Boycotts work and they can work fast if the majority support.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

We are delighted to announce that Paul Brannen and Professor Peter Bonfield OBE have been awarded Honorary Fellowships of the Institute, recognising their outstanding contributions to forestry… | Inst... We are delighted to announce that Paul Brannen and Professor Peter Bonfield OBE have been awarded Honorary Fellowships of the Institute, recognising their outstanding contributions to forestry, timber...

Delighted to have been awarded an honorary fellowship by the Institute of Chartered Foresters. www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

Apparently they can be revived with a shot of warm port.

Can we deduce from this photograph that your roof is well insulated?

Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.

Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business

Hempcrete block, wood fiber insulation samples stacked

The decision to go for bio-based construction is usually very easy. Especially in 2026.
Why do I say that? These building material samples here are already 10 years old.

Receive a book for Xmas?
Then thank a tree.
No commercial forestry = no trees = no wood pulp = no paper.
PS the forestry should be done sustainably as per the Forestry Commission.

New Non-Executive Commissioner to the Forestry Commission appointed Paul Brannen appointed for a three-year term

I’ve been appointed as a Non-Executive Commissioner to the Forestry Commission. Very much looking forward to this additional role given more wood in more buildings is predicated on planting and felling more trees.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

‘Timber! How wood can help save the world from climate breakdown’.
Now on its fourth print run in 18 months. Still time to order for Xmas.
www.waterstones.com/book/timber/...

Keir Starmer: "I have a Christmas message for Reform. If mysterious men from the east come bearing gifts...this time, report it to the police."

Timber as a Climate Solution - Operation Noah Chopping down trees to help solve climate breakdown appears to be counterintuitive, but the science backs this approach when sustainably grown mature trees are used in place of carbon-intensive buildi...

'Timber as a Climate Solution'
Thanks to Operation Noah for giving me the opportunity to write a guest blog.
Yes, we have a climate problem but we also have climate solutions.
www.operationnoah.org/timber-as-a-...

Study: Wood is a more cost-effective building material than concrete when emissions are monetised.

www.aalto.fi/en/news/stud...

Pallets are a vital component of almost of every distribution system.
In the U.K. many of them are made of Sitka Spruce 🌲 - it’s light weight but strong enough, holds a nail and because it’s a pale colour it is easy to paint.

Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.

Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:

Almost everything you’ve ever eaten or owned sat at one point in time on top of a wooden pallet. Pallets are essentially invisible, yet they're vital to transport logistics.
In the UK there are approximately 250m wooden pallets in circulation. For more see: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

I've signed. We need 100,000 signatures.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Good. The UK has more deer than at any point since 1500. They have no predators. Huge damage caused to trees, especially newly planted ones, & to farm production. So either we bring back the wolf &/or the lynx or we need to cull many more of them = venison, a high quality meat. Lucky you.

There are inevitable consequences for people whose secret hobby is hat making.

The solution to Europe’s housing affordability crisis must include building decarbonisation The EU can help tackle Europe’s housing crisis by reducing energy costs, decarbonising buildings and adhering to climate goals

Good to see an academic paper linking tackling the housing crisis with tackling the climate crisis. Both the EU & UK currently addressing them as separate issues - in the main - at present. www.bruegel.org/analysis/sol...

The solution to Europe’s housing affordability crisis must include building decarbonisation The EU can help tackle Europe’s housing crisis by reducing energy costs, decarbonising buildings and adhering to climate goals

www.bruegel.org/analysis/sol...

George Orwell’s statue outside the BBC’s London HQ is accompanied by the quote “If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear”.
I hope the BBC goes on telling people, especially the rich & powerful, what they don’t want to hear.

They are going the extra kilometre with their street trees in Vienna. Extensive wild flower planting around the tree and a fence that clearly signals ‘This is not a toilet for dogs’.

Since folks are talking a lot about democratic socialism this week, just gonna re-up this thread on how MLK voiced religious support for democratic socialism — but most folks aren't aware of when he did so most explicitly.

That was in an obscure, little-known speech he gave in Frogmore, SC in 1966.

We suspected it, now we know it. Time to act.
Time to close down Musk.