- UK house prices have increased by 230% in thirty years, while German house prices have fallen by 10% – as planned.
- Yesterday I wrote about Gujarat’s solar canals, but Britain recently saw its first solar installation on water too. Floating them on a reservoir doubles up on infrastructure and saves land that could be used for agriculture.
- Well worth a read: Rob Hopkins in conversation with Richard Louv on nature deficit disorder.
- John McKeown wrote this week to tell me about his new book, God’s Babies, about the theology of ‘natalism’. It looks at why religious communities often have higher birth rates, and the connection to sustainability.
The Earthbound Report 
Very important to note the Germans release land for housing. Building more houses where people want then is an indispensable part of how they keep house prices low. You can’t suggest we follow them in rental regulation and the rest without that part. Environmentalists seem to be against that.
In the UK the planning consent is worth a huge part of the price of a house because we restrict planning so much.
That all said Germany could be becoming more British
http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/d479f6f4-06bb-11e4-b0d3-00144feab7de.html