Can I please recommend this web site to you (www.practicalaction.org) The founder of the charity, the economist Dr Fritz Schumacher, said "to talk about the future is only useful if it leads to action now".

Practical Action work with local communities to generate a long-term sustainable future.

So those are some of the notes of the back of one of their leaflets, but what I wanted to say, is that it would appear that you can buy a gift for a friend or loved one, and I don't suppose it has to be a Christmas or Birthday gift, you could give at anytime of the year!.

I loved some of the ideas, here is just a few; Chicken Tractors (you'll have to get the leaflet to work out what that is!) Fluffy Ducks, Alpaca's,Tiny Trees and seeds,Flood Siren and many more.

I certainly will be keeping my leaflet to hand to sort out some gifts for Christmas, you know, the friends, who you just can't think of a gift for.

This is not an advert for the charity, I just thought it was a very good idea to let you know about the gifts.