Yesterday I told you about what we did when the weather postponed our planned boat trip on the Thames to explore the footprint of the Isle of Grain four-runway airport concept proposed by Lord Foster.

Sadly I missed out on the boat – but today the weather has relented and I just got this picture showing our Director for SE England, Chris Corrigan (left) with the Friends of North Kent Marshes – as the sign says, Conservation and Communities United!

 The sudden unwelcome focus on building over the Thames' world-renowned coastal wetlands puts in sharp focus the recent anti-environmental rhetoric of the Chancellor of the Exchequer – the clock is ticking towards the 2012 Budget and you can step up and make the case that the natural world is not the enemy of economic recovery – enjoy the video and take action here.

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