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...Even as we took our leave, he trailed after us with a Spanish hat from Potosi, two serving spoons from Rajasthan, a teddy bear from Dorset....
...They sniff the air, gambol and explore, cute as teddy bears. “Can they smell us?” we ask the guide in hushed voices. “Yes,” he says, adding with a wink: “We stink.”...
...After dinner, Justin “Mr Tumble” Fletcher cuts a ribbon with 4ft-long scissors, surrounded by a bobbing sea of bizarre characters — rabbits, polar bears and teddies....
...Among her favourites is a long quote from Teddy Roosevelt, the Renaissance man and 26th US president famous for his rough-hewn bon mots....
...As we wander across the meadow to a very chi-chi café, Goldsmith looks out contentedly across a timeless scene of the kind he wants to protect....
...Published in 1972, Limits to Growth by Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows and Jurgen Randers was a timely warning of the dangers posed by the earth’s increasing population and limited resources....
...Ecologists think the main culprit is the loss of their natural habitat, as farming methods have changed and hay meadows, rough grasslands and hedgerows have vanished....
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