About Gramskii
Why Gramskii.com exists:
Its first objective is to keep me and my family in a comfortable, First World lifestyle without requiring me to bend myself out of shape and be something I'm not.
At various points in my career I've been a 'big shot', and can confirm it's not all it's made out to be.
Nor does owning the latest car, exotic holidays etc etc mean much if the rest of your life isn't sorted - no matter how hard the ads try to convince you otherwise (mine included, in a former life).
While not 'rich' I'm in the 'top 10% of earners in the UK' (i.e. £80k+) which also puts me comfortably in the top 1% globally. So in the grand scheme of things I've been unbelievably lucky, and I know it.
We've paid off the mortgage, have good health, and live in a beautiful part of the world (Somerset UK), with lovely neighbours (mostly).
These days our main challenge is getting two of the three offspring through university, helping with sky-high accommodation and Student Loan repayments.
Like I say, First World problems.
Why Gramskii.com REALLY exists:
But Gramskii.com isn't just an exercise in feathering my own nest and being smug about it.
The real objective is to make a dent in TWO other goals, without which everything I've just described would not mean very much.
As Oscar Wilde once said, we're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
ONE: Having written a book about capitalism and climate change, I now feel a strong obligation to pass on what I learned.
Not because I want to preach my worldview, but because I think the facts alone, properly understood, are enough for us to avoid a needless catastrophe.
If I don't follow through on this, everything else is academic.
TWO: The other, more ambitious plan, (well, we can all dream can't we?) is to set up an animal sanctuary — a sort of retirement home for farm animals who'd otherwise be heading to the abattoir. Think of it as a care home, minus the bingo, plus a lot more mud.
Alongside it would be an education centre for school visits, where children understand what industrial farming actually looks like, and quietly reconsider their enthusiasm for McDonald's Happy Meals.
And in doing so, they'd be making one of the biggest contributions any of us can make to reversing global warming, simply by eating a little less (or zero) meat and dairy.
If you want to help in any way with these projects, which at a minimum, involves just spreading the word about my book — that would be great and I'd love you forever. xxx