2012 could be the year when people sit up and take note of biodiversity. It could be the year when politicians and businesses finally come to realise that our economies are totally dependant on 'natural captial', a resource that to date has largely gone unaccounted for. It could be the year when we see world leaders finally reach a consensus on environmental action....although this means it could also be the year someone comes out with a non-infuriating advert for a online comparison site. One thing is certain though, it will be the year of Rio +20, which means the chance of the first three points happening is slightly better than average, although personally I think the last point is should be considered by Obama et al. (seriously though, whenever those ads come on TV the only thing I compare are methods of painfully dispatching opera singers and meerkats).

It’s not often the Nice and Serious crew get to escape the shores of the motherland for filming, but when they do, they certainly do it in style. For those of you who don’t keep up to date with our Twitter and Facebook feeds (and shame on you for not doing so... we’re quite a big thing on the interweb don’t you know), I’m talking here of our recent trip to South Africa.