Reviving traditional skills in Japan is always noteworthy and I was lucky enough to learn of the art of horse logging, the perfect solution to logging in steep, fragile mountain forests, and the art of horse ploughing in rice fields. In both arts, a horse treads lightly on the ground, does not require tractors with all the complications that they imply and allows close links back to the earth we should all be cherishing. A wonderful solution for our world about which many more people should learn, it seems to me.