Ernie Hasler started working as an apprentice engineer, in Scotland at the age of 16. He retired as a health and safety advisor after more than a half-century of work on some big jobs, also becoming the ¿rst advisor in Scotland to gain the specialist NEBOSH Diploma in environmental management.Hasler became active in the trade union early in his career and saw many improvements in health and safety during his time. These important improvements stemmed from the Health and Safety at Work Act in 1974, which led to slow but signi¿cant increase in worker safety and welfare.In his spare time, he ran a small charity, Plant Tree Save Planet, starting women's tree nurseries in poor countries, mostly funded by himself and his two sisters, however, he closed it when due to poor health and age he could not e¿ectively check out recipients. He continues to fund tree planting through Trees for the Future, planting seedlings each year and helping poor families start agri-forestry farms. He has funded the planting of at least 100, 000 trees and hopes to plant more before he dies, which won't be long now.He has been a voluntary trustee with Emmaus Glasgow for twenty-four years, helping take it from an aspirational concept to a functioning community of up to twenty-seven previously homeless people.75 years of experience has taught him that supporting people with needs on positive pathways is much more productive than punitive sanctions.Photo of Hasler steering friends boat past the lair of the nuclear monster's base on the River Clyde.Ernie is against nuclear weapons. They are a denial of our creative Elohim (God), and place belief and reliance on the biggest bully, the Alpha male.A courageous and ingenious people would dig strong defensive positions all over the Highlands and train both men and women to make Scotland hard to invade.