The UK coalition government is trying to push through the Lobbying Bill aka the Gagging Law. This is really bad and needs to be stopped because it puts our status as a free democracy seriously at risk. I’m not even overreacting. The bill aims to limit and suppress campaigns on topical issues during the entire … Continue reading
Cases of the cattle disease Bovine TB have been steadily rising in the UK for many years, and the government have decided to deal with the problem by implementing a pilot scheme throughout the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire for badger culling. The pilot scheme aims to cull 5,000 badgers, 90% of which will be … Continue reading
According to Positive News, the forest dwelling indigenous people in Indonesia may soon have the legal rights to control those forests. This means they would be private property, and the government would cease to have control over them as a national resource. That means the Indonesian government couldn’t sell them to logging companies. It does … Continue reading
I just got back from a backpacking holiday in Continental Europe, where the beautiful Paris was my last destination. Rifling through my emails, today I’ve learnt that over the next two years my attention will be placed on the capital of romance and style for something a bit more important than budget sightseeing: the next … Continue reading
I have good news today! Yesterday I read about Solar Impulse, the American-owned solar aeroplane that can fly all the way through day and night powered purely by the sun’s rays. It flew from one side of the USA to the other yesterday, and the next big challenge is to fly all around the world … Continue reading
Although not all of them are publicised very well, the UN have been holding climate change talks pretty much every year for a while now. The question is, are they getting anywhere? Copenhagen 2009 was a flop, the Earth Summit last year didn’t seem to do anything, and I didn’t even know COP18 took place … Continue reading
I’ve been on quite a few protests and marches, but today was my first time with a counter march. It was also the first time the police have been on ‘my side’ of the protest! Let’s back up a bit and explain. Today is Saint George’s day, so happy Saint George’s day everyone! There’s a … Continue reading
I’ve always been a big fan of Innocent Smoothies. They taste delicious, they’re healthy, they sometimes come with little hats and they always come with jokes and witty quips on their bottles. What’s not to like? Well, a month ago I would have simply answered that with “well, they’re pretty overpriced and they’re not organic” … Continue reading
This is the trailer for the provocatively named Greedy Lying Bastards – a documentary film about climate change and skeptics. I haven’t been able to watch the full movie yet but basically it sets out to explain how climate skepticism has been engineered by energy companies. I’ve heard rumors before that huge companies that rely on fossil fuel use (like Exxon Mobil … Continue reading
Hello everybody! This evening as I was browsing Facebook after a huge portion of pasta, I came across some astounding news. Sustainable Man posted this article which says that Bhutan is set to go 100% organic! I must confess I didn’t even know what Bhutan was until now, but a quick research session informs me … Continue reading
This is such fantastic news that I can barely believe it! To be honest I feel a bit out of the loop because I was really involved in animal rights and anti-vivisection when I was younger but haven’t really looked into it for a while. I didn’t know the EU was even close to doing … Continue reading
As I said in my last post I’ve discovered my cafe at university, where I work, has recycling bins for plastic bottles and drinks cans. Since then I’ve been using them (nobody else seems to) but nobody’s been emptying them. Since I started using them I’ve literally seen every bottle and can I’ve put in there … Continue reading
Last night my and my boyfriend went round to a neighbor’s house to watch Gasland – a well made and shocking documentary about the fracking crisis in America. You can watch the film, read a blog and get more information here. Basically the gist of the film is that a few years ago officials in the … Continue reading
Hello everybody! Sorry I haven’t had time to post too much lately, but its all for a good cause – my first two academic essays are bursting their way through my keyboard as we speak! Well, okay I stopped for the evening actually but you get the idea. One’s on the internet and the public sphere, and the … Continue reading
I’m so so busy with my university assignments but I had to just quickly sidetrack from that to post these two links here. I’m so happy to see these countries getting down to business and cutting their carbon emissions at such a pace! I’m so used to ‘government’ being all slow and slippery about this … Continue reading
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