Where’s the Summer?

One small warning please: Due to the hugely variable nature of weather, this post is only really relevant to the UK. Sorry. – It was my birthday yesterday and while I was walking to my mother’s house, I wore a winter coat while getting rained on. This has never, ever, happened before in my life. … Continue reading →

Green Dreams and Rio+20

The International Conference on Sustainable Development, also known as Rio+20 and the 2012 Earth Summit, is taking place in Brazil this week. There’s already been preparatory meetings and the actual conference is from the 20th to the 22nd of June. I’ve been wondering how it’s all going but even though I’ve been scouring both the official UN … Continue reading →

Look, David Cameron Thinks So Too!

So I’ve recently finished reading The Great Disruption which outlines how the author believes we will experience the end of economic growth some time within the next decade or so, due to the fact we’ve now reached some of the planet’s limits and are about to hit the rest. In my posts The Great Disruption … Continue reading →

Earth Summit 2012

This June, there will be a United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil. Also going by the names of “Rio+20” and “Earth Summit 2012”, this will undoubtedly be a great milestone, an example of history unfolding around us as we speak. We can only hope it will have a more impressive outcome than the 2009 Copenhagen … Continue reading →

Kent hosts largest offshore wind farm in the world

The Thanet Offshore Wind Farm on the Eastern most point of Kent, is the largest such project in the whole world. It is comprised of 100 wind turbines, generating 300 MW of clean electricity. This is estimated to be enough to power 200,000 homes per year. Quite something! The project was begun in 2008, and … Continue reading →

Joining the Transition

If you don’t know what the Transition Movement is, then go to either my post about it or the official website. There, now you know I can get started. You see I’m very busy doing nothing much at the moment. Even though I only have a part-time job, and that apart from that this blog … Continue reading →

Bolivia Gives Earth Rights

The South American country Bolivia is giving the Earth rights equal to those attributed to humans. Backed by politicians and environmental organisations, this radical milestone in law is set to trigger huge conservation efforts. The indigenous culture of the country sees the planet Earth as a living entity, a deity called Pachamama – which is … Continue reading →

Looks Like We’re Getting A Tesco

I’m not very good at judging time, so I couldn’t tell you when, but some time earlier this year there was a proposal for a new Tesco store to be built in my home town. A lot of people were, shall I say, displeased with the idea. After all we already have a Co-op, a … Continue reading →