Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus, will vote in September on whether or not it aims to be zero carbon by 2030. After two catastrophic summers for the bees, a further fifth of bees died in this year’s cold winter. Teddy Goldsmith, founder of the Ecologist and an influential pioneer of the UK’s environmental movement, died [...]
Archive | August, 2009
Transition Luton – our first event
I’ve been waiting a little while to see some transition action in Luton, so our first event is quite exciting. The DVD has arrived, (not to self – must check it works) and if any of you are in or near Luton on the 9th, you’re most welcome to come along.
ExxonMobil – Forbes’ Green Company of the Year
ExxonMobil is the world’s largest company, and the first company to ever make a billion dollars in a single day. It is a mighty powerhouse of the oil industry, with lobbyists to match. Those lobbyists are currently hard at work undermining Obama’s climate change bill, through organisations such as the American Petroleum Institute. Exxon is [...]
Climate camp now underway at Blackheath
It’s been a closely guarded secret, but the location of the climate camp can now be revealed – Blackheath, London – the rallying site of the peasant’s revolt way back in 1381. The campers, most of who didn’t know where they were camping either, led the police on a merry waltz around the capital before [...]
I see no peak – the Wicks Report on Energy Security
There is so much going on at the moment it’s hard to keep up. Last month we had a series of climate change initiatives from the government, culminating in the UK low carbon transition plan. Then we had food security. The one thing that’s been missing has been the peak oil perspective. Turns out the [...]
The Cooperative’s Plan Bee
As well as running their supermarkets and bank, the Cooperative is the UK’s largest farmer. That makes them a very useful ally in safeguarding Britain’s declining bee populations. Their Plan Bee will see them plant wildflowers alongside their crops, reduce pesticide use, and invite beekeepers to place hives on their farms. They will also be [...]
Private profits, public debts
I saw an article today that highlighted, once again, the backwardness of our economy. Ironically, it was a good news story: ‘Surge in confidence means UK recession at an end‘ ran the headline, reporting on an assessment by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. According to ICAEW, optimism is at a high, [...]
The Hungry Spirit, by Charles Handy
Charles Handy is a business management ‘guru’, and not the kind of author I’d normally read. However, in John Naish’s book ‘Enough’, he interviews Handy. He and his wife worked out how much they needed to live on, and how much they needed to work to earn that much, and then only work that amount. [...]
What we learned this week
The UK and US scrappage schemes have seen people trading in SUVs for smaller cars, leading to a 25% reduction in emissions in the UK, and considerably more in the States. Good news, but each tonne of carbon saved this way costs $500. Each tonne saved by driving less costs nothing at all. In the [...]
Speaking louder
The contents of a sea bird’s stomach, from Greenpeace New Zealand.
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