I wrote about curious technologies yesterday, but here’s another – using liquid air as an energy storage mechanism. Just the sort of smart idea we need if renewable energy is to form an increasing percentage of our energy mix. Photographer Rachel Sussman reflects on the loss of an ancient tree. Sun journalists arrested and the [...]

2011 was the driest in 90 years in the UK, and this winter has so far been the driest on record. Maybe time to fit another water butt somewhere before the growing season begins… If you’ve got BBC iPlayer where you are, there’s a great radio doc up at the moment on genetically modifying insects [...]

How do you think the EU is handling its foreign relations? It just got its report card. (Warning – probably an international relations geekery link) I’m familiar with Slow Food, but I hadn’t heard of Slow Finance. David Boyle introduces it here. There are plenty of activists opposing Britain’s high speed rail plans. As far [...]

There’s no-one in the Republican race who isn’t a millionaire. Did George Monbiot just single-handedly take down the tabloid’s favourite weather forecaster? I generally avoid Hollywood films set in Africa, and Bill Easterly nails why in his Academy Award for Exploiting Africa. Why Ecuador is one of the most exciting places on earth right now, [...]

A neighbour gave me a wheelbarrow today, which makes it a good day to link to this history of the wheelbarrow. You may not think you have time to read such a thing, but I assure you that you do. If I add that it includes notes on wind-powered wheelbarrows and the use of wheelbarrows [...]

Renewable energy overtook nuclear power in the US last year, and now accounts for 12% of US energy. 43.4 million prescriptions were written for anti-depressants in the UK last year. In a country of 62 million people, that’s a cause for concern. What happens if you leave a skyscraper half finished for too long? You [...]

Christmas eve, and it’s time to put the blog to bed for the holidays. As 2012 rolls around, I will have been blogging for ten years, five of them on Make Wealth History. I intend to celebrate with a design refresh, so apologies in advance if it looks a little messy around here for a [...]

I usually find the New Internationalist a little too ranty and socialist for my liking, but this is a great article on the arms trade. Facebook has embraced renewable energy, and aims to move all its operations and servers off coal . Visit Greenpeace’s site to tell Apple, Microsoft and Twitter all about it. Has [...]

I remember whining at the number of time-waster candidates on Luton South’s ballot paper last May. I take it back. We had 12 candidates. Voters in Kinshasa this month had a 56 page booklet and over 1,500 names to choose from. Interesting to see how Newt Gingrich’s views on climate change and the need for [...]