Mitsubishi i MiEV hits the UK
This week I got to drive one of the first two Mitsubishi i MiEV plug-in electric cars in the UK. Like most electric passenger vehicles...
Some Ideas to Chu On…
May 27, 2009
While the last year has seen Barack Obama hogging the limelight of US politics, his new Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel prize-winning physicist, has...
More example projects…
May 26, 2009
We've just updated the projects page on this site to better reflect the kind of work we have been doing in the last 12 months...
The key to understanding climate change
May 22, 2009
In my opinion, much of the confusion and public uncertainty over climate change is a lack of understanding of the difference between weather and climate.Weather...
Book Review: Blueprint for a Safer Planet by Nicholas Stern
May 20, 2009
Nicholas Stern's 2006 eponymous report has been credited with taking the climate change debate out of academic and green circles and into the 'real world'...
More low carbon workshops with yours truly
May 18, 2009
Once again I'll be facilitating two sessions at the Low Carbon Innovation Network, this time on 11 June at the Olympia, London.The sessions are:1. Long...
Would I join a club which would have me?
May 13, 2009
I've just received an invitation to become a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) on account...
Never Google “Climate Change”…
May 12, 2009
I've been refreshing my climate change slides for a couple of forthcoming workshops - one with NHS directors and the other for staff from a...
A new start for district heating?
May 8, 2009
According to the ENDS report, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has commissioned a report on district heating in the UK, which accounts...
Swine & Sustainability
May 5, 2009
OK, now it appears safe to do so, let's have a look at the probable origins of swine flu. We take a natural system -...