Earth Hour switch off 8:30pm 28 March 2009
If you'd like to make a small symbolic gesture of your commitment to tackling climate change, just switch off your (non-safety related) lights for an...
Lord Smith on climate change and the CCC report
Dec 11, 2008
In this podcast from edie, Chris Smith, Environment Agency Chairman talks to the Environmental Industries Commission. Unlike the usual blandishments you get from the 'great...
Never work with children or animals…
Oct 17, 2008
Yesterday I was doing some pro bono work to persuade 120 twelve-year-olds of the joys of engineering and, in my case, that engineering and a...
Grey and Green
May 8, 2008
I gave a presentation on climate change to the Ponteland chapter of the University of the Third Age (U3A) yesterday. A very interesting and interested...
Bleak News from Bali
Dec 10, 2007
UK political orthodoxy has two main tenets when it comes to climate change: "yes, we can fix it, if only the Americans/Chinese/this month's scapegoat do...
Brown admits 60% carbon cut may be inadequate
Nov 23, 2007
With all the furore over Northern Rock and the loss of 25m people's personal data, you may have missed a significant speech on climate change...
Green Dragons?
Nov 21, 2007
It was great to see Max McMurdo get some cash backing for his Reestore eco-design business on last week's Dragons' Den. The funny bit was...
Supermarkets Start Putting Words into Practice
Oct 17, 2007
Six months ago, you couldn't open a newspaper without one supermarket supremo or another launching a programme to make their chain more sustainable. Well the...
Oil price at record high – is this the beginning of the end?
Oct 12, 2007
With the BBC reporting that oil prices are staying near the record high set in September, the 'peak oil' debate has started again.'Peak Oil' is...
The Winds of Change…
Aug 29, 2007
When watching footage of this month's Climate Camp, I couldn't help thinking it could be the mid-nineties all over again with the dreadlocked hordes descending...