Digitisation, smart grids and cyberwarfare
One of the basic principles of pragmatic environmentalism is to embrace digitisation as a way of managing resources much more efficiently and dealing with the...
Peak stuff? Peak Carbon? It’s happening, folks…
Mar 2, 2016
A headline in yesterday's Guardian stopped me in my tracks: UK consumes far less than a decade ago – 'peak stuff' or something else? From crops...
Mind the Credibility Gap
Jul 23, 2014
I'm continuing to plough my way through the background information from a sustainability training course I'm reviewing for a client and it's throwing up all kinds...
IKEA, fashion and sustainability
Jun 30, 2014
Last night I caught the first episode of the BBC documentary "The Men Who Made Us Spend" (if you live in the UK and you're quick,...
I Want My Presents!!!
Mar 29, 2013
Today is my 40-somethingth birthday. Thank you. My long suffering partner has decided she'd rent me The Killing as that would be much more environmentally...
Geek Central: Virtualisation
Nov 27, 2009
The economy is fast becoming digitised - photos, music, newspapers, movies, books, shopping, networking. This is a good thing from a dematerialisation point of view,...