My Blog Returns Again… (Oct16)
My blog life has been rather quiet for a long time. There may be some people who have been checking my Blogspot and getting fed up with looking at Lidl lobsters, which was my last post or a photo of me getting married saying that my blog is coming alive again?! Hopefully, it […]
Shipping needs to be greener…(Aug16)
When I was in Hong Kong, I was horrified by the smog shrouding the city. It could be a sunny day but the sky was barely visible. Some of this, at least, came from the diesel powered ships criss crossing the harbour. I read a very illuminating article from the Guardian which illustrates hows slow […]
Venice is sinking (Mar16)
It felt apocalyptic. Exceptional flood levels. Sandbags. Elevated planks to walk along. St Mark’s Square underwater and a deluge. But I discovered that this was not very unusual. And, it’s not a new phenomenon either. In 1966 there was a huge storm which meant that the Piazza San Marco had a flood over five feet […]
Feeling guilty about Lidl lobsters (Nov14)
We bought a couple of lobsters from Lidl for £5.99 each and had them for supper. They weren’t particularly good despite getting the top rating for ‘cheap supermarket lobsters’. And, even worse, they were tiny. I’ve looked up the sustainability of small lobsters and see that it’s definitely not recommended. They should be thrown back […]
Blog coming alive again! (Nov14)
My blog is coming alive again. It’s been asleep for quite some time!
I’ve made friends with my heating controls (Mar13)
I’ve often been asked for top tips in greening your home. One of my best suggestions is to ‘make friends with your heating controls’, because if you don’t you’ll be wasting huge amounts of energy heating your house, when you’re not even there – or heating rooms that you’re not using. However, up to now, […]
My LED Lighting Saga (Mar13)
Remember the joke about how many men are needed to change a light bulb. The answer is generally a joke about the number of people standing around watching. But my experience with LED bulbs has become a joke – it’s taken me over a year now and I still haven’t succeeded in replacing all the […]
Challenging Sainsbury’s on environmental standards (Feb13)
Justin King, CEO of Sainsburys I wrote the blog below for the Food Ethics Council before the horse meat scandal blew up. I think it’s even more relevant now. When I challenged Justin King, CEO of Sainsbury’s about not applying the same environmental standards across all the products sold through his stores, he replied that […]
Raw Foundation Making Waves about Waste (Jan13)
I was rather impressed by the Environment Agencies initiatives to reduce waste – as relayed to an audience pulled together by the Raw Foundation, at Bristol’s Create Centre. Did you know that the government organisation used to drive as many miles as the AA? Now they’ve reduced this by 21 million miles a year, as […]
E-Waste Poem – with help from Dr Seuss (Dec12)
I’ve always been a fan of Dr Seuss’s books. Green Eggs and Ham, Hortense the Elephant and The Sneetches are just some of his gems. And they all have a message – often quite subtle. The most environmental of his stories is the Lorax – ‘I am the Lorax, and I speak for the trees, which you seem to chopping […]
