My Manifesto for COP26 and beyond(Oct21)
I’m delighted that Cop26 is getting a lot of attention. I think it’s great that young people – with Greta leading the charge – are voicing their anger at what’s happening to the climate. It’s incredibly positive that more and more businesses around the world are trying to make meaningful changes. Not so good is […]
Tesla is flying (Apr17)
The ‘flying’ Tesla Model X I showed my mother a photo of ‘Tess’ – our new fully electric Tesla Model X. Seeing the falcon wing doors at the back she asked if the car could fly! Not yet. But, it’s exciting to discover the numerous new gizmos they have thought of… Teething problems revealed […]
Tesla arrives on April’s Fools Day – Teething Problems (Apr17)
She’s called Tess… And she arrived today. Glistening, blue and beautiful. I’ve never been so excited by a car. It’s April Fool’s day. A bit worrying. Was it an omen? Quite possibly. Rather nervously I approached the car and tried to work out how to open the door. It didn’t work properly. Pressed the chrome […]
Congestion charge exemption for hybrids is nonsensical (Jan17)
We bought a hybrid Volvo XC90 a few months ago. It was a mistake. On the plus side it’s extremely comfortable and I love some of the gizmos – built in sat nav, seat warmers, lane-keeping, average mpg gauge, good quality music, bluetooth, etc. Not so good is that we’ve had endless things go wrong […]
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 […]
We need more Bedzeds (Nov09)
Bedzed – Beddington Zero Energy Design William Steel, Generation Green Think Tank member Did you know that cats give off about 10 watts of heat and dogs about 15 watts. I suspect that a friend of mine with a Great Dane gets as much heat from his as a human though – roughly […]
Shops and Shopping Centres (May07)
‘I don’t think I’m going to be very popular with this audience’, I admitted, at the start of my speech to the property retail sector (people who develop shops and shopping centres) at Claridges. ‘I don’t buy much stuff’ I continued, ‘and what I do buy I generally purchase through internet shopping’. What I realise […]
Youth Media and G Whiz (Apr07)
Met Justin Smith from Youth Media in a juice bar on Edgware Road. He’s been tremendously successful with his student communications business. We discussed a number of ways in which green messages might be included as part of his package. There’s so much that schools, universities and students could be doing to reduce their environmental […]