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Archive for July, 2007

How good are Carbon Footprint calculators: part 1

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 by Nigel

OK… the first of my Carbon Footprint Calculator reviews. First, a note. I’m going to be learning about what makes a good calculator as I go along, so all these reviews are subject to change. And this is a layman’s response, not a scientist’s. If you’ve got any views on these - or other sites - please let me know:


Going local…

Monday, July 16th, 2007 by Nigel

I recently came across a great series of photographs by John Lodei, who spent years travelling around Britian photographing small shops. He’s published the results in a new book called ShuttingUp Shop, about the decline of small shops in the UK. ..


Saving the trees…

Friday, July 13th, 2007 by Nigel

I’ve just read this lovely article in this week’s New Scientist, about Charles Kellogg, a successful music-hall performer who loved the Californian Redwood forests. Kellogg’s bizarre specialism was birdsong impressions


The Ampere Strikes Back

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 by Nigel

Great headline, eh? I wish I’d thought of it. It’s actually the title of a new report by the Energy Savings Trust on the proliferation of new home entertainment devices and the way they eat electricity…


Climate change

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 by Nigel

Hottest April for 140 years.

Arctic melts faster than forecast.

Wettest June since records began…


Petrolheads…

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 by Nigel

Who else thinks Jeremy Clarkson is an insufferable jughead?


Energy saving in the house

Monday, July 9th, 2007 by Nigel

There is so much information coming at us now on how to save energy in the home. The Energy Saving Trust have a great site


Low carbon travel…

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 by Nigel

Lowering our footprint is going to be a mixture of finding new solutions, and going back to old ones. Sometimes new tech is good. Sometimes old works just as well. There, for example, are dozens of sites trying to harness the power of the internet to help us to car-share…


The Carbon Footprint Calculator calculator

Monday, July 2nd, 2007 by Nigel

There was a really interesting survey published in The Guardian a few days ago about trust and green issues. It’s a wake-up call to anyone who lives in a green ghetto and thinks that everybody gets what the problems are.