I’m nervously following the news on Burma on the net, amazed at the profound bravery of unarmed protesters on the other side of the world - in particular the Buddhist monks who have led the country’s rebellion…
Eco-Worrier puts me in mind of Thurber’s grandmother who “lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house,” and went round placing electric plugs in empty sockets…
I was shocked and saddened to hear, last night, of the death of Anita Roddick. She was such a fantastic inspiration, and pretty much single-handedly redefined the area of business ethics here in the UK.
This is the kind of story that appeals to the short-trousered boy in me.
A solar-powered plane has just broken the record for solar-powered flight, albeit unofficially, staying aloft for 54 hours.
The fundamental problem with biofuels is already making an impact.
The Soil Association issued their annual report at the weekend during their Organic Food Festival in Bristol. Their director of food and farming Helen Browning noted an increasing shortage of organic cereals. She blames it on rising prices for soya, maize and grain created by America’s new hunger for biofuels.
