I’ve just realised that all the stuff I wrote before we switched over to this all-singing all-dancing Wordpress blogging site seems to have disappeared off the face of the web. I know this because I was trying to find something I wrote in it ages ago about my carbon footprint, for something I’m looking to write about carbon footprint calculators…
I’ve been trying the navy shower technique.
There’s a flaw. The trouble is, I’ve got a demand water heater.
Today’s mood is lighthearted.
Q. How many ecologists does it take to change a lightbulb?…
The Green Guy wrote a nice piece for The Guardian last week on using “smart meters” to shave un-needed watts off your electricity use.
Here in relatively eco-conscious Brighton, the smart meter seems to have created a whole new fun-for-all-the-family type game…
To think. Once people used to be content with a simple entry in the Guinness Book of Records. There’s a positive stampede of good people who are trying to make a point by setting themselves unlikely attention-grabbing challenges. In recent weeks we’ve celebrated the following heroes of the modern age:
Isn’t this genius? You thought it was one of those CD-RW containers? No, it’s tupaware for the digital age - the only thing to turn up to picnics with, these days. Ideal for bagels and ring doughnuts, obviously. This top recycling is brought to you by…
It being Easter, the topic is eggs.
This morning I boiled myself one using the low-energy technique I discovered on The Yellow House’s site.
To whit: Place egg in cold water. Bring pan to the boil. The moment it boils…
There’s an excellent article by Jonathan Watts and Jess Cartner-Morley on the complex economy of the humble plastic bag in The Guardian.
“The apparent intractability of the plastic bag problem is all the more remarkable considering that our dependency on them is a recent phenomenon. Polythene was not even invented until the 30s, and plastic bags did not become common in supermarkets…
There’s obviously some kind of eco meme thing going on. After Carless in LA, I come across this guy. No Impact Man. He describes his mission thusly:
“A Guilty Liberal Finally Snaps, Swears Off Plastic, Goes Organic, Becomes A Bicycle Nazi, Turns Off His Power, Composts His Poop and, While Living In New York City Generally Turns Into a Tree-Hugging Lunatic Who Tries To Save the Polar Bears and The Rest of The Planet from Environmental Catastrophe While Dragging His Baby Daughter and Prada-Wearing Four Seasons-Loving Wife Along for the Ride.”
