I've been vaguely aware of the campaign to move the UK to double summer time for years, but now momentum seems to be building around it. This is a good summary of the reasons for it:Imagine if improving our quality of life was as simple as changi...
Solar Roadways (YouTube video). H/T David Gate.
On our trip to Iona, and talking more than usual about sustainability, we decided it was time to go back to one car, and cut down on how much we used that. And see if we can work towards giving up the car entirely, like urbanites Martin and Meg ha...
From a recent Guardian editorial In praise of… public drinking fountains: Many surviving public drinking fountains of the Victorian era are a template for what our cities again need more of today – prominent and well-designed structures in streets...
One of the things we talked about during the week on Iona as part of gbiona2010 was sustainability. And particularly our avoidable use of plastics. Clare Lissaman led a very interesting session on this, partly drawn from her experience on giving u...
When I was in sixth form, I once wrote a piece that argued the case against Nuclear Power. Part of my argument was that it had huge costs, crazily more than the original promise of "energy too cheap to meter". It obviously had, and still has, its ...
I've just read the Eight Best Films Of 2009: According to Simon Dillon. Unfortunately, I've only seen 3 of them. So, the following need to go on the must-see list: The Hurt Locker, Up and A Christmas Carol. And, if we can stomach the relentless de...