When thinking about renewable energy in Denmark you would naturally think about wind power as it accounts for roughly 20% of Denmarks electricity production. The solar power industry have for a long […]
Debate: Countdown to the US Elections what are the green issues?
With three months today to go until the crucial US elections, lets have a look at the environmental challenges we’re up against. Many environmentalists have criticized Obama for his green credentials as […]
Book review of ‘How bad are bananas: The carbon footprint of everything’ by Mike Berners-Lee
Book: How bad are bananas: The carbon footprint of everythingAuthor: Mike Berners-Lee Review: At the start of this great book, the author explains that he’s not set out to write a preachy […]
Editorial: Will Beijing 2008 Still be the Greenest Games Ever?
When London won the Olympic bid, it was claimed that these would be the ‘greenest Olympics ever’. While there have been some important green strides, some of which undoubtedly can be used […]
Book review of ‘Eaarth’ by Bill McKibben
Book: Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New PlanetAuthor: Bill McKibben (2010) Review: Even though ‘Eaarth’ is already slightly out of date, with environmental statistics, science and technological advances moving so […]
You Too Have a Green Voice
What is a blog? What is Social media? Eh, what? That might have been the answer you would have gotten ten years ago had you posed those two questions. But I don’t […]
EDITORIAL: THE TRUTH ABOUT SUBSIDIES
Like many I was incredibly disappointed about the outcome of the Rio+20 summit. In fact I was pretty much downbeat and disappointed months before started as it was pretty clear that it […]
DUNWICH DYNAMO: MORE THAN CYCLING
What makes 2000 plus cyclists of all levels venture out on to the roads and head out on the ambitious ride between London Fields in Hackney and Dunwich on the Suffolk coast? […]
Arctic Rising
21st June is Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year and traditionally a day of festivals and celebration. In the high North, past the Arctic Circle, it’s the first first day […]
Editorial: – Why a dash for gas is not the solution to a low carbon Europe
Last month saw Germany breaking a world record for the percentage of its energy output that was produced by renewable energy. Saturday 26thy of May they produced a whopping 22 GW of renewable energy. . […]