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Dr James Martin has just finished presenting the annual Commonwealth lecture 2010, and as one of the “lunatic bloggers” which he criticized for bankrupting newspapers, I felt I might just take issue with a couple of points whilst the various acquaintances from Oxford University and the Commonwealth tuck into their refreshments. Dr Martin mentioned a [...]

Following the disappearance of millions of bees – as reported in Dr. Who – Rt Hon Hilary Benn, the Environment Secretary, has announced £4.3 million to save the honey bee population of Great Britain. According to The Register, the National Bee Unit (NBU) will get £2.3 million over two years and £400,000 will go into [...]

The Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, has urged leaders around the world not to forget about their commitments to address climate change in spite of the deepening global financial crisis saying: “As the global financial crisis spreads and worsens, and the world economy slows down apparently, the international community must not waver in its determination to [...]

Politicians have their reasons for turning a blind eye in some cases an screaming blue murder at others. But as this blog acts as a soapbox, I am going to list some anomalies in reporting and political emphasis in Britain: Zimbabwe does not have free and fair elections Bahrain has had two elections in 33 [...]

Gordon Ramsay has suggested that Britain should fine restaurants that use out-of-season fruit and vegetables. I’m glad he’s not going to fine me. Only this morning, whilst making the Great English Breakfast, I used a tin of beans. The beans in tins (haricot beans) are grown in the USA. Apparently, there is a very similar [...]

The World’s Greatest Blog is celebrating Earth Day and supporting Freecycle by offering a FREE static caravan to anyone who is able to take it away. The spacious static caravan has a bathroom, kitchenette, double bedroom, built-in wardrobes, living room and built in gas fire. Plus you get the twin gas bottles included! The caravan [...]

Watching the Countryfile weather forecast for this week on I-player, I was quite amused at how little variation there was on the word “rain”. How many ways can you say it’s going to rain, all week, everywhere? The weatherman looked positively relieved to be able to report snow. I knew the rain was bad this [...]

A company called MDI (Moteur Development International) has developed a car which runs purely on compressed air – they call it the MiniCat (Compressed Air Technology = CAT!). Here’s how they describe this machine on their website: After fourteen years of research and development, Guy Negre has developed an engine that could become one of [...]

This Friday, 5th October, across Australia, it is “National Walk to Work Day.” Following my articles on Climate Change, and reflections on the Sydney Earth Hour event, as well as my follow up article on Australian Car Culture, I feel that I cannot let this event pass unnoticed. I heard about Walk To Work Day [...]

As I said in previous posts, consumption leads to waste. This is fairly simple: if we spend our time buying and replacing electronic equipment, this will undoubtedly lead to an issue with disposing of old equipment. There is all sorts of harmful stuff in an old computer, and other electronic items. Mercury, lead, arsenic and [...]