Sunday, November 01, 2009

Bad News--Good news

On returning from a two weeks restful break on Thassos (I shall plant some more trees via The Woodland Trust) and not having access to national or global news, it was depressing to start our first day back by listening to The Farming and Today programmes. Bumble and Honey bees still on the decline, as is the Arctic ice cap.

The good news is that had time to do a lot of reading. One of the books that I had in my case and thoroughly enjoyed was David MacKay's book about climate change. A strange thing to say about the prospect of impending chaos, but I was riveted by the way he has addressed the challenge of reducing out energy consumption in an understandable way! Everyone should read it and have it on their bookshelf. He is now the Chief Scientific Advisor at the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Great news!



The second good thing was an email from Dr. Gary Robertshaw, requesting reciprocal links with The Green Providers Directory No sooner said than done! You'll find information and links to most aspects of sustainable/ethical companies and organisations and MORE.

2 comments:

BPK said...

Hi,
I also enjoyed the David Mackay book and created an online tool based on the calculations within it that enables you to create and share your own energy plan that 'adds up.'

It is freely available at:

www.energyplanmaker.com

Please try it out and create your own plan choosing the type and amounts of energies you would use for the UK. Let me know any suggestions for improvements if you have time.

Many Thanks,

Barnaby

My Energy Plan that adds up

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