Here is the text of an e-mail I sent out earlier today: Sorry to smash the illusion folks, but I've done considerable research into this and carbon "off-sets" are a con. We cannot neutralise, nor "off-set", carbon we have already emitted (or are about to emit by driving, flying etc.) by giving someone £7.5/per tonne of carbon we emit. We cannot consume our ways out of trouble by simply buying a few carbon credits each time we fly, or even by totting up our total carbon footprint for the year … [Read more...]
Sonia’s media empire
In her effort to try out all the best blogging tools (and steadily grow her presence in the blogosphere) Sonia has recently added a Pickled Politics journal, creatively called Sonia's Diary, a livejournal blog called The Desert and The Sea, and a new WordPress.com book/encyclopaedia-focussed blog, called desert and sea. All this blogging and linking to herself is helping Sonia to increase her technorati rankings, and she's doing pretty well at around 40,000th 30,000th top blog. In fact, if you … [Read more...]
The Merton Rule
uniteddiversity built and manages https://themertonrule.org The 'Merton Rule' is the groundbreaking planning policy, pioneered by the London Borough of Merton, which requires the use of renewable energy onsite to reduce annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the built environment. Hundreds of local authorities look set to follow Merton's lead, which will impact all new major development projects throughout the UK. … [Read more...]