my latest project is to build a tree house in the Liquid Amber tree just near the deck in the house at Mangawhai New zealand. The idea is to have a space to chill out in the shade of this beautiful tree. Due to many other projects coming up, as they do, the tree house is on hold. But in the meantime I've built a Yurt. Never did get to build the tree house but built a yurt & acquired 7 Mongolian Yurts too. Now back in UK & having a BALL.
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label environment. Show all posts
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
The Guardian comes up with a very useful Website to inform yourself about Climate Change & related Matters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/10-10
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Saturday, 3 October 2009
An example to us all
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/a7b2ee8e45551c138525735900404444/da43f909a556e633852576350055d408!OpenDocument
It's a long read but worth it !
This is an example of the 'Total Environmental Approach' which I have always encouraged. We must always think of the total effect our habits have on our environment & stop just thinking of say ' Climate Change' as an isolated result of some discrete action we may or may not be taking. When we look around us every day we see some effects of our littering ways by the amount of rubbish left on our streets.
What we don't see are the effects of our room thermostats being set too high for example. The effects are still there but we ignore them because they aren't obvious. Similarly we ignore the outflow of our other practices like land development say or packaging waste.
Take a look at your total environmental consequences not just the obvious ones.
Also, as we might pick up rubbish on our own doorstep so as to be 'tidy' & impress the neighbours, we should do the same regarding our other polluting ways & take action !
Just do it !
It's a long read but worth it !
This is an example of the 'Total Environmental Approach' which I have always encouraged. We must always think of the total effect our habits have on our environment & stop just thinking of say ' Climate Change' as an isolated result of some discrete action we may or may not be taking. When we look around us every day we see some effects of our littering ways by the amount of rubbish left on our streets.
What we don't see are the effects of our room thermostats being set too high for example. The effects are still there but we ignore them because they aren't obvious. Similarly we ignore the outflow of our other practices like land development say or packaging waste.
Take a look at your total environmental consequences not just the obvious ones.
Also, as we might pick up rubbish on our own doorstep so as to be 'tidy' & impress the neighbours, we should do the same regarding our other polluting ways & take action !
Just do it !
Thursday, 1 October 2009
this is a great idea - look !
Buy Carbon Credits & remove them from the market - sandbag - a good way to offset your flights or any other CO2 you personally produce.
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
No Impact Man
See the trailer to 'No Impact Man' and make up your own mind - we could all do it if we really wanted to !
An interesting article from NASA - Temp of the Planet
Sunrises like this may be a thing of the past if we don't act now to reduce GHG emissions. They'll still happen but many fewer of us will see them - so act now locally and globally- write to your MP - lobby - ask your friends to help - anything - don't just it there - do something !
Monday, 31 August 2009
How to Rein in a Rogue Company
Fonterra, a large New Zealand Dairy Company, one of the largest in the world, has about 85% of the supply market in NZ which amounts to a whole lot of output - butter, cheese, casien, milk powder, all sorts of other products such as yoghurt, ice-cream, etc.etc. They are in the forefront in research, have a modern suite of plants all over NZ and of course export much of the output world wide.
They are not a very socially responsible company in my opinion. They could be part of the solution to climate change - we all realize that the intensive dairy industry has much to do - but they do little, and are very much in the industrial mould where the bottom line is all important. They are part of the problem.
Here is a roughly sketched out plan that would change all that and make Fonterra a Green Clean Company - an image already spouted world wide by NZ generally, but unfortunately false, false, false ! Spin of the highest degree.
They are not a very socially responsible company in my opinion. They could be part of the solution to climate change - we all realize that the intensive dairy industry has much to do - but they do little, and are very much in the industrial mould where the bottom line is all important. They are part of the problem.
Here is a roughly sketched out plan that would change all that and make Fonterra a Green Clean Company - an image already spouted world wide by NZ generally, but unfortunately false, false, false ! Spin of the highest degree.
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