Another interesting article by George Monbiot in The Guardian which discusses the current economic and future environmental crises in terms of single term political goals.
Politics is the art of shifting trouble from the living to the unborn.
Posted at 11:36 on Sunday 26th October 2008 in Politics tagged environmental, financial, link, Politics, with no comments.
An interesting article about the (lack of) disaster in the response to the flooding across central England last week If this is a national disaster, I’m a tomato—Times Online .
While it does not solve the problems of houses at risk, it does put the floods into perspective.
Roll on a considered response to the floods [...]
Posted at 19:02 on Thursday 2nd August 2007 in Engineering tagged Engineering, England, environmental, flooding, government, Politics, with no comments.
NASA have now made their amazing montage of city lights across the Earth at night available as a layer on Google Earth.
To switch it on, go to Layers > Featured Content > NASA > Earth City Lights, but before you do that, for maximum impact, navigate to an area you know well, like Scotland, and [...]
Posted at 12:29 on Sunday 22nd July 2007 in Blog, Science tagged Computers, energy, environmental, landscapes, mapping, Photos, Science, space, technology, with no comments.
A compilation of various surveys that may just indicate that people are, albeit slowly in some case, trying to become more “green”. Or at least, think about being more environmentally friendly.
Money talks: How concern for the planet is changing the way we shop – Independent Online Edition > Lifestyle
Posted at 20:52 on Monday 16th July 2007 in Blog tagged climate change, environmental, news, with no comments.
Everyone should read this book. It should be part of the national curriculum, as it is much more important than Shakespeare.
The Revenge of Gaia
Yes, James Lovelock does have an outlying view of the Earth system we live in, but only by reading these theories that are not mainstream, do we truly appreciate the potential perils [...]
Posted at 16:34 on Friday 22nd June 2007 in Reviews, Science tagged book-review, books, climate change, environmental, Science, with no comments.