Although the weather has been extremely cold for the past two weeks no snow had fallen on our hill. We had freezing easterly winds with both day and night time temperatures below zero Celsius. We have been lucky with above average sunshine everyday and beautiful clear starry nights. The east of the country has been blanketed in snow for…
Some brightness as the days get shorter and the leaves are beginning to fall… Our entire apple harvest made one yummy crumble
An excerpt from Sustainable Energy – without the hot air – David J.C. MacKay UIT Cambridge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3. Available free online from www.withouthotair.com. “One of the main sinks of energy in the “developed” world is the creation of stuff. In its natural life cycle, stuff passes through three stages. First, a new-born stuff is…
Shell have been guilty of many attrocites across the world and their guilt is a well accepted fact for most people. Across the planet, in the places where fossil fuels are sourced, people are resisting new energy developments and this has often brought the them up against the might of Shell. It’s easy to buy…
I arrived back from Vermont a week ago yesterday so it is not surprising that the memories are fresh, however I don’t think that they will ever fade. I was only there for a week, so much happened, so much was experienced that it feels as though I was there longer.
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Whatever that means to you…. Maybe green rivers in Chicago, trade deals in New York, for some binge drinking in Ireland and for others putting face paint on the excited kids of the local children’s playschool class. It is a very odd mix of activities isn’t it? I loved St Patricks…
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