NotZero

Not Zero The latest climate-related book I read: Not Zero: How an Irrational Target will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won’t Even Save the Planet) by Ross Clark. I read this after an argument online with somebody, it ended up amicable (we agreed to disagree) and we each recommended a book to the other. I’m […]

15-Minute Cities

15-Minute Cities The term “15-Minute City” was initially coined in 2016 by Carlos Moreno, a professor at the Sorbonne University Business School in Paris. The concept was to rethink urban planning, allowing people to access everything they need within a 15-minute journey. The aim is that most people can access essential services such as healthcare, […]

Contrails

Contrails I don’t see very many contrails where I live, it is rural and away from most major air routes. I remember seeing more as a child – lying in the back garden on sunny days, probably bored, with the scent of warm creosoted fences, the sound of lawnmowers, and lines of white clouds crisscrossing […]