Climate change is at the top of Europe’s political agenda but not everyone is happy about that. The world’s biggest oil company, ExxonMobil, is working hard to block internationally agreed policies designed to combat climate change. Take a look how… Read More »The Exxon Files: climate change is hot, but Exxon is not cool with that
Lush has been likened to “a serious hardcore ethical company dressed up like a hippy drag queen”. It’s the cosmetics shop that looks more like a deli, and where you can buy your soap or your shampoo by the slice.… Read More »Lush goes greener: popcorn, greenwash & a forest-green blog
We have 5 bamboo USB drives on key chains to give away, courtesty of Farfromboring.com eco-friendly promotional products. More eco-friendly than plastic, bamboo is proving a popular alternative in the making of PCs and their accessories. These drives are sold… Read More »Win one of 5 cool bamboo USB drives
Don’t miss out on these great blog posts. Three letters we can write to help save the planet at Lighter Footstep. Green Options asks whether global warming inaction is more costly than action? Lifehack explains how to avoid being enslaved… Read More »EcoLinking – 26 September 2007
When Jeremy Walters’ interview with leading weather scientist Sir John Houghton created some interest at Digg.com, I was surprised to read the comments left by, and the sheer quantity of, Diggers who are convinced that as far as global warming… Read More »Diggers think global warming is nothing to worry about
Liz Wicksteed wrote to us about her problem of trying to reduce her carbon footprint while she is legally prevented from hanging her washing outside. Because it is an issue that faces thousands of people living in the UK, she… Read More »Hang your knickers (and your towels) on the line
Boxhouse won Rob Pyatt the YAAG 2006 Special Recoqnition Award for Architecture in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. It is a renovation and addition project of an existing 900sf 1940’s property. The existing home was recycled and combined with prefabricated compressed straw wall panels with low cost, locally available materials.
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This is a guest post by Jeremy Walters of GoCarbonFree.com
Sir John Houghton CBE FRS was co-chairman of the Scientific Assessment for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1988-2002. He was previously chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (’92-’98), chief executive of the Met Office (’83-’91) and Professor of Atmospheric Physics, Oxford (’76-83).
Still very much involved in helping world governments and organisations tackle climate change, Sir John agreed to meet GoCarbonFree at his home on the fringes of the Snowdonia National Park, Wales.
GoCarbonFree: Thank you very much Sir John for allowing us to interview you today. My first question is to ask you, as a weather scientist, what first alerted you to global warming? After all, the weather has always been unpredictable so what made you think ‘there is something different happening here’?
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Today is Peace One Day. While I leave my laptop today to get busy cooking lots of peaceful eco-friendly local vegan food for our “Celebration of Peace” Party that we are having tonight, I leave you with this video to… Read More »Peace One Day, today!