Hypocrisy in World Politics
Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in Africa, Americas, Asia, China, Climate Change, Europe, Politics | No Comments »Politicians have their reasons for turning a blind eye in some cases an screaming blue murder at others. But as this blog acts as a soapbox, I am going to list some anomalies in reporting and political emphasis in Britain: Zimbabwe ...
British Food: Imports, Seasons and Gordon Ramsay
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Africa, Americas, Climate Change, Europe, News | 1 Comment »Gordon Ramsay has suggested that Britain should fine restaurants that use out-of-season fruit and vegetables. I'm glad he's not going to fine me. Only this morning, whilst making the Great English Breakfast, I used a tin of beans. The beans ...
Freecycling a Caravan!
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, For Sale, Photos | 10 Comments »The World's Greatest Blog is celebrating Earth Day and supporting Freecycle by offering a FREE static caravan to anyone who is able to take it away. The spacious static caravan has a bathroom, kitchenette, double bedroom, built-in wardrobes, living room and ...
Rain, Rain, Rain
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, Current Affairs, General, Linda's Travels | 2 Comments »Watching the Countryfile weather forecast for this week on I-player, I was quite amused at how little variation there was on the word "rain". How many ways can you say it's going to rain, all week, everywhere? The weatherman looked positively ...
The Greenest Car? A Car That Runs on Air!
Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, General, News, Pictures, Rob's Pulpit, The Big Project | 4 Comments »A company called MDI (Moteur Development International) has developed a car which runs purely on compressed air - they call it the MiniCat (Compressed Air Technology = CAT!). Here's how they describe this machine on their website: After fourteen years of research ...
National Walk to Work Day - Friday October 5th
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 Posted in Climate Change, Current Affairs, General, Northern Territory, Offbeat News, Queensland, Rob's Soapbox, South Australia, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia, Victoria, YouTube | 3 Comments »This Friday, 5th October, across Australia, it is "National Walk to Work Day." Following my articles on Climate Change, and reflections on the Sydney Earth Hour event, as well as my follow up article on Australian Car Culture, I feel that ...
What Happens When your Computer or Gadget is Defunct?
Thursday, May 10th, 2007 Posted in Climate Change, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox | No Comments »As I said in previous posts, consumption leads to waste. This is fairly simple: if we spend our time buying and replacing electronic equipment, this will undoubtedly lead to an issue with disposing of old equipment. There is all sorts ...
Going Green Brings in Business
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007 Posted in Climate Change, Current Affairs, General, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox, The Big Project | No Comments »After all of the stuff I wrote on Climate Change, and in an attempt to pick up the threads of the Big Project after a period of reflection (inactivity), I'm going to try to pull the two together, with a ...
Is the BBC Anti China?
Monday, May 7th, 2007 Posted in Climate Change, Current Affairs, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox | 1 Comment »Last week when I was reading some more about climate change, following the UN summit on Climate Change, I had a look on the BBC website. I noticed in one of their reports that, whilst they had quotes about many ...
Climate Change, and the Economy
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 Posted in Climate Change, Rob's Pulpit, Rob's Soapbox, Rob's Travels | 1 Comment »Following my earlier posts about the climate, the economics of climate change, and Australian car culture (as well as my thoughts on the unlikelihood of any change being made by politicians), Seth Godin has written a pretty good piece on ...