Why we must work together
2021-07-20
After the Howl of a Protest which swept through Cambridge and the rest of the country last Friday,
On the right track
2021-07-13
We boarded the train en famille at Frankton last Saturday morning at the start of our 'winter break',
Doing it by the book
2021-06-29
On the occasion of a recent birthday I was given a copy of a newly published book. It's called 'Climate Aotearoa - What's happening & what can we do about it'.
The gulf between us
2021-06-22
I wrote recently about timescales and how we sometimes refer to mind-bendingly long periods of time in convenient terms like the 'Cambrian explosion'
Car package works for me
2021-06-15
I have, on a couple of occasions, had cause to write to Jamie Shaw who is now the minister for climate change.
The truth is ...
2021-06-08
I became vegetarian about four years ago. There were two reasons.
Giving with one hand
2021-05-25
The act of sending any person to person mail or parcels through NZ Post is now carbon neutral.
An hour of rubbish.
2021-05-18
Apparently I am grumpy on Tuesday mornings. That's because Tuesday is rubbish day and we have to get our rubbish bags out on the street by seven o'clock in the morning.
A moment in time.
2021-05-04
Cast your mind back 541 million years. That was when the Cambrian explosion began.
Time to wake up.
2021-04-27
In preparation for this week I had a look through my notes file and found this paragraph:
It's tough being responsible.
2021-04-20
At the dinner table last night the conversation turned to the pandemic and the observation was made that this time last year we were in Level 4 lockdown.
How about an aviation tax?
2021-04-13
A study published last year concluded that half of the CO2 emitted by the global aviation industry is caused by flights taken by just 1% of the population.
You don't convince me.
2021-04-06
Oh dear. I appear to be stirring things up a bit.
Those scientific facts.
2021-03-29
I've received a few emails recently in response to this column, all so far disagreeing with what I say.
Time to accept reality.
2021-03-23
In the foreword to the recently released United Nations Environment Programme report entitled 'Making Peace with Nature',
Going green by default.
2021-03-16
Something surprising has happened recently in Switzerland.
Getting our priorities sorted.
2021-03-09
There is a lot of hype about Harry & Meghan.
Emergency stop
2021-03-02
When I took my driving test in England in 1979, one of the compulsory manoeuvres was an emergency stop.
Actual reality - deal with it.
2021-02-16
Standing in the shower this morning, I was thinking about reality and its different forms.
Kaitiakitanga
2021-02-09
Brazil loses around 10,000 square kilometres of rainforest per year.