Writer, musician, coder, want to be boat builder
Great news: Plant-based milk bottles. Fonterra have announced new fully recyclable milk bottles made from sugarcane.
I like a nicely mown lawn, and a tidy garden. So when the sun came out a couple of weekends ago I had no excuses left.
Someone said to me a while ago - I'm not a greenie. Fair enough, one doesn't have to be a greenie. But what does that mean?
I've been thinking about the concept of 'indifferent consequence'.
One of, if not the only, benefit of flying as close to the deadline as I habitually do is that I can change what I am planning to write at the last minute. My story of two neighbours will have to wait.
I called in to the dairy at Hautapu yesterday and spotted a poster on the notice board. It was advertising the new Sharing Shed at Country Creche,
Cannabis. Should we make it legal or not? I say we because we are shortly going to vote on the issue and that vote will determine the answer to the question.
Broadly speaking, my brief is to write a weekly column, with the odd digression, on environmental issues.
Since being asked to tackle 'End of Life' this week I have been thinking about how to present my thoughts.
I wonder if this is it. All this interminable rain - is it climate change or just some inclement weather?
Having dropped the kids off at school this morning, I found myself behind a milk delivery truck.
Let's peer into the future for a moment, but before we do, let's look at some recent events.
What a day. It started at home in Cambridge. I had to go to work for an hour, and then pack up the car and the family and drive south,
One step forward, two steps back. France has announced a ban on outdoor heating which will come into force after the northern winter.
I've been a bit conflicted this week. I read an article online about the proponent of the Gaia theory,
Hats off to Diageo. Who? Diageo - a British corporation with an annual revenue of GBP£12 billion (NZ$23 billion).
Back in 2006 some very clever people using some very clever techniques worked out how much solar energy is available here on earth.
I wrote, a couple of weeks ago, how rich people consume proportionally more resources than non-rich people.
We all know that society is dependent on technology.
Last weekend we finally finished moving into our new house,