I like watching television, but I know where the off-button is and I do lots of other things as well as watch telly. I have several friends who don’t have a telly and when I mention something I’ve seen or that they ’should see’, they remind me that they don’t sit and goggle… and on occasions [...]
Electricity is the top polluter, so use it wisely, says John Cossham We rely on mains electricity for so much, and most of this supply has a large carbon footprint. Even the 20% of electricity supplied by nuclear power results in waste we don’t know what to do with. One of the best ways we [...]
From October 2008 all public buildings over a certain size will be required to display an Energy Performance Certificate, which will be in the form of an A-G rating similar to a new fridge or car. Buildings use about 50% of our energy in this country and therefore if they are made to be more [...]
According to The Energy Saving Trust, we take more notice of our peers than of ‘experts’. Now I am considered an expert, so you may not take much notice of me, but if YOU start a conversation about climate change, for instance, your work colleagues, family and neighbours are likely to be influenced. You are [...]
If we look at the long list of ‘green’ improvements we are being told we should make to our lives, there is really only one which has an immediate cost and environmental benefit. This is energy saving, or not wasting expensive fuel. It makes no sense to heat your home and to have lots of [...]
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