An empty airport
This is weird. I am at Marseilles airport and I can see three people. There is no sign of my plane yet, but it is still early and I...
Perpetual darkness
A few minutes ago Pearl bit me. This reduced me to tears, not because of my pain (although it did hurt), but because of hers. Pearl is a...
Has the world gone mad?
I rather think so. At least the US has. Strictly speaking it is the man in the White House who is mad, always has been, but we all knew...
Don't forget human energy
There are those who say that we will never be able to supply the energy the world uses through renewables. They have a point. Absent a...
Do we need more growth?
If we are talking about economic growth, absolutely not. Do we need more biological growth? Absolutely, yes. Climate change is (for...
Shop Local (sic)
I can be a bit pedantic, and the Gaffer District campaign referenced in the title bothers me a lot. Shop (a verb) can only be modified...
“Consume less; share better.”― Hervé Kempf *
There are many ways of sharing. These blogs are my way of sharing knowledge - things I know that maybe not all my friends do. Apart...
Raise less corn and more hell!
That's the advice of Ronnie Cummins of the Organic Consumers Association and Regeneration International. Both organizations are taking on...
Le Tri, as the French say.
I have been a bit remiss in my undertaking to write a blog a day for twenty days. However, I have been a little occupied with buying...