One of the world’s first net zero carbon neighbourhoods will be constructed in Wales after Neath Port Talbot council approved the development of 35 homes able to generate more clean energy than they use. Development of the £8m project in Pontardawe in south Wales is expected to begin this spring. The residents of Parc
I just came across this and found it was a pretty good summary of my current viewpoint - recommended reading: Resilience: Preparing for Social Collapse and Climate Catastrophe | Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee Climate emergency is confronting us with the accelerating effects of our materialistic culture: extreme droughts, storms, and fires, and not just oceans filling
Energy Storage Grand Challenge aims to achieve global leadership with next-generation technology that does not require the importing of 'critical' raw materials President Donald Trump might believe that wind turbines cause cancer and that people can’t watch TV when the wind isn’t blowing, but that is not preventing his government from announcing plans to
I learned two new words today, courtesy of an article linked to from the Positive Deep Adaptation group on Facebook, of which I'm a member. The article is ‘Collapsologie’: Constructing an Idea of How Things Fall Apart. Apparently French writers have defined 'Collapsologie' as the "applied and transdisciplinary science of collapse". Those who think
Introduction is here I used to be like everyone else I know, having a job to earn money to buy stuff, run a car, fly on holiday and all the rest. Now, after looking behind the curtain, I have become so concerned about the increasing problems I see with the environment (particularly accelerating climate change,
Almost 900 “excess deaths” are thought to have occurred during the heatwaves of summer 2019, official data shows. There were an estimated 892 excess deaths in the over-65s over summer last year, Public Health England (PHE) said. This is the number of deaths additional to those which were expected as per the baseline mortality.
Shell Energy has boosted its Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) tariff to 3.5p per kWh, two days after the scheme was introduced. The supplier initially launched its pilot tariff at 0.001p per kWh, placing it last of the suppliers and barely above the requirement that tariffs be above 0p. However, it has now upgraded that
Looking for ways to lower your carbon footprint this new year? Or maybe you’re just hoping to get your energy usage down after that eye-watering Christmas bill? Whatever the reason, make Greta Thunberg proud by following these ten steps to turn your existing house into a super-efficient eco-home. The dream of being able to
Holidaymakers are being shown how many trees they would need to plant to offset flight carbon emissions. The analysis by freight firm 1st Move International found an 826-mile return flight between Edinburgh and Amsterdam would require one tree, compared to 19 for a 12,400-mile round trip to Ko Samui or Phuket in Thailand. The
Financial sector ‘not moving fast enough’ to divest from fossil fuels, Mark Carney says Climate breakdown could render investments held by millions of people “worthless”, the outgoing governor of the Bank of England has warned. Mark Carney suggested the financial sector had not yet woken up to the looming crisis and was “not moving