Our Uncertain Future

Climate Change (Image: Tumisu/Pixabay)

(Image: Tumisu/Pixabay)

Welcome to my personal blog covering my adventures in and opinions on homesteading/smallholding, self-sufficiency, climate change and related issues.

Trevor Larkum, January 2020

My Journey 1: Our Uncertain Future

Introduction For nearly a decade I have been following the bad news on climate change and peak oil and become increasingly concerned by them. In recent years I have started to both reduce my personal carbon footprint and actively prepare for what looks like an uncertain and troubling future for us all. I have now

How Should I Deal with Global Warming? Four Simple Questions

None of us can be unaware of the debates raging about global warming and climate change, but it often seems like there's more smoke than fire. With all the arguing back and forth about emissions targets and lifestyle changes it can be easy to dismiss it all as 'too complicated' and to not know

Power Cut Backup Options with Battery Storage

What are the different backup options with a home battery.

Preparing for a Power Cut

Getting ready for losing the power grid.

My Experience of a Sustained Power Cut

Riding seamlessly through a power cut with a home battery.