I was watching the press preview on Sky News last night as I often find myself doing and there were two journalists on the sofa having a right old barny over the benefits system (as…
When you step back, forget whatever grounding you may have in the subject and approach it anew, it seems somewhat remarkable that there’s any debate whatsoever regarding climate change. Surely, as a scientific matter, there…
I don’t read too many books but when I saw a piece on the Guardian website by environmental campaigner and author Tony Juniper talking about the economic benefits we receive from nature, my interest was…
So I recently spoke to Ian Tennant, who is the development co-ordinator for Greeniversity, a sustainable skills sharing scheme which is being rolled out across the country. I wanted to find out more about Greeniversity,…
When an organisation decides to go green, the first question is the simplest: How do we do it? Often, one of the first answers to come to mind is to host a competition. In fact,…
Hi, my name is Deidre and I wanted to tell you a bit about myself and what I’ll be writing about as a new guest blogger! Growing up I didn’t have to work very hard…
I realise that the title of this post is a bit grandiose but it is designed to capture the attention of the oh-so busy modern man. Now I’m no philosophical revolutionary but I do read…
Have you ever sat in a science class simply wishing you were somewhere else because what the teacher was saying just didn’t make sense to you? Yes? Good, I was hoping you’d say that because…
I often find myself getting irritated by the lack of care shown by most people when it comes to environmental issues but just yesterday I realised how I am just as bad in some ways….
Often we don’t take full advantage of the opportunities that present themselves in life to observe and appreciate our beautiful surroundings. Even those who have caught the “green vision” of sustainability get caught up in…