Last weekend my daughter & I helped her school ‘grow a world record’.

What more can be said about Climategate? Since it hit the headlines I’ve surfed intensely and have become so disappointed with the AGW debate & what’s happened at CRU. But then that’s just it. One side claims that there is no debate to be had, that the overwhelming consensus is for AGW and that catastrophic climate chaos [...]

This is a subject close to my heart & something that I agree with: Think-tank the New Local Government Network (NLGN) says that new allotments should be created from what is an estimated 3,500 hectares of derelict brownfield land & that local councils should promote “edible landscaping”. Apparently there are 100,000 people on a waiting list for [...]

31/10/10 – Recycled from the first incarnation of this blog with some minor edits… Here is the reply to my question in my last post from Rupert Read. Rupert is the Green Party lead candidate for the European Parliament elections in 2009. Here is my own response to your important question: Of course new builds should [...]