Water Scarcity And Why We Need World Water Day

Blue Earth graphic with words UN Water 22 March World Water Day

 

Water scarcity – why is it an issue?

Every drop of fresh water is precious.

Water is essential for life. The #WaterIsLife hashtag you see on social media reminds us of Continue reading

Why The Paris Agreement Won’t Fix Our Changing Climate

Planet Earth with a fever, held in hands

Want to know what’s happening about our changing climate?  My colleague Peter Sainsbury has written an important, must-read article. Finally, he has neatly summed the reality and what some of us have been saying for quite a while:

The Paris Agreement won’t fix our changing climate…because what we actually need is an emergency-level response that aims to restore a liveable future.

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Low Carbon Banking

Bank - Young Woman Using ATM

Day 74 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: using low carbon banking.

One thing I have been doing for quite a few years is keeping my money in a bank that does not fund activities that are major causes of damage to our climate.

In particular, I avoid having my money fund activities that lead to use of fossil fuels like coal Continue reading

Buying And Planting A Bare-Rooted Currant Bush

Buying bare-rooted plants

Days 71 to 73 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: when I explain how I buy and plant a bare-rooted currant bush to provide fruit in summer.

A few posts ago I wrote about the bounty that you can get from home-grown fruit and what I have done to get it.

I mentioned that: Continue reading

Delicious Bread From Regenerative Farming

Bread in paper bag

Day 70 of 365 Days Of Low Carbon Living: discovering delicious bread, made from single-source flour from wheat grown using regenerative farming.

It’s always interesting buying a different version of one of your staple foods.

Yesterday I noticed a bakery cafe had a visually attractive display of hand-crafted breads Continue reading