Apologies to regular readers of my blog for the lack of recent posts. Christmas came and went but was hotly pursued by the judging for the annual FreeFrom Food Awards which has always happened in my house in Lawn Road in North London. Three weeks – five days a week – 600 odd …
Reduce global warming? Forget the trees – protect the whales – and keep flying….
A fascinating IMF report published this month suggests that if you want to capture carbon, planting trees may sound good but is relatively ineffective. A far more dramatic reduction in our CO2 emissions could be achieved by increasing the great whale population and thereby the …
Ruth’s letter to her skin…….
Those of us who are lucky enough not to suffer from eczema or any other itchy skin condition have have little concept of the constant irritation – often constant torture – that they subject their sufferers to. Ruth Holroyd has to contend not only with multiple life …
Hedges dramatically cut roadside pollution
The University of Surrey – specifically Professor Prashant Kumar – have just completed a study to find out whether roadside planting (hedges and/or trees) can reduce road air pollution. (You can read about it in detail in Atmospheric Environment here.) And, as my good friends Tom …
Making your house care for you
We all live in our houses. They keep us dry, they keep us warm. But do they really 'look after us'? Most of us don't need them to but, if you have chemical sensitivities or, even worse, chemical sensitivities and electromagnetic sensitivities, then your house can feel as though …