Preventing climate change while promoting a growth economy with a growing population is incompatible. This is the substance of economic anthropologist Prof. Jason Hickel’s absorbing book. For 300,000 years our ancestors worked with nature, taking only what they required. Items …
This is an Aberdeen Climate Action café 7-9 pm, Tuesday 6th September, via Zoom and in person at MHA, 6 Dee Street, Aberdeen AB11 6DR (off Union St). Speakers are Nikki Gordon, John Muir Trust, Sara Thiam of The Scottish …
Come to our discussion on insulation, draught-proofing, and zero carbon heating of traditional granite houses, to be held on Tuesday 3rd May, 7-9 pm, via Zoom. Go to Eventbrite, Aberdeen Climate Action events.
Now that the energy refurbishment of our house is complete, I have brought my report up to date, 2015. While the house is much more cosy and energy use is a third what it was in 1998, the work would …
Improving the energy efficiency of a traditional stone house – second edition Read more »
Oil-based plastic films are not edible by micro-organisms, so when left as litter does not degrade. In contrast plastic plant-based films classified as compostable break down in contact with the soil, in what is a low temperature rotting process. These …
Clarification required regarding compostable plastics. Read more »
Policy makers around the globe should not waste money on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and should look carefully before assuming it is a climate-friendly solution, so says Sami Yassa, senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defence council …
Case against Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage-13/10/21 Read more »