It’s dark. There’s a terrible smell. It’s the most terrible smell I have ever experienced. I try and inhale through my mouth to reduce the intensity but it doesn’t help I gag and gasp and wretch. I’m still breathing? I thought we’d decided that the end was the end? I try and calm down and …
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A bike ride to Tanzania
Ordinarily, the man standing beside the entrance to the mud and straw hut would have had skin the colour of deep black as the other Kenyans had. But he was old and his pigmentation was fading. Did he have grey hair? Do Kenyan’s go grey as they age? I don’t remember. Unfortunately although younger than …
A bike ride to the waterfall
I’m reminded of a time, a few years ago, when I decided to take a mountain bike to a waterfall on the Thai Island. The bike was old but had enough working gears and brakes to make the experience bearable and potential successful. I headed off in the humid air. I cycled past red cars …
How to become a Net-Zero human
You’ve probably seen your council declare a climate emergency, or heard one of the many companies recently state their Net-Zero intentions. But what does Net-Zero mean, and how does being Net-Zero apply to a human? The UK Government, and all those who have signed up for the Paris Accord have the legally binding objective to …
THE FORGOTTEN SQUADRON. AN UNFORGETTABLE EPISODE.
My Grandad didn’t like to talk about his experiences during the war but he did write them down. I thought I’d share his personal account of an unforgettable episode in the conflict with Japan during the Second World War.
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COVID-19: A Pause for Global Dimming?
The sky is so clear today, isn’t it? Global Dimming is an interesting phenomenon. The effects of contrails and black carbon in the air are thought to block the sun rays coming to earth and therefore reduce the greenhouse effect. The last time we saw such a restriction in contrails was just after 9/11 which …
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Darren Moore, local Ealing campaigner.
Carbon Emissions 2017
And here it is, the long-awaited 2017 Carbon Footprint calculation! Using our utility bills, car and rail mileage, the Climate Care calculator, the lame Virgin Rail Footprint calculator, the excellent SCNF one and NEF‘s I have calculated that our family’s footprint is about 11 tonnes. To put this in perspective 11 tonnes is the same amount of …
Let’s help give Chiswick back it’s villagey feel
The traffic along the High Road in Chiswick ruins the lovely villagey character and cafe culture that Chiswick once had. Sitting outside the High Road Brasserie I’m struggling to hear my companion over the noise of a truck accelerating past and the delicate flavours of my blueberry pancakes spoilt by the taste of diesel fumes …
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