For over a year, two ‘light globes’ have been lying around on my desk. They used to be called ‘light globes’ but I don't think that’s what they’re called now. For the purposes of this post though, I'll just continue to be old-fashioned to call them light globes. These globes have been on my desk to remind me that I promised someone I would write a post about changing incandescent light globes for sustainable ones. ...
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I'm serious about doing the best I can to mitigate against and adapt to climate change, particularly as it applies domestically. I really try to 'walk the talk' and to live by my values so when people deride me for championing, among other things, changing energy guzzling light globes for energy efficient ones, I embarrassed. They are usually criticizing me because changing light globes in our homes is not enough to stop climate change;...
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Repetitively we are told that rising atmospheric temperatures will lead to rising sea levels and people living in coastal areas will be at risk of inundation, from both the rising sea levels and the increasing frequency and ferocity of ocean storms. As someone who lives in an elevated inland area, these warnings are rather remote but the other day I was trawling through advertisements for cheap land sales, for reasons that aren't worth explaining, and...
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