(non)Governmental Creates New UK Ministry
Posted by annied in DEFRA, Kew Gardens, carbon trading on 29. Oct, 2009 | Comments Off
The New Economics Foundation (hence, NEF) launched its informal study of personal carbon budgeting via an art cultural piece at the Bigger Picture Festival of Interdependence last Saturday. A “rationette” explained the new Ministry of Actually Trying To Do Something About It and handed out carbon ration booklets. [Click to Watch an explanation of the study, and how you can get involved]
The Tories, EU bashing, and your food supply
Posted by annied in DEFRA, Environment Agency, Green News, climate change on 06. Oct, 2009 | Comments Off
As the Tory Conference continues in Manchester, and David Cameron trashes the EU, let’s take a minute to remember just what the EU has done for the UK. There is a common myth in food and drug regulation that just because a problem isn’t evident in a lab, there won’t be a problem in (uncontrolled environment) the real world.
Krakatoa: historical event is food for thought
Posted by annied in DEFRA, climate change on 28. Sep, 2009 | Comments Off
Listening to and old episode of the Dinner Party Download from APM’s Marketplace making dinner Friday night, the last day of the UN’s Climate Week. A segment of the
program told the story of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia. The volcanic erruption in 1883 caused alterations in global temperatures for at least five years and “red” [...]