Monthly Archives: December 2007

The 5 Month Sleep

Thanks to Paul McM for sharing this amazing article from the New York Times on how the French would ‘hibernate’ for 5 months of the year until quite recently. A lesson to us all in these hectic times!

Published: 20 December 2007 at 10:24am | Posted in sustainability | 1 Comment

pension investment anyone?

if i was to invest in a pension fund today i’d be expecting economic growth to increase the size of the fund over the next 30 years before i retire. unfortunately for anyone foolish enough to be investing in such a fund just now, this won’t happen: “if our economy grows at 3% between now [...]

Published: 4 December 2007 at 10:20am | Posted in sustainability | Leave a comment