Archives for April 2008

house update

the house is gradually coming on – we’re now plasterboarding and putting in wiring. still hopeful it’ll be finished in the summer – september? we’ve also been busy planting trees, blackcurrant bushes and sorting out drainage around the place. ben… continue reading »

tree huggers

(via bean sprouts)

resilience

rob has done some excellent work introducing the term “resilience” to the sustainability agenda through the transition movement. richard heinberg with typical verve gives a framework for developing a resilience plan which will be very useful for communities less ready… continue reading »

good science

if you haven’t encountered him before i can highly recommend ben goldacre’s bad science website. this post on biometrics is typical. (the video of the guys breaking the super secure fingerprint scanner wonderful.)