Archive for November, 2010

Sunny Boy (and Girl)

Saturday, November 13th, 2010

Well, we finally got there today. Convinced by the ethical and financial arguments in favour of generating our own green energy, we’ve been waiting for the installation of a solar PV system on our roof. The team arrived on November 4th to carry out the installation, only to find out that the surveyor hadn’t spotted [...]

Remembrance Day thoughts

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Remembrance Sunday will be celebrated next Sunday, so today I bought my poppy. For me, Remembrance Sunday is the most important day in the civic calendar, when we remember those who have died in the various wars that have ravaged the past century. It’s a sad fact that warfare has changed dramatically since the first [...]

Ecocide – a nail looking for a hammer?

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. So it’s not surprising that a former corporate barrister now turned green campaigner should come up with a different solution to environmental destruction – simply create a new crime against international peace, “ecocide“. An attentive audience in Kendal’s Brewery [...]