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Environment

Fifty Shades of Green

I’ve set up a YouTube channel centred around everything low-carbon, sustainable and green. The channel is called Fifty Shades of Green, and the first video I’ve uploaded is a flight-free trip from Lancaster to the French Alps by train and bicycle.

I hope you enjoy it! I’m already working on the next episode.

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Politics

Rejecting a new coal mine

This morning I have written to all of the councillors on Cumbria County Council’s Development Control and Regulation Committee. The committee is due to meet this Friday 2 October at 9am to consider West Cumbria Mining’s proposal to develop a new metallurgical coal mine in Whitehaven. I am imploring them to reject this proposal.

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Politics

An open letter to Trudy Harrison MP

Dear Trudy,

Just a couple of months ago I was looking forward to meeting you to discuss working together on environmental matters in Copeland. Our meeting was postponed due to the pandemic. Regrettably, I am writing to inform you we no longer need to reschedule.

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Photos Politics

Uncooperative crusties for life

At the beginning of last week I was in London taking part in Extinction Rebellion’s October demonstration. Here are a few of my photos from the action, alongside a column that I have written for a couple of the local papers in Cumbria.

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Conference Talk

Talk: How better performing websites can help save the planet

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Photos Politics

Keswick Climate Strike

Today, supported by my company, I attended the Climate Strike in Keswick, organised by pupils at the Keswick School who are members of the UK Student Climate Network. This formed part of a Global Climate Strike that has been coordinated by 350.org and FridaysForFuture. It has been such an inspiring day, and I wanted to get the photos that I had taken posted as soon as possible.

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Opinions Politics

Have we passed peak Farage?

The narrative at the moment has been one of Nigel Farage in ascendancy, leading his plucky band of Faragistas in a Brexit revolt against the “metropolitan liberal elite”. Much coverage has been given to his rallies, and one could easily assume that the masses are flocking to him.

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Sharing

Wholegrain Digital – If we can do it, so can you: Start measuring your organisation’s carbon footprint

An excellent post from Wholegrain Digital about how they’ve begun measuring their carbon footprint.

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Development Environment Opinions

How improving website performance can help save the planet

Climate change may not seem like an issue that should concern web developers, but the truth is that our work does have a carbon footprint, and it’s about time we started to think about that.

By Jack Lenox, published by Smashing Magazine on 15 January 2019

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Politics

Updated with reply from BBC: Andrew Neil rubbishes scientific consensus in first minutes of This Week

This week, I managed to get no further than one minute and 25 seconds into this week’s episode of This Week (is that enough “this weeks”?), before Andrew Neil had me back on the BBC’s complaints site.