Understanding the true scale of the climate crisis can be difficult, but a groundbreaking study offers a striking comparison: the mass of human-produced greenhouse gases…
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(From British children’s TV show Bagpuss: The Mending Song) They call me Mr. Glue. For around 18 months, I have been fixing things along with…
View More We will Stick it with Glue, Glue, Glue!
The repair movement has grown over the past decade, spawning many new groups worldwide. The loose organisation grew out of the realisation that we need…
View More The Repair Ethos – Give Old Gubbins a New Life
There is the potential today in the UK to regenerate jobs in the rural economy, provide power and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by utilising…
View More BioDigestion and the Future
In the dramatic Welsh mountain scenery of the Snowdonia National Park lies a well-kept secret. Snug in Llanberis, under what’s known locally as “Electric Mountain”,…
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The Repair Cafe in Nunhead, South London, meets once a month on Saturday to repair clothes, appliances, and even doll’s furniture! In a stand against…
View More Bring Knackered Gizmos Back to Life – The Repair Cafe
Some ingenious people have started creating bicycles with frames made out of bamboo, rather than steel, aluminium or carbon fibre. Bamboo is very strong, resilient,…
View More Bamboo Bikes – Riding with Renewables
There’s a new app for your android or iPhone – Bee-friend. It will enable you to become a “citizen scientist” in order to study bees,…
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One very much underutilised source of energy in our society is waste heat: we generate a lot of it. This could have significant effects on…
View More Let’s Not Waste Waste Heat
Power companies around the world have used more green energy than ever before in recent months. The effects of the pandemic lockdown suggest that the…
View More Renewable Energy Use Continues to Rise During Lockdown