NatureWatch – How to Track and Observe Wildlife, by Simon King A lot of people, me included when I worked for Radio Times and spoke often to Simon about his TV wildlife programmes, used to nominate him as the next David Attenborough. That was more than 20 years ago, and I am happy to say… Continue reading
Browsing Category Environment
Rail the only answer as Oxford turns into a traffic jam
The sensible way to reach the centre of Oxford if you are driving there is to park at one of the three “park-and-ride” facilities on the edge of the city and take the bus in. The city introduced this facility more than 20 years ago and, most of the time, it appears to work. But people… Continue reading →
Could perovskite power the next generation of renewable energy?
Perovskite. It took from the early 1960s until just a few years ago for the conventional solar panel to get about as far as is going to go with current technology, where panels, made up of silicon-based solar cells, can turn 20-22% of the energy in sunlight into electricity. So that’s about 50 years. Scientists… Continue reading →
Bike to the future – the electric cycling revolution
Another observation on e-bikes from Peter Kimpton at The Guardian – November 30th, 2017. Could the electric bike (e-bike) open cycling to the masses, and reduce our use of the car for short distance journeys? The cycling revolution has only half begun. There is no turning back the flood of serious long-distance cyclists, now visible in large numbers… Continue reading →
Natural Capital – how free things make us all richer
Why do we know the value of the things we build, but not the Natural Capital that the planet provides for nothing? There’s a price for property. Walk past any house in your neighbourhood, and if you know anything about local values, you can take an informed stab at the asking price if it went… Continue reading →
Capability Brown’s Golden triumph
Capability Brown worked on many garden landscapes in England, and there’s a glittering list of day trip possibilities. These places display his creativity and his genius, but on the scale of epic poems compared to the exquisite little sonnet that is the Golden Valley. There are days throughout the year when the National Trust’ s… Continue reading →