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POSTED IN Environment, Featured ON 15 Feb 2010 | 0 comments
Lessons from a rainy kingdom
Each year in South East Asia, the months from June through October see monsoon rains, consisting of torrential daily rainfall. This is a predicable...
POSTED IN Featured, Technology ON 14 Feb 2010 | 0 comments
Good following
If you’re interested in any of the themes covered by this site, Twitter is an essential tool for research and sharing information. Some...
POSTED IN Environment, Featured ON 13 Nov 2009 | 0 comments
The Nasca and us
Ancient civilisations usually don’t get wiped out by just one thing, but the Rapa Nui of Easter Island and the Nasca of Peru both appear to...
POSTED IN Environment, Featured ON 19 Aug 2009 | 8 comments
Carbon and Copenhagen
The EU Emissions Trading System has failed to drive real action on carbon emissions. With the Copenhagen climate change conference approaching, what...
POSTED IN Environment, Featured ON 10 Mar 2009 | 0 comments
Of all the ways to save the world…
Toilet paper. Really quite overrated. When Christian Wolmar wrote an article on Guardian’s Comment Is Free recently appealing for people to...
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After the tsunami
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This week’s reading
This article in Red Pepper Magazine discusses the possibility of a state-managed green investment bank, or at least...
To hell with good intentions
For most of my life, all I knew of Ivan Illich was that he was the was the author of Tools for Conviviality,...
The real Na’vi
posted on: 9 Feb 2010 | author: Nathan
Dongria Kondh Survival International is campaigning to raise awareness of the plight of the Dongria Kondh of India’s Orissa state, who they say...
Back in a swanky new suit
posted on: 8 Feb 2010 | author: Nathan
After a short absence, the Big Wide World blog is back online – sorry it’s been a bit quiet lately. I’ve updated the design with...
All quiet on the Big Wide front
posted on: 6 Jan 2010 | author: Nathan
Hello. This is just a quick note to wish you a happy new year, and apologise for the silent treatment of late. I’m hoping to write more content...
Fauna & Flora at Copenhagen
posted on: 9 Dec 2009 | author: Nathan
Fauna & Flora International, a conservation organisation with an emphasis on threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, are at Copenhagen to...
5 less than useful things to say at Copenhagen
posted on: 1 Dec 2009 | author: Nathan
With the Copenhagen climate change conference now only five days away, I thought I might offer some guidance to attendees on some things that are...
Sustainable palm oil? There’s no such thing.
posted on: 30 Nov 2009 | author: Nathan
Palm tree. Output of crude palm oil has increased 400% since 1990. Were you hoping that the cosmetics or other goods you bought that were RSPO...
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