After several months in the wilderness (Cambridge), I’m moving back into London. Unfortunately, it’s not into the flat - that’s still being worked on… But really, we can’t take the commute from Cambridge any longer. 4 hours of our day was just way too much. So, I thought this would be a great time to [...]
April comes and goes with the usual stories of spaghetti trees, flying penguins and Google Romance (dating is a search problem), but this year there had to be something related to the environment (you’d have thought). This one tickled my tastbuds.
Someone asked me about recycling of batteries and lightbulbs, since we all seem to go through them. I don’t have an answer on the lightbulbs just yet, but long life energy saving bulbs should help (although the person who asked also mentioned the issue of mercury in CFLs). CFLs are recyclable - I just don’t [...]
OK, so you know you’re obsessed with your refurb when you talk to people about the boilers they’re putting in and get all excited about flow rates and energy ratings. Well, in our place, the choice of boilers came down to this: Volkswagen or Mercedes. I had spent a fair while researching the very best [...]
Since my last post mentioned that we had a bike stolen, I thought I’d put up one of my favorite clips from YouTube. Considering that our Mayor is trying to get us to use bikes more often, you would have thought it was worth doing a bit more to protect cyclists from theft. Right now, [...]
The Small Steps Blog: experiment to live in a more principled and sustainable way - without losing out on all the things that make life fun
A practical guide for Londoners who want to live sustainably
