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Most of us are not going to be able to build a new house from scratch. So we need to know what we can do with our existing homes. Adaptation of existing homes may be one of the most important contributors to dealing with climate change in the UK. George Marshall has researched this and the Yellow House illustrates the main principles lying behind adaptation. Much of it is not particularly costly either.
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Here is one of the first Eco houses - designed by Susan Roaf to explore what PV cells could do. It has been so successful that it is both net exporter of electricity and Sue manages to run her car off the roof as well!
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Stinging Nettles and Dead Nettles….both good for eating! I’ve had a fascination for foraging since I was little, not that I remember being very impressed by my older brother’s offering of steamed stinging nettles…they were probably mature leaves rather than young so seemed a bit strong!
More ...In Al Gore’s brand-new slideshow he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of “generational mission”—the kind of feeling that brought forth the civil rights movement—to set it right. Gore’s stirring presentation is followed by a brief Q&A in which he is asked for his verdict on the current political candidates’ climate policies and on what role he himself might play in future.
More ...Much Christian thinking about creation has concentrated on trying to squeeze the juice out of just a few words in Genesis. This book opens up a whole world of creation thinking in the Old Testament
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Ever thought that the church might have got something wrong? Tom Wright is convinced that we are all wrong in our thinking about heaven. This book will change things about the way Christians see the earth today.
More ...Looking for a simple introduction to climate change by someone with no axe to grind? Robert Henson’s book covers the whole field from earth history to present realities and future predictions. He makes the science simple while retaining accuracy and his tone is gentle and open-minded, not afraid to confront irrational scepticism while admitting what we don’t know.
A very helpful introduction to Peak Oil, reviewing world oil stocks, how we are using them and why it matters.
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The rush to Biofuels may be a knee jerk reaction of a society that does not want to change the way that it lives.
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No cake tin, no problem! Improvising with what’s to hand can be really fulfilling. I’m following in the footsteps of both my mother and her mother by saving butter-wrappers for lining tins (it’s quicker than faffing with baking parchment, at least for the sides!). The tins I used weren’t from baked beans but sponge puddings…4”/10cm. (They were in the cupboard…)
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