Hot water accounts for more than 30% of energy used in the home. [1]
I’ve had solar water heating for a year. I wanted a gas booster, rather than the electric booster which was installed. My dad (who is my landlord) has had bad experiences with a gas booster, so he didn’t get one. He [...]
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A year of solar water heating
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon emissions, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, House, renewable energy, rental properties, solar power, sustainable living, Water on 25 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
Quick, quick, quick, while its hot, hot, hot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon emissions, carbon neutral, climate change, Energy, Family, fossil fuel dependence, greenhouse effect, House, passive solar design, renewable energy, rental properties, solar power, sustainable living on 30 March 2007 | 4 Comments »
I rent my house, but I’m lucky to have my dad as my landlord. This means I’m able to make a lot more changes to make my life more sustainable than most tenants could. Although my dad doesn’t agree to everything I propose. He recently painted the outside of the house and it’s an older [...]
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"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
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I'm a librarian doing research, but my first love was science and as a kid I wanted to be an ecologist or botanist. Things got in the way and now I only "study" nature in my spare time. As the lazyst environmentalyst I write about what I do to try to ensure the nature of our world is still here for future generations.
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