People who live in an apartment can safely skip this tip, but otherwise think of that fireplace and chimney. Unused, open chimneys waste heat, letting expensive warm air out and cold air in. King Charles has probably got chimney dampers on all his palace fireplaces, which can simply shut the chimney when the fireplace isn’t…
Author: Adam Hardy
Zoologist at heart. Environmentalist by necessity. Stage hand, financial trader, secretary, card payments designer, software developer, fossil fuel big data warehouse consultant. Amateur psychologist. Now climate change salvage engineer.
Invitation to a Climate Fresk Workshop
Play Climate Fresk and be inspired, consoled and informed about the reality, dangers and demands of climate change. This is a collaborative workshop with a card game that teaches all the causes and effects of global warming, directly from the UN IPCC scientific reports – as played by almost 1 million people across Europe already.…
How to buy sustainably
These days it’s possible to buy stuff with shocking origins and impacts. We might not have time to be fussy about what we buy, or the money to afford the greenest option, but making an effort is the first step on the journey and nobody is expecting you to be perfect. We just have to put…
Support (1) a church going green and (2) pressure Islington Council on buildings
Two great easy eco actions you can take. ➡️ St Luke’s West Holloway is fundraising to get the last few thousand pounds needed to install solar panels on their church roof. Read more details about it here. You can donate via Stewardship as a guest without needing an account. Even a little donation will help…
January’s Climate Workshop
We ran a standard Climate Fresk workshop as an introduction to the climate crisis, involving a 1 1/2 hour session learning the climate science behind global warming from the UN IPCC AR6 reports, followed by a 1 1/2 hour session discussing the facts, fictions, feelings and actions that come out of the climate science. It…
How to cook pasta and save energy
The furore in Italy is a paygrade above the average Brit’s palette, but cooking pasta badly is easily done. Here is a method to cook pasta and save energy and keep it tasting good. The instructions are simple: Sources (get it???) below. Links and Resources to cook pasta and save energy
Saved some Money, saved some Carbon
The Islington Climate Centre just posted a blog entry about our joint event earlier in November. TL:DR? Lots of talk about potential action through: energy efficiency, draught exclusion, community energy, raised awareness in minority communities, Climate Fresk, electricity grid renewable energy content per hour of the day via mobile app YoYu, group action, carbon allowances….
Green Christmas Trees
Apparently, most plastic Christmas trees end up in the garbage before their fifth year. This makes them a very poor substitute, ecologically-speaking, for real Christmas trees. It needs to be used for at least 12 years to break even with the average real Christmas tree, from a carbon footprint perspective (3.5kg per real tree). One…
From Climate Vague to Climate Guru in 3 Hours, the Fun Way
To become a climate guru, you could read through the 5,000 page report from the UN IPCC, or you can take part in a Climate Fresk workshop, a collaborative, interactive game-based event which teaches you about the science of climate change based on that IPCC 6th assessment review. ♻️ ⚡ 🌳 🌡️ 🌍 🍴 🏙️…
Cost of Living & CO2 Workshop Nov 19th
🌨️ 🎰 Take action on the cost of living crisis and the climate crisis in one go. 🌍 Come and find out about what we can do to deal with the situation about money, energy and the climate Saving energy helps the climate, and your cost of living ⚡ Pick up tips about how to…