It's a yes from me.

2020-09-22

Cannabis. Should we make it legal or not? I say we because we are shortly going to vote on the issue and that vote will determine the answer to the question.

It's not our problem.

2020-09-15

Broadly speaking, my brief is to write a weekly column, with the odd digression, on environmental issues.

Reading the blurred line.

2020-09-08

Since being asked to tackle 'End of Life' this week I have been thinking about how to present my thoughts.

Can we be bothered?

2020-08-24

I wonder if this is it. All this interminable rain - is it climate change or just some inclement weather?

Keeping us in the dark.

2020-08-17

Having dropped the kids off at school this morning, I found myself behind a milk delivery truck.

Food farms: Good for the planet?

2020-08-10

Let's peer into the future for a moment, but before we do, let's look at some recent events.

Examining the greenness.

2020-08-03

What a day. It started at home in Cambridge. I had to go to work for an hour, and then pack up the car and the family and drive south,

My beef with some burgers.

2020-07-27

One step forward, two steps back. France has announced a ban on outdoor heating which will come into force after the northern winter.

Gaga on Gaia - or not.

2020-07-20

I've been a bit conflicted this week. I read an article online about the proponent of the Gaia theory,

The public gets what the public wants.

2020-07-13

Hats off to Diageo. Who? Diageo - a British corporation with an annual revenue of GBP£12 billion (NZ$23 billion).

It's free: But we don't use it.

2020-07-06

Back in 2006 some very clever people using some very clever techniques worked out how much solar energy is available here on earth.

Can we reach this goal?

2020-06-29

I wrote, a couple of weeks ago, how rich people consume proportionally more resources than non-rich people.

Losing the keys to life.

2020-06-24

We all know that society is dependent on technology.

Benefits of the burbs.

2020-06-17

Last weekend we finally finished moving into our new house,

Time for confession.

2020-06-08

Here was a dilemma, and me on the horns of it.

Boom times are making way.

2020-06-01

Whilst researching this week's column I was surprised to learn that I am a baby boomer.

Your vote really does count.

2020-05-25

In our house we recycle everything we can

The elephant in the waiting room.

2020-05-18

In the wake of Grant Robertson's $50bn recovery budget there have been, amongst other reaction

Now to the world's real problems.

2020-05-11

As the world begins to emerge from lockdown and strives to get back to normal,

Just take what you need.

2020-05-04

I have said in this column that I think our government has handled the Covid19 situation very well.