Carbon Footprints

Fire in the Amazon as seen from Google Earth. Google Earth link
The Amazon, often described as ‘the lungs of the Earth’ is burning. The UK’s The Independent has this story; South America chokes as Amazon burns.
From Santa Cruz in the east of Bolivia, where flights have been grounded, to the Brazilian frontier city of [...]

We used to allow people to comment on stories but I got utterly overwhelmed with comment and trackback spam so I turned comments back off after a month or so. Since then plenty of people have emailed me to suggest solutions to the spam problem. So we recently updated the blog software and [...]

We’ve done quite a bit of work with large scale data centres over the last year so this article in CNN Money, Server farm goes solar, is opportune. Server farm, AISO.net has unveiled a fully solar powered data centre, powered by 120 solar panels located on two large sets of arrays on either side of [...]

Walking is great! We love it. It’s free, healthy and helps you get to know your neighbourhood better. If more people walked there’d be more incentive for shops to move closer to your home. So it’s exciting that tomorrow, October 5, is International Walk to Work Day.
It’s easy to participate, just [...]

Australian broadcaster SBS Television has launched their Change The World in 5 Minutes short film and photo programme.
Changing the world isn’t just about governments and corporations (though they have their own role to play). It’s about the small things you can do at home, and the changes you can make to your lifestyle. Like replacing [...]