Tim is the creator of sustainapedia.com and heads digital publisher Treading Lightly. His interests include nature and wild places, cooking, film, sport and music. He is a poet, writer and commentator.
When total building performance conforms to targeted load management goals, the building is called grid-supportive, and this is how building mass and technical storage help to smooth out the fluctuations from renewable energy. […]
In a new survey of Australian residents researchers found that messages that focus on the local impacts of climate change are among the most effective at reaching people who are generally dismissive of […]
It’s always a joy to report on grassroots initiatives. We have featured the work of schoolteacher Kaliraj Kauruppasamyin Tamil Nadu on sustainapedia: http://www.sustainapedia.com/kaliraj-kauruppasamy-tamil-nadu/ Clean and Green Schools Movement Mr. Kauruppasamy’s profession is training […]
It is well known that the production of livestock-based diets comes with a very large ecological footprint (livestock emits approximately 14.5% of all man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions)¹. Swedish researchers have been looking […]
Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects, where towns and cities are warmer than surrounding rural areas, have been reviewed in new research into cool pavements, which has found that reflective pavements can reduce temperatures […]
The Society for Envirnmental Communications (SEC) new ebook “Our lakes and ponds, once the sponges of urban India, have been eaten away by real estate developers — unfortunately, it seems land is what […]
Plant-e Plant-e is a young Dutch company that focuses on creating products that generate electricity from living plants. This super innovative way of power production is not only environmentally responsible, it is also of […]
Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet NASA’s Global Climate Change website provides evidence of a changing planet. Among the multiplicity of articles, graphics and multimedia is a series of revealing before-and-after pictures. Begun […]
Consequences of Climate Change Climate change will have major consequences for transport networks, especially those located on coastlines. A study by Leeds University assessed the impact of projected sea level rise on a vulnerable […]
Our story about white coal has stimulated a lot of interest. In this post I list some of the providers of briquetting machines which I hope will be of interest to readers and […]