I remember that carbon wizard Anthony Turner, who runs Carbon Sense, once told me that the atmosphere has no political boundaries. And just as carbon dioxide affects everyone, so too does nuclear pollution. It all depends […]
With Toyota, Honda and Hyundai announcing cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, it seems that the future is here, today. At a time when climate change is becoming obvious to all but the […]
In Japan, Masanobu Fukuoka has pioneered perhaps the most energy efficient agriculture in the world, growing a variety of crops together but without ever ploughing the land, thus preserving soil structure and fertility. […]
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), meeting in Yokohama, has released the second part of its latest report on climate change. Even now, on the BBC, we had the voice […]
The Bokashi system is one of the most effective natural ways of diverting food waste from landfill, and is already commonplace in Japanese schools and homes. “Bokashi is a method that uses a […]
Japan’s Prince Akishino and the Asahi Glass Foundation yesterday presented the Blue Planet Prize, one of the world’s premier environmental awards, to Global Footprint President Network Mathis Wackernagel and Dr. William E. Rees, […]
“Sometimes we have to avoid thinking about the problems life presents. Otherwhise we’d suffocate.” – from Hiroshima Mon Amour. First, a devastating earthquake, the largest ever recorded in Japan. Then, like a destroying […]