Is getting rid of single use plastics the right thing to do? Or, like so many other sustainability issues, is it less cut and dry?  Eco Warrior Last week I had an email from a friend asking if I would join her for some direct environmental action? Well I’m not good with heights and chains…

“apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?” “Brought peace. “ “ Oh. Peace? Shut up!” I am reminded of this gem from “Life of Brian” every time I have the misfortune to tune into another BREXIT debate….

I was clearing out my cupboards the other day and came across an energy survey undertaken by yours truly in the late 1980’s. It was one of my first commercial energy surveys and it was part paid for by the Government’s extended energy scheme. If I remember correctly the scheme provided up to 50% of…