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The climate lockdown cometh

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The British Chief Scientist overnight morphed from a virologist to a climatologist (maybe even a Scientologist,...

The bicycle is the slow death of the planet

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A banker made the economists think this when he said, “A cyclist is a disaster for the country’s economy: he doesn’t buy cars and doesn’t bo...

All we hear is planting trees

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) All we keep hearing is that we should be planting trees to mitigate climate change but what first and foremos...

World Bicycle Day

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) June 3 is World Bicycle Day, or better to say was, as it is past and very few people, myself included, seem t...

Fostering a reuse and repair culture

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The talk is frequently, at the present moment in time at least, about (establishing) a circular economy but s...

Cheap electric cars cost at least 21000 €

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Cheap electric cars cost at least 21000 €. If you can afford it, you will get 6,000 € back from the German st...

How bicycles transformed our world

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...and could do so again, maybe by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The Corona virus pandemic has sparked a two-wheeled transport boom in man...

The benefits of growing up

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No, not that kind of growing up but gardening vertically by Michael Smith (Veshengro) If you have ever considered growing your garden ve...

America stocks logs

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Red-hot firewood price fueled by energy crisis by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Americans are turning to firewood in their droves after oil an...

We need to stop buying unnecessary stuff

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by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Our ridiculous addiction to acquiring more possessions is stuffing up the planet, so it’s time to call in the e...