Al Gore accused of energy hypocrisy

Today, the Former US Vice-President Al Gore was accused of hypocrisy for supposedly using larger than average amounts of energy while he lectures the world on climate change.

It's good to see that even one of the most prolific figures in the area of climate change has difficulty keeping his carbon footprint in check. It's a pitty that he feels the need to keep a twenty bedroom house and a heated pool.

Rain & master plans

Not much going on in the Garden this weekend. The weather has been awful and the garden is soaking it up nicely. I'm in the process of drawing up my master plans for the rest of the year and it's proving to be more difficult than I thought. There are so many different things that I want to grow and as a beginner I'm struggling to know where to start. Last year we did pretty well with our crop but it all came at once. This year I'd like to harvest over a period of months rather than days. As soon as I've figured it out i'll post it up here. This evening, I also bought Jane Perrone's book so hopefully that will come in handy soon.

Smaller economic houses

The New York times has an article online called Think Small (The photo was taken from the article). It looks at the trend of tiny second homes (500 square feet and under) in the US. Smaller houses mean less upkeep, energy, and waiting are required.

There's also an Audio Slideshow of some of the homes discussed in the text.

These houses are located in some stunning places but I can't help thinking that I'd feel a little exposed living in one of them.

Back in the garden

I used to write to this blog a great deal but due to reasons outside of my control had to take a bit of a break (basically the house fell down and I had to fix it).

I’m attempting to try and live a greener life, the problem with that is that I like my modern comforts. What I’m looking to do is strike a balance, reduce my Carbon footprint while maintaining, and hopefully improving my lifestyle.

If you’ve arrived here via a google search, I’m sorry but I decided to throw the old stuff away. To be honest I didn’t think it was much good or of much interest. I will be taking the best bits though and republishing them soon.

So that’s what this blog is about? A lot of green, a splash of self sufficiency and a bit of luck.