London Fields vs South Bank, 17 July 2010
On a sunny Saturday, the Fielders gathered at the South Bank University playing grounds. Unfortunately, your correspondent cannot report on the first five overs, due to a inability to read Google maps and a lost hour wandering the leafy streets of Dulwich looking for 10 men dressed in white. Nevertheless, trusty Steve employed his trademark [...]
Posted by Dave under Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Dissolving Differences: Conclusion
The governance of water is a cross cutting issue that impacts on every human entity from the poorest of the poor to the most powerful of governments to the richest of corporations. In the same way every human entity has the responsibility to ensure that every last drop is used as efficiently and sustainably as [...]
Posted by Dave under Dissolving Differences: Water and Law, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Amsterdam, November 2009
Amsterdam must surely be along the quaintest of major cities in Europe with the beauty and romance of clustered buildings and endless canals. There is in fact, so much water they don’t seem to appreciate it. In London and other cities, waterfront properties are prized above all others yet here the space along side the [...]
Posted by Dave under Travels and Travails, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Promoting sustainable development
The shared principles of Sustainable development are: living within environmental limits Ensuring a strong, healthy and just society Achieving a sustainable economy Using sound science responsibly Promoting good governance There are several ways in which central government can encourage and help the community sector to work towards sustainable development: 1. Establishing partnerships for common ends: [...]
Posted by Dave under Environmental issues, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Greening small business
Individually, the impacts from small and medium sized businesses may be relatively small but collectively they make up a large proportion of environmental damage. In fact, due to the fact that SMEs supply consumers with the bulk of goods and services, the impacts of their products are keenly felt and they produce significant amounts of [...]
Posted by Dave under Environmental issues, Uncategorized | Permalink | 1 Comment »Paris, November 2009
It was with great excitement that I jetted off for my first trip to gay Paris and what I found surpassed all expectations. I really couldn’t believe the beauty of the ageless buildings and the depth of history that seems to put even spectacular London in the dark. What made it all the more beautiful [...]
Posted by Dave under Travels and Travails, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »The cost of climate equality
A few days before the start of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, I was greeted by the cheering news that Greenpeace had successfully closed down a logging operation in the heart of the Indonesian rain forest. As the Email correctly reminded me, “…deforestation is a root cause of climate change – contributing 1/5 of [...]
Posted by Dave under Environmental issues, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »Rise Against! Brixton Academy, 22 November 2009
Reflecting on the past decade, it seems that the noughties produced a string of bands so practiced in their arts that they seem to have taken their genre to the absolute peak. Having learnt from the mistakes of their predecessors in the nineties, this decade’s stars have produced albums and brands so burnished they seem [...]
Posted by Dave under A South African in London!, Uncategorized | Permalink | No Comments »What are the pros and cons of landfill and incinerators?
Landfill: Negatives: · The cost of lining systems, leachate collection, leachate treatment, covering and capping is prohibitive · Costs tend to drive the building of regional mega-landfills which excite intense opposition from host communities · Release high concentrations of methane and water pollution · Unpleasant odours and visual impacts affect surrounding communities Positives: · Can [...]
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