Solarpunk Collective

Reading books makes kids smarter , and when parents read to their children it can have other benefits . The books we read as children stay with us for life. Those simple morality tales we hear as bedtime stories can shape out biases and prejudices through the rest of our lives. Looking ahead the the future, what kind of stories should we be telling our kids, to give them the moral foundation to understand the world? Let's look at two examples, one good and one bad, to see how we might be setting up our kids with preconceived notions that could stay with them for life. Both stories are about sharing cookies... Pat Hutchins might be better known as the presenter of the British TV show "Rosie and Jim", but she was also a prolific writer of children's stories. My favorite of her stories is a book published in 1986 called "The Doorbell Rang". In the story, Mother has just baked 12 cookies, and the two children have to share the snacks between them....

I recently submitted some ideas to the consultation being undertaken by the Labour Party for a kind of "Green New Deal" for Britain. Unfortunately, my submission was lost due to a server error and I had to resubmit. It did allow me to revisit some of my ideas, and record them here. Opportunities in the low carbon economy Please describe any industries, sectors, or projects that you think are well suited to your region, city or town, that would help to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse Gas emissions are not limited to any one sector but are spread across all aspects of our society. From land use to transport, from construction to energy production. Each sector contributes a share. Reducing any one sector to 0% net emissions would only return our emissions to start of the 21st century levels. There are many ways that each sector can be addressed, and experts should be consulted on any possibility. Just one example that springs to mind is the proje...