…while the average person in China consumes one quarter of the energy of someone in Europe.
Figures from OU Environment course, picture taken in Shanghai in 2005. The Shanghai economy has been growing by around 10% each year.
I’ve been watching a film on development and energy demand in China. A [...]
A promotional poll on Facebook suggests that only 10% of those who voted would take a paid year out (up to £25,000 plus £20,000 in expenses) to ‘Protect the environment’. 61% would ‘Change people’s lives’, and 29% would ‘Help endangered species’.
BufferI have set up a new blog called Big Wide World. Unlike this blog, which is a completely unfocussed compendium of my random brainfarts and rants, Big Wide World is about the environment, sustainability, technology and development. These are four separate but interrelated themes, central to my International Studies degree, topical, relevant, big, [...]
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