Western society due to advanced capitalism & the arrival of the age of celebrity is becoming more and more obsessed with the body beautiful. I do not proclaim to be immune to this. Big muscles (still working on making them big) and how I look is important to me. I buy protein supplements and other [...]
Year on year our Homes are getting warmer and warmer. The result is (apart from dry skin) massive impacts on the Environment. Households are responsible for 27% of CO2 emissions in the UK (Environmental Change Institute, 2005) and heating is the main culprit. Instead of heating the space around us we should work on our personal [...]
Living alone makes me more aware that I am completely responsible for my 50 square meters. In my old flat heat came from the grannies above and below, so I rarely needed to turn on the heating in my own room except when it hit below minus 15 degrees centigrade outside. Now I control all [...]
Moving into a flat/house alone is an exciting prospect. Closing that door for the world for the first time was a great feeling; my own little kingdom is finally here. A kingdom ruled by my own rules, where my own imagination of time sets the pace, but also a very big environmental footprint is created. [...]
Deciding not to fly due to environmental reasons can be painful when you look at the cost of flights online. I looked into flight costs from London to Munich and they were a third of what I pay for the train and are three times as quick. People think you’re crazy for not flying; however [...]
This question first came to light when in the UK it was found that insurance companies where getting planning permission to cut trees down due to the risk that they may cause damage to buildings nearby. This shows that a trees value is not correctly calculated in modern capitalism. Trees are so devalued that they [...]
