There is no Planet B
Sometimes I think I must sound like a dreary old gubber, a throwback of a bygone age. And I’m not
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sustainability
Where have all the flowers gone?
A butterfly flaps its wings in New Mexico and causes a hurricane in China, or so the introduction to Chaos
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Long live the high street
This month’s column comes to you from Oxford. As the Isle of Wight double-knots its bonnet ribbon in preparation for
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Wake up and smell the coffee
Back in the day, I studied industrial design. I learned how to do technical drawing, made prototypes of products in
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Living in electric dreams
When I was a nipper, there was much talk of pollution and acid rain, damage caused by aerosol propellants and
Read moreEnvironmental infrastructure: what it could really cost
Drains, water, sewage works, landfill sites… usually best left to somebody else to sort out. Well, maybe once this was
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