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Simon is a writer and actor. He is also the Green Party candidate for Central St Albans. He was born and bred in St Albans, and lives here now with his wife and daughter. He plays trumpet with well-known St Albans band, The Swan Vesta Social Club. You can contact him through his personal blog, www.greenstalbans.blogspot.com
Posted at 10:21am Friday 6th February 2009
How to green your car
How to make your car 20% greener, and save yourself thousands of pounds at the same time.
Posted at 10:55am Monday 26th January 2009
Can he?
Barack Obama's inauguration as US President heralds hope for a new era based on social justice and real environmental protection.
Posted at 10:31pm Monday 19th January 2009
What's going to run out first?
Biofuels and sloppy irrigation are creating a water shortage to match the energy crisis
Posted at 10:35pm Monday 5th January 2009
Energy Security
The latest spat between Russia and the Ukraine over gas supplies highlights once again the need for energy security to be at the forefront of national energy policy.
Posted at 9:52am Thursday 18th December 2008
Too keen to clean
A street-cleaning vehicle sat outside my front door this morning, with its engine running constantly, from 6am FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF!
Posted at 7:54pm Tuesday 16th December 2008
A new course out of the crisis
The Guardian today issues us all with a challenge to think outside the box when we search for answers to the financial crisis: "The Greek word kairos is the origin of the word chaos, but for the ancient Greeks it also described how some moments of crisis are decisive - they offer both danger and opportunity. They are moments that require courage and boldness of judgment. Roosevelt grasped that point of kairos in 1933, and produced his New Deal.
Posted at 1:31pm Friday 12th December 2008
Consultation consultation consultation
Have the councillors of Manchester been learning from St Albans about how to avoid their responsibilities?
Posted at 10:43am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Posted at 11:56pm Tuesday 25th November 2008
Posted at 2:10pm Monday 24th November 2008
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