Category Archives: Environmental

Outgrow the System

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Stephen Shellard

A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT TRANSITIONING TO A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC SYSTEM With thanks to Reel to Real Cinema, the Stove Network and the Climate Kitchen Dumfries for providing the opportunity to view and discuss this film.  There is no argument with the … Continue reading →

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They all laughed at Christopher Columbus …

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Stephen Shellard

Approximately 6000 words, reading time, about 40 minutes I think I can credit my chemistry teacher, circa 1972,  for alerting me to the publication of The Limits to Growth. In  stark terms this publication, commissioned by the Club of Rome, … Continue reading →

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The consensus amongst poets….”We’re stuffed!”

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Stephen Shellard

“we’re stuffed: I can’t really see a way out of this, there are too many interested parties who have no appetite or incentive for taking their foot of the gas.” — Simon Armitage Continue reading →

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Solid Ground

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Stephen Shellard

Sometime during the 1980s, I was lucky enough to hear Dougie MacLean perform at the Dumfries Folk Club, in the rather unglamorous setting of the Cairndale Hotel, ….audience, I am guessing, less than a hundred. I was impressed. I don’t … Continue reading →

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The Uncertainties of Climate Forecast

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Stephen Shellard

It would appear that Boris Johnston does not share the sense of emergency regarding climate change as  felt by the youthfully inspired Extinction Rebellion, who he shrugged off early this week as “Uncooperative crusties!”     His father Stanley, by … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s Energy Future – Upgrading our Housing Stock

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Stephen Shellard

On the 8th November 2017  I attended an RSE Community Engagement Event,   on Scotland’s Energy Future,   Community Engagement   Event, in Dumfries Easterbrook Hall, on the 8th November 2017. A  point arising from the discussion  was the importance of space heating … Continue reading →

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