This section of the blog captures my thoughts, observations and musings about sustainable adventuring, tech, the world and anything else that springs to mind.
My focus for the blog is really about living a more sustainable life whilst enjoying adventures and experiencing many of the great things this planet has to offer. Whilst rampant consumerism is killing the planet, whether through CO2 emissions or micro plastics, unsustainable agricultural practices or simply pure human greed, I strongly believe that with a bit of balance in life we can have it all. Fulfilling, rewarding lives that still allow us to travel, enjoy quality products and good food, but without driving us further down the path to destruction.
How can we achieve this? Well it isn’t easy. But part of the solution lies in: fixing broken products rather than sending to landfill, choosing better travel and holiday options to minimise impact, buying less junk full stop, embracing sustainable energy and wasting less, encouraging more wildlife in our gardens and just giving a shit.
As a tech specialist by profession I may also stray into thoughts on the latest tech from the impacts of Chat GPT to good news stories on how tech can help us forge a better planet.
Recently the old family runabout came to the end of its life with us due to cam-belt failure. This is car number two and used for all the daily local trips, school runs, shopping trips and general duties so replacement priorities were: suitable for a life of short journeys (so no diesels), small enough for […]
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Are these packable shelters a waste of time or a useful tool? The use of bothy bags in the hills is largely limited to the UK and Scandinavia. They have never really gained popularity in other large outdoor markets such as the USA. This post is a quick opinion piece on the pro’s and cons,
The bothy bag debate Read More »
Building a sustainable and brilliant clothing system for the UK mountains and wild camping out of natural fibres To complement my ongoing make your own gear (MYOG) project, where am working on a completely plastic free wild camping setup suitable for UK mountain and moorland areas, I am pulling together a clothing system to suit.
Plastic Free Outdoor clothing for hiking & wild camping Read More »
A look at the impact of Covid in interest for Climbing, Cycling and a few more outdoor sports from 2020 when the pandemic began to the end of lockdowns. Have we seen a lasting legacy?? Online search trends are a good approximator of overall subject interest. Covid had a huge impact on the world and
Search trends and outdoor sports – The Covid impact Read More »
As an AI/data specialist by profession I’m lucky enough to spend time thinking about how to apply AI today to solve business problems. However it’s fun to think beyond to what the future might hold. AI will fundamentally change our life experience from entertainment to healthcare. In 20 years the world (barring monumental disaster, thanks
Imagining futures – 5 ways AI will change the world Read More »
Introducing a fun MYOG project to see if I can bring plastic free wild camping in mountain environments to reality An idea I have been playing about with in my head for some time is getting into making my own equipment using natural materials as opposed to synthetic. MYOG or “make your own gear”, is
Plastic Free Wild Camping Pt 1 Read More »
In this post I am outlining whether using my excess solar generated energy to drive air to air heat pump heating = cheap/sustainable heating? One of the ways I plan to address spiralling heating costs is by experimenting with using an Air to Air heatpump run off my excess solar PV generation (i.e. that above
Is using an air conditioner for heating effective in the UK? Read More »
Inspired by an excellent recent BBC podcast on allergies as part of “The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry” a quick run through of things that I have learnt and found super interesting. Not a normal blogging topic for me but I thought worth sharing. We are pretty much all affected by allergies one way
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