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The Mysterious Case of the Sinking Flamingo

A new illustrated children’s book by water sustainability expert Cath Hassell makes understanding the urban water cycle fun! Earlier this year, I sponsored Cath Hassell’s Kickstarter campaign to publish The...

Newcastle Climate March

On Sunday, nearly 650 people marched through Newcastle calling on politicians to deliver a clean energy future free from climate chaos. This weekend’s Global Climate March broke records to become the largest...

Time to ACT!

A coalition of green groups across the North East is planning the region’s largest Climate March to coincide with the Paris COP21 summit. For the third of our articles on...

North East Blogger Awards

Tracing Green scoops accolade at the prestigious North East Blogger Awards last week. When I started writing articles for Tracing Green back in January I had no idea the site...

Climate Change Denial

Climate change denial takes many forms and all of them get in the way of meaningful action. For the second of our articles on climate change in the lead up...

Green Energy Cycles

I put an electric bicycle through its paces on the hills around Hexham, and consider the benefits of e-bikes. Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a fair...

The Green Electricity Conundrum

What exactly is ‘green electricity’ and is it a low carbon energy source? When I bought my house 10 years ago, it came with an electric central heating system. It...

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