Hazy days of Summer Jun 20, 2017 Because our house is powered entirely by the sun, located on Exmoor, in the UK (an area noted for its 'weather'), I wondered if now... Read more
Young Solar Challenge – Stage 2 results! Jun 14, 2017 For those of us who couldn't make it to the Solar Boat race at Lelystrad, Flevoland, Holland last Saturday (10th June) there was an ingenious... Read more
Fastest Boats under the Sun Jun 1, 2017 The Eneco ZonnebootRace must be the quietest boat race in the world. No gas-guzzling engines; no thrashing sails - just the purr of an electric motor ...powered... Read more
Off-map – Off-grid Apr 25, 2017 If you own a 100 Hectare property (let's just pretend) - so large that mains power is available only in one corner of it -... Read more
Art-ificial Microclimate Apr 18, 2017 April 8th saw the opening of the most ambitious exhibition ever staged by the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark. Occupying 3000 square metres of... Read more
Smelling Good… Apr 4, 2017 Man's best friend is not always his best companion. It's that canine habit of trying to blend outdoor interests of muddy fields, rotting sea-weed, and... Read more
Nothing beats persistence… Mar 29, 2017 Impossible Robotics – the team of Dutch students who built a robot to compete in the 2017 FIRST Robotics STEAMWORKS competition – spent a great... Read more
Cradle of Civilisation Mar 27, 2017 Image: Carlos Delgado; CC-BY-SA At the same time as looking back on the region's monumental cultural heritage (the image above is the 'Tetrapylon' gate to the... Read more
The Sun God, Ra Mar 24, 2017 The Sun - our past, our present, our future. It was the sun, shining into one of Scotland's beautiful glens which produced the tallest conifer... Read more
