Author Archives: evcricket

I made a couple of New Year Resolutions this year, which is unusual for me. Although, I think the last two I probably went for were ‘parent better’ and ‘drink less’. But this year I have two SMART (specific, measurable, … Continue reading →

For better or worse, I have spent quite a bit of time arguing with “humans are causing global warming and it’s a bad thing” deniers/skeptics on the internet. I don’t expect I will ever change their minds, in fact I … Continue reading →

I did a TEDx Talk in Canberra recently. Here’s the video: In this talk I wanted to get people excited about an energy efficient lifestyle. Rather than the Earth Hour view that to save the planet we need to go … Continue reading →

We have just sold our first house, a little brick house in Canberra’s inner north, typically called a “Govie” by the locals. We were there for 4-years and during that time we changed the Energy Efficiency Rating (EER) from 0 … Continue reading →

My environmental ethics can be best summed up as Conservationist. I think ecosystems run best without human interaction and that in places that we have broken them, by introducing weeds, ferals or poisons we should take steps to fix that. … Continue reading →

Mostly just recording this for my own records, but here is a video of me telling a story recently It was told for a night run by Melanie Tait, ABC local presenter. The night is called Now Hear This and … Continue reading →