One of the unexpected benefits of being in lockdown is using this period as a sustainability baseline. We’re not driving as much as we usually do. We’re not travelling by air. But we’re also using more electricity at home and ordering more goods online. So, how am I doing? As I’ve written before, my lockdownContinue reading “How Sustainable Am I?”
Category Archives: My Life
What Sustainability Means To Me
I’ve realised that I haven’t talked much about sustainability yet in my posts. I think because I don’t like talking about myself that much, plus I don’t like preaching to people; I actually think sustainability is something we all need to work out for ourselves. But there’s not much point to this website if IContinue reading “What Sustainability Means To Me”
Sustainable Living vs Lockdown Life
Last week I wrote about how closely my usual lifestyle resembles my lockdown life. But I think it goes further than that. I believe there are many ways in which our lockdown lives mirror a more sustainable life. We’re flying less I’m not a traveller. I’ve only ever flown around six times in my life, andContinue reading “Sustainable Living vs Lockdown Life”
My Strangely Normal Lockdown Life
It’s pretty much fair to say that most people’s lives have dramatically changed during the lockdown. (And yes, I know Australian political leaders have pretty much avoided using that term, but that’s precisely what it is.) But for me, life is strangely “business as usual”. My life before the lockdown Before the lockdown, I workedContinue reading “My Strangely Normal Lockdown Life”
Do What You Will, But Harm None
“Do what you will, but harm none” is such a clear and compelling statement. Each of us should be free to live the way we like, so long as our actions do no harm. I first came across the term “Do what you will, but harm none” in the Schrödinger’s Cat trilogy of novels by Robert Anton Wilson.Continue reading “Do What You Will, But Harm None”
A Father and Son
My father was born in 1911, at home in a terrace house in the Sydney suburb of Paddington. He was at least six weeks premature and was no bigger than my grandfather’s hand. He was placed in a shoebox and wrapped him in cotton wool. They fed him with an eye-dropper. He should have died.Continue reading “A Father and Son”
Being hit in the face with sporting equipment
If I could choose one phrase that would best describe my school days, it would be: The years I was repeatedly hit in the face with sporting equipment. Mostly tennis balls. Mostly didn’t hurt, except the ones that actually lodged in my eye-socket; they kind of hurt. Like having a Chinese-burn on your eye-ball. There was,Continue reading “Being hit in the face with sporting equipment”
The day I saw the Queen
One day, a few years ago, I was walking home from work. I got to a set of lights and waited for them to change. They seemed to be taking a long time to change, but then I saw a police motorcycle pull up at the lights. You know, one of those fancy ones theyContinue reading “The day I saw the Queen”
Thwacker Cricket
When I was in high school, my friends and I made up a game called Thwacker Cricket. It was a bit like French Cricket, but faster and more agile. I’ve always fantasised about Thwacker Cricket becoming a major sport. I don’t care who does it. That’s why I’ve published the rules on my website, hopingContinue reading “Thwacker Cricket”
Atheism: Good Without Gods
One day, when I was six years old, I was standing in the playground of my infants school. This was in the early 1970s. I can remember exactly where I was standing. I could still take you there today. It was November, a beautiful sunny day, and I had just realised that God didn’t exist.Continue reading “Atheism: Good Without Gods”