There was much less snow when I arrived in Denmark but it did snow while I was there. And, right enough. Eight o’clock in the morning folk where out there shovelling away to their heart content. Of course not only are the roads kept clear but they have special small machines to deal with the [...]
Author Archives: Danielle Grunberg
DENMARK REVISITED Part 2
February 28, 2009 – 11:00 am
‘Oh horror! Oh disgrace! Unpatriotic! Prison for life!’ Was the common cry. And oh how I laughed and laughed and laughed.
Very naughty! Most unpatriotic! But then I’ve always had a challenge with that kind of stuff. What do you expect from a wandering-half- Jew like me. In any case I’m also only half Danish and [...]
DENMARK REVISITED part 1
February 25, 2009 – 6:20 pm
Just returned from an all too brief visit to the old country. < ?xml:namespace prefix ="" o />
Funny how a place becomes so much more attractive when you no longer live there. When I was at school all I ever thought about was getting away. Away from the cold, the wind, the boring people, the [...]
TRANSITION WONDERMENTALIST
February 4, 2009 – 9:41 am
Mat Harvey, Totnes based Transition performance poet does a great one on Traydio ( like an audio Tube) in their December edition.
Having recently recovered from post traumatic Transition disorder in the belief that world olive oil supplies were about to run out he became inspired by a recent Schumacher conference on the theme of” Less [...]
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, COPENHAGEN…
December 15, 2008 – 11:36 pm
Copenhagen , was recently named world cycle capital.!
No great surprise to me. Being half Danish, that fair city was my home town for many years , so I am quite familiar with its bike culture..
To tell the truth, I was never a big fan. Funny thing is I’m not entirely sure why? My Danish mother [...]
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL. LATEST NUKE FASHION
November 27, 2008 – 12:26 am
Do you love your garden shed? Well, here’s news for you. You may soon be able to get your electricity from a mini nuclear power plant no larger than…you guessed it…your own garden shed! Those wise scientists at Los Alamos have been playing their “ little Strangelove games” again. Having had the enormous pleasure of [...]
OBAMA DONE IT AGAIN
November 21, 2008 – 9:07 am
President-elect Obama just managed to outsmart the folks at 350.org
As you know by now there has been a huge campaign to encourage Obama to go to Poland, to re-engage the United States in the forthcoming UN Climate talks.
He just found his own way to do this, without getting on a plane.
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Fw: Welcome to Reality, Mr. President-Elect
November 9, 2008 – 5:23 pm
Welcome to Reality, Mr. President-Electby Bill McKibben
Our eight-year interlude from reality draws to a close, and the job of cleaning up begins. The trouble is, we’re not just cleaning up after a failed US presidency. We’re cleaning up after a two-century binge.
Barack Obama won an historic victory this week, and with it the right to [...]
A million messages to Obama
November 6, 2008 – 5:03 pm
Obama’s win is a fresh start for US relations with the world. Let’s help turn the page and send a global message of hope and invitation to work together to the new President — it will be displayed on a giant wall in Washington DC:
Take Action Now
After 8 long years of Bush – a [...]
The Holyrood 350 campaign — H350 in brief
November 1, 2008 – 10:55 pm
Summary:
Holyrood 350 is a response to the recognition that we have to reduce CO2 concentrations from the current 387ppm to 350ppm, in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Since international negotiations currently seek to set a ceiling of 450ppm, while carbon emissions continue to rise rapidly, Holyrood 350 is seeking backing from as many political [...]