Good on you Rajendra. The internet is a great platform and I know you have all information people need to make the best changes and deal with climate change. http://blog.rkpachauri.org/index.php?a=4 Dr Rajendra Pachauri, whose name I am only just able to spell correctly first go, has just been re-elected for another term as IPCC chief. […]

Goodbye ads! From the outset I thought WP was destined for stardom so it was natural for me to stick a few ads on the site. When no revenue came my way I was just as naturally disappointed. Here’s the thing – I don’t think I would have been so let down if I had […]

So after a mammoth two days of “inspiration” I have closed down thisworldtoday.com and re-opened the much more benign alistairdark.com. Congratulate me on my wise decision later. The pressure is off and I feel much more relaxed about it.

If this blog is still going in five years three miracles will have occurred… 1. I will have succeeded in writing about real-world issues in a way that doesn’t make me feel crazy, hyper-intellectual or sick… 2. Human civilization will not have collapsed on itself… and 3. The environment will not have collapsed on itself […]