Category Archives: Global warming

#gritforbristol

Posted on January 9, 2010 by The Bristol Blogger

GRIT! It’s the topic of the moment. Chris Hutt’s been at it as has KRS. So The Bristol Blogger thought he’d join the party and do some gritty blogging too. Mainly as today’s Cancer featured a letter on the subject … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol East, Bristol Evening Post, Global warming, Local government, Politics, Twitter | Tagged , , , , | There are 24 comments

The Copenhagen mystery

Posted on December 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

That pitifully thick Clifton Tory-in-disguise that calls herself the leader of this city, Barbara Janke, gave a pitifully thick explanation for flying to Copenhagen to save the planet by doing her Christmas shopping – along with two colleagues, between them … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol West, Environment, Global warming, Green Capital, Lib Dems, Local government, Politics, Transport, Twitter | Tagged , , , | There are 7 comments

BLACK (cloud) WATCH: council cash news

Posted on August 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

A speedy reply to Woodsy’s Freedom of Information request to Bristol City Council regarding their expenditure on Victoria Park’s temporary roofless shed, ‘The Black Cloud‘, arrives on the ever-dependable ‘What Do They Know?‘ site and finds the council crunching urgently … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol South, Culture, Environment, FOI, Global warming, Local government, Politics, Windmill Hill | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | There are 4 comments

Spirit of the age?

Posted on July 26, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Some wealthy and painfully middle class hippies – sorry, “artists” – built a big shed (surely a “remarkable new temporary structure? Ed), cheerfully called The Black Cloud, in Victoria Park yesterday. So locals now have a weird state-sponsored miserabilist temple … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol South, Culture, Environment, Global warming, Windmill Hill | Tagged , , , | There are 122 comments

RED TROUSERGATE: the column of crap

Posted on April 11, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Reading George Ferguson’s ‘By George’ column in today’s Cancer – alas not yet online – at least explains why he chose a career in concreting over public park land rather than comic writing. Southville’s great wit writes about Easter this … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Bristol East, Bristol Evening Post, Developments, Easton, Environment, Global warming, Merchant Venturers, Politics, Toffs | Tagged , | There are 12 comments

Pompousthing's gone green

Posted on April 1, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

News just in. Bristol’s most pompous man, architect George Ferguson, has called in a firm of upmarket image consultants to undertake a drastic personal rebranding exercise for him. The aim is to help “detoxify the brand”; “recalibrate the public profile” … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, CONsultants, Developments, Environment, Global warming, Green Capital, Southville | Tagged , | There are 13 comments

The great recycling debate (pt. 7654)

Posted on March 7, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol Dave from the effervescing Bristol Dave Rants is asking questions in the comments about recycling: Can somebody (not necessarily Gary or Jon) please explain to me what on earth the food recycling bins are actually for? Is it just … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Bristol, Environment, Global warming, Local government, Politics, Recycling | Tagged | There are 36 comments

City of green syphilis

Posted on November 20, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

by Keren Suchecki Bristol has been named the only UK city short-listed for the European Green Capital award – news met with utter incredulity by most residents. Bristol used its much-waved parks and green spaces strategy to bolster its bid. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Environment, European Green Capital Award, Global warming, Local government, Politics, Recycling, Temple Meads, The Centre, Transport | Tagged , , | There are 17 comments

This sounds like good value

Posted on November 6, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Connecting Bristol and Vowlsie are reporting that Bristol has been chosen as the only city in the UK to be short-listed for the European Green Capital Award. Shit. If this place is the greenest city in Europe we really are … Continue reading →

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Plug: Recycle Your Unwanted Stuff!

Posted on May 13, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol Indymedia is pleased to announce the launch of our Indycycle service. Indycycle is a way of people re-cycling things they no longer need to people who may have a use for it. It is similar to the ideas of … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Bristol, Environment, Global warming, Media, Recycling | Tagged , | There are 10 comments