This week on the DFID website, we published a photo feature about barefoot solar engineers in Orissa, India
Posts Tagged ‘DFID’
Solar stories
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Abbie Trayler-Smith, Alex Renton, clean energy, climate change, Copenhagen, DFID, India on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty years and still trembling
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 1989, California, Cypress Viaduct, DFID, disaster, disaster work, earthquake, Indonesia, Loma Prieta, my amazing family, San Jose, scary experiences, search and rescue, Sumatra on October 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First free moment to blog since August 29th. Hmm, I’m busier than I thought! I’m determined to keep this going though. No matter what it takes, I WILL blog. People who have known me long will know earthquakes are a recurring theme in my life. Despite now living on Hackney terra firma, I’ve spent plenty [...]
Senior global citizens
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chile, climate camp, climate change, Copenhagen, DFID, droughts, floods, Himalayas, Nepal, north and south, sustainable, tcktcktck, UK, UN, wind farms on August 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
North and South: my two grandmothers My British grandmother turned 83 recently – happy birthday Granny! – and it got me thinking about my two grandmothers and the different lives they lead. One in the northern hemisphere (UK) and one in the south (Chile). They’ve never met, but have so much in common. Both [...]


