Writing
Books
In 2008 I wrote a series of four books with a range of short tips for living a greener life.
Working on these was an excellent chance to check all those facts I bandy about in pub conversations, and to find out more about subjects that were a bit of a mystery to me, such as gardening and baby-care.
They are illustrated in some style by Aaron Blecha.
The books are published by Kyle Cathie, who also produce my favourite, highly recommended book of curry recipes, '50 great curries of India', and are based locally to me, in Camden Town.
They have been very good at promoting the books abroad too - translated editions are already on the shelves in France, Holland, Spain, Italy, Estonia, Japan and, slightly weirdly, Brazil.
Buy the '50 Ways' books direct from the publisher by clicking on the cover images on the right.
I've now finished Mend it!, a follow-up book about mending things - all very zeitgeisty, what with thrift being the new green in these cash-strapped times. Published in October 2009 and available in all good shops, including Waitrose, so I hear!
I also penned a chapter for the Atheist's Guide to Christmas in 2009, which covers my own atheism and ways to have a greener, secular Christmas, all in a fairly light-hearted way (what else would you expect from me?). All proceeds to the Terrence Higgins Trust.
Articles
As Principal Speaker for the Greens, spokesperson for the Alliance Against Urban 4x4s and candidate for Mayor, I've often been asked to write opinion pieces for papers and magazines. Here's a few of the still-live highlights from the past few years.
Gordon Brown's eco-towns are not green
Talking the walk. And the bike
Should we allow people to waste money on 4x4s?
Blogging
I'm glad to be blogging again here, as I've missed it since I handed over my New Statesman blog to Caroline Lucas in July. You can read the archives of my two-year stint on the NS website, where I cover lots of different subjects, from copyright laws to climate camping.
One of the perils of blogging is the comments fired back when you put your opinions out there, and I attracted some quality trolls at the NS who tore apart everything I said in the most insulting way. However, even these weren't bad enough to scare me off forever. I'm aiming to run a fairly loose comments policy on this site, but we'll see if the evildoers from NS find me and ruin it!
I've posted regularly on Twitter for a while now and I still can't bring myself to use the word 'tweet' in any context where I'm not explaining why I hate it. I think I'm fighting a losing battle with that one, however.
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