Design for Living

Roses are red, violets are blue, but LILAC is a housing co-operative. More about this later. The future, and the past, seems to be electric with electric taxis in Beijing and a very special battery-powered classic. In the I-told-you-so department climate scientists reveal that their 1980s forecasts were not that far out, while others report a massive permafrost thaw. (Try saying that with your teeth in!) Literati - you thought they were people who wrote for the newspapers, didn't you? Well Litterati (that's with two Ts) is about litter and there's an app and a TED talk that you mustn't miss. Chevron seems to be realising that the end of oil is in sight - and not because it's running out. And finally my good deed for the week, and why you should do one too. Find the links to my sources on the blog at anthonyday.blogspot.com.