by Terry Prue | May 1, 2024 | News
One of the many ironies of the global climate crisis is that the nations and people most impacted are the nations and people least responsible for climate change. Since 1850, annual worldwide CO2 emissions have gone from 2.84 billion tonnes (bt) to 41.46 bt in 2022....
by Terry Prue | May 1, 2024 | Featured, News
Did you know that you can claim Gift Aid on your annual subscription to the Ramsgate Society? Being a registered charity, The Ramsgate Society can reclaim from HMRC an extra 25p for every £1 you donate. That’s as long as you are a UK tax payer and make the...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
The connection between climate change and atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) was first noted in the 1800s and the French mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier likened the earth’s atmosphere to a greenhouse, keeping some of the heat from the sun from escaping to...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | News
What are odds of throwing a jigsaw puzzle into the air and it landing, by chance, fully assembled? ‘They’ say, while it’s not impossible, it is very, very, very, very unlikely. No surprise there, but it’s a fun way of looking at what not to do in the Clock House as it...
by Terry Prue | Mar 28, 2024 | Featured, News
A personal note from our Society Chairman, John Walker and a request for help: I had reason the other day to check the year the Ramsgate Society was formed- which was 1964 – and suddenly realised that this current year 2024 would be our 60th Birthday or Diamond...
by Terry Prue | Mar 13, 2024 | Climate Matters, News
This month’s column is a practical look at how following our ancestors’ advice can reduce the energy we use to heat buildings, in both home and business settings. Heating buildings accounts for nearly a quarter of UK CO2 emissions, largely from heating private homes...
