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Past issues and keywords:
| Second Nature 015 | Apr 2024 | carbon intensity of UK electricity; continuing conversations about Chernobyl, recycling soft plastics, Energy from Waste, dishwashers |
| Second Nature 014 | Mar 2024 | nuclear power, on-demand renewable energy, energy from waste, recycling soft plastics, bamboo toilet roll, dishwashers |
| Second Nature 013 | Mar 2024 | nuclear power, GB wind, sustainable gardening |
| Second Nature 012 | Feb 2024 | Valentine's Day verse, reliability of EVs, large-scale electricity storage, wildfires |
| Second Nature 011 | Jan 2024 | 2023 hottest year on record, press release arithmetic, sustainable aviation fuel, climate science in a nutshell, green gardening |
| Second Nature 010 | Dec 2023 | Cop28, hydrogen strategy update, divestment, small changes to lifestyle |
| Second Nature 009 | Dec 2023 | disco bath light, suggested reading, planetary boundaries, get ready to vote |
| Second Nature 008 | Nov 2023 | the three 'buts'; optimism, pessimism, doomism, and hope; steps to a sustainable world |
| Second Nature 007 | Oct 2023 | pumpkins, population, planetary health diet, 20 mph speed limits |
| Second Nature 006 | Sept 2023 | recycling, global temperature data, GB wind, biodiversity, individual effort, heat pumps in terraced houses |
| Second Nature 005 | Sept 2023 | new heat records, new record for carbon intensity of GB electricity |
| Second Nature 004 | Sept 2023 | GB wind, contracts for difference, composting, carbon capture and storage, consumer's victory pledge |
| Second Nature 003 | Aug 2023 | correction to 002, biomass, ESO app, postcard from the future |
| Second Nature 002 | Jul 2023 | erratum, China, role of the individual, single-use stuff |
| Second Nature 001 | Jul 2023 | objectives for a u3a climate group |