I’m passionate about Somers Town, the small corner of central London where I’ve chosen to make my home. Nestled in between the gothic splendour of St Pancras and the fifties austerity of Euston, its a tiny district of densely built low rise apartments, home to the British Library, the RMT and Unison, railway stations and about 8000 people from all over the world. I can walk to the West End, have Regents Park on my doorstep, and every amenity I could wish for a short stroll away. I’m not one of those ‘buy a small-holding in Wales’ Greens, and I’m sure Wales doesn’t want me and my 8000 neighbours to try.

Per capita carbon emissions for domestic and road transport use in areas like this are low(1), because public transport is good and the cost of heating small apartments is much less than houses. If we’re to meet the energy More >