Before my escape from the rat race I worked as a Sustainability consultant and Building Services Engineer for nearly 5 years. Since my escape I’ve only deepened my interest in environmental and climate change issues, and I’ve worked on environmental cartoons for UECNA (an organisation against aircraft noise), Ecolo (the French-speaking Green Party in Belgium), and the Ontgroie Degrowth conference in Utrecht in June 2019.
Please email me: lescapeartiste@gmail.com if you’d like me to collaborate with you on an environmental cartoon.
Below are the previous environmental pieces I’ve written along with accompanying cartoons:
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Wood fire burners are worse than traffic…
I wanted to try to demonstrate just how bad even the ‘Eco’ wood fire burners are in terms of air pollution by comparing them to diesel trucks: The idling emission figure of 4g/h I took from Impact of idling on fuel consumption and exhaust emissions and available idle-reduction technologies for diesel vehicles – A review –… Read more
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Template letter to Bruxelles Environnement about the harms of wood fire burners
I’ve gotten a bit riled up about the lack of information on the harms of wood-fire burning on the Bruxelles Environnement website, and so I’ve written to them. If you’d like to use this as a template for your own letter to them, please do! And if you can help me to improve my French… Read more
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Template letter to the commune on the dangers of wood-fire burning
Here is an abridged version of the email I have sent to Watermael-Boitsfort commune. Feel free to use it as a template for your own message to your commune. I’ve included the English version followed by the French version. If anyone can help me to improve the French translation please get in touch! Dear XXX… Read more
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Don’t burn where we breathe
Brussels has a smoking problem- wood smoke. If you can smell smoke you are breathing in fine particles (PM2.5) that can penetrate deep into your lungs and cause damage to all organs of your body- including your brain. Si vous avez le choix, n’utilisez pas de chauffage au bois. Read more
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Don’t burn where we breathe site launched!
http://www.dontburnwherewebreathe.com is live! Click to find out more information about the dangers of wood-fire burners, and a collection of images I’m creating to raise awareness about wood-fire burners in my area of Brussels, Watermael-Boitsfort. Read more
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Don’t burn where we breathe
I’ve been dreading spending another winter in our new house. Not because it’s not warm inside – the house was completed in 2024 and is very well insulated with an air source heat pump and underfloor heating so we can heat it to a comfortable temperature without worrying about our heating bills, but because the… Read more
