is a London piano tuner who abandoned his apartment and is living a life outdoors so that he can pay off his student debt. He bikes around town and sleeps in a bivy bag on a four-season mat鈥攊n a different location just about every night. He blogs about everything at . It's an interesting chronicle, not just because you get to explore London outdoors at night through his lens, but because he takes you : swiss bankers, athletic trainers, hunters, etc.
His story is a testament to the ability to live an urban life solidly outdoors, though he does take something like the occasional break from his cold, wet London existence. Sometimes he stays with family, and as winter has set in, he's decided to take a jaunt to Argentina鈥攚here he plans to test his . For the 眉ber-aware Roberts, such a vacation does not come without guilt.
“I鈥檓 not proud of flying to Argentina, even on a direct flight I have
released about 1,700 kilograms of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere and
my return journey will release an equal amount, along with other nasties
from the combusion of jet fuel,” he . “This is not the total emissions of the
flight; it has been divided by the number of passengers to represent the
true cost of my individual journey鈥3.4 tonnes of carbon for the round-trip. This is about as much carbon as the average sub-Saharan African
will emit in their entire lifetime. Ironically, while I鈥檓 enjoying my
holiday, it is they who will suffer the worst effects of climate change
when the rains fail again and more of them die of starvation.”
This short is part of video series, and was filmed by Matt Hopkins. He plans to return to record more of Roberts' life later this winter.
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