Spring's in the air - the sun's out at last - but let's make the days lighter later with 10:10

Over the last week my balconies and my (landlord's) front garden (which I've commandeered for food growing) have finally spring into action. Yesterday I planted potatoes, sage and edible nasturtiums, which will provide huge amounts of beautiful (see the photo below), peppery salad for most of the year.

I'm amazed to find lettuces which made it through the snow. My broccoli is shooting up. All the fruit bushes are budding. And I've been able to make a constant supply of "balcony pesto" (greens from the balcony, pine nuts, garlic, cheese and olive oil) ever since the snow melted. Happy, sunny days.

Everybody loves the sunshine. But every year we set our clocks so that we get less of it in our lives, sleeping through the sunlit mornings while we use expensive, polluting electric lights to keep out the dark nights. Lighter Later is a campaign to brighten all of our days, by changing the clocks so we are awake when the sun is out.

The idea is simple: we shift the clocks forward by one hour throughout the entire year. We would still put the clocks forward in spring and back in autumn, but we would have moved an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening, when more of us are awake to enjoy it. Lighter Later is also the best proof yet of 10:10’s bright idea – that cutting carbon and making life better can and should go hand in hand. Add your voice today. Sign up here.