Here’s a Sunday afternoon catch-up of some of my favourite blog posts from the past week or so: The Ultimate Resource Guide for Commuting by Bicycle at 21st Century Citizen. Wild swimming in the UK at off-grid. The World’s Top… Read More »EcoLinking – 16 September 2007
Tomorrow, Saturday 15th September 2007 is an open day at Titnore Woods protest camp near Worthing, West Sussex. If you’re in the area and want to support the protesters, bring some food (they like vegan cakes), your wellies and an… Read More »Join the open day at Titnore Woods to help save ancient woodland
This episode of Josh May’s 30-day green living story is a cooking lesson with Katie Lee Joel and some local produce.
Although organic cotton has been cultivated for thousands of years it’s only in about the last decade that we have certified it organic. This is because of increasing concerns from environmentalists and the general public about the impact of the escalating huge quantities of pesticides and insecticides used in the cultivation of conventional cotton. Growing organic cotton is not easy, using chemicals increases yields by up to 20% and standardizes quality. Natural processes used to protect an organic crop are higher risk and makes supply more unpredictable. Resulting products are therefore more expensive and that cost is inevitably passed to the consumer.
Switching to low energy bulbs is the right thing to do. It saves energy and it saves money on electricity. The tricky thing is, what to do with the old light bulbs that you’ve removed. It seems terribly wasteful to… Read More »3 groovy recycling ideas for old-style incandescent light bulbs
Ben Jelen‘s music is laid back and chilled out. But listen to the words and there’s a serious message there. He is working on raising environmental awareness with his latest music video “Pulse”, the opening track on his latest album… Read More »Win a copy of Ben Jelen’s latest album ex-sensitive
We’ve featured a number of blog posts detailing the simple things you can do to help reduce your impact on the planet, the little things that are easy to incorporate into your lifestyle or your daily routine. Now we’re going to be taking a look at the big things that you can do. The things that may take a bit more effort, that may even take a complete shift in lifestyle. But things that will make the biggest impact in reducing your impact. Do you want to have a tiny little carbon footprint and live as if we only have one planet between all 6,602,224,175 of us? You do? Read on.
Read More »7 BIG ways to reduce your carbon footprint
Portland, Oregon leads the way in a new way to move house. Don’t hire a truck, or a van and man, have a bike move. Watch the video and you’ll see how it works. via: Treehugger
One of the stops on our recent family summer trip was Keveral Farm. It’s situated 5 miles east of the town of Looe in Cornwall, England, and just a 15 minute walk from the seaside village of Seaton. We stayed… Read More »Keveral Farm – spending a few days in an organic farming community