Compost Bins Galore

In my post: Erratic Recycling Isn’t Impressive, I complained about how a lady I work for doesn’t have a food waste collection at her home. Today when I arrived at work I was happy to see a neat little brown box sitting outside her door… At last! I thought: the council have come to their … Continue reading →

Erratic Recycling Isn’t Impressive

What’s up with all this erratic recycling? I don’t mean on an individual level, I mean in terms of what is provided. My mum’s street takes almost everything weekly  and so does mine, which is great. But my boyfriend’s house (which is in the same town) doesn’t take paper, and my friend’s (also in this … Continue reading →

Being Green on a Budget

Heya. In this post I’m going to give some tips for people who want to lower their ecological footprint but are on low incomes and simply don’t have extra cash to splash on being green. So if you can’t invest in insulation or solar panels and can’t fork out for organic, fairtrade and or whatever, … Continue reading →

The End of ‘Bigger is Better’

Lets talk about growth and improvement. As I outlined in this post, sooner or later (and most likely sooner) the world economy is going to have to stop growing. At the moment our progress is pretty much entirely measured by economic growth… But as they say, you can’t stop progress! And I’m not suggesting for … Continue reading →

”Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist”. – Kenneth Boulding Continue reading →

Snippets of conversation…

”I wish I lived in a world of stewardship rather than a world of ownership”. –  Some random  guy I walked past in the street Continue reading →

Pandas – precious cutie or evolutionary dead-end?

I want to discuss with you today the plight of the panda. Aren’t they adorable? It’s no wonder Giant Pandas are one of the most loved species in the whole animal kingdom. Because they’re so popular they’re often used as  what’s called a ‘flagship species’ – an endangered species that is well known and well … Continue reading →

Carbon Calculators – An Evaluation

Carbon calculators are one of the strategies that have popped up over the last few years to engage people in reducing their carbon emissions. The idea is that if you know how much you’re producing, and how, then that’s the first step to making changes. It’s a good idea but I’m doing a (very) quick evaluation on … Continue reading →

Yay!

This is just a quick boast. I was reading the e-newsletter for my town’s Transition Initiative just now, and this little paragraph cropped up amongst all the inspiring achievements of 2011: “A new group formed this year Transition Fashion & Textiles started by our yougest Hub group member Tegan. She had to step back as A levels … Continue reading →

The Right Whales

I dreamed about whales last night, so that’s the subject of today’s post. The rarest type of whale is the Right Whale, so named because in the days of the whaling industry, people thought they where the “right” ones to hunt. This was because they swam close to shore, were very valuable, and when killed, … Continue reading →

Article on the “7 Ages of Transition”

Just a quick note to say take a look at this article on the Transition Culture website. I’m posting this because I’ve been thinking a lot recently about youth involvement with transition and the environmental movement as a whole,  so found this article very relevent, with some interesting discussion following it as well. I’ve also … Continue reading →

Why must “green” clothes be different?

Eco fashion has come a long way. I quite want to make a timeline, and some day I will, but for now I’ll just say that I remember when all it meant was oatmeal coloured sack-dresses made out of hemp. Now there’s all sorts of high-end shenanigans involving vegetarian silk, elegant poses and lots of $$$. Celebrities … Continue reading →

Hello

Just a quick note to say that I have two posts to upload (about de-commercializing Christmas) but my internet is broken. I’ll be back when I’ve got it fixed. (: Continue reading →

Too Many People!

Over-population is a very touchy subject. It’s much easier to kind of ignore it and try to just deal with everything else. This post was actually inspired by my doing just that. I was posting all these great ideas about organic farming, recycling, passive solar heating and etc in an earlier post (What Are We … Continue reading →

Macka B bigging up his vegan diet

Listen to this and enjoy the reggae goodness flavoured with eco morality. Hit play!   This is for anyone who has looked at me blankly and said “so what do you eat?” when I’ve told them I’m vegan. Continue reading →