The festival has made some bold moves in the right direction but if it wants to be a eco-leader it’ll need to pack a greater green punch next year to make it the best.
Posted on 18 June 2009
The festival has made some bold moves in the right direction but if it wants to be a eco-leader it’ll need to pack a greater green punch next year to make it the best.
Posted on 16 June 2009
Update : Isle of Wight festival here I come. (The Elderflower Champagne exploded today).
If one thing gets my attention it’s cheap alcohol. I’ve had a few experiments with brewing my own alcohol over the years, but these have been from cans of prepared mix and never from straight from mother nature.
Elderflower champagne has to be [...]
Posted on 08 June 2009
Ostrich, snails, aligator, usually the stranger the better for me, just check out my fun with bacon (http://greenguysglobal.com/blog/meat-bu … ng-smoking).
Looking for 20 other meat-eaters to join me between Fri 12th - Mon 15th JUNE and try out vegetarianism.
NO MEAT FOR 4 DAYS - EASY?
SIGNUP http://www.pledgebank.com/4DayVeggie OR text ‘pledge 4DayVeggie’ to 60022 (in the UK only)
Glasto [...]
Posted on 20 May 2009
A few years ago I visited the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, USA, ‘Pigs. If you ever need to be self sufficient, Pigs are what you need. Eat anything, and the whole animal can be used’. That was the message of one of the colonial actresses as she made up another batch of lard scones on [...]
Posted on 15 May 2009
For some time now I’ve tried to reduce the amount of meat in my diet, knowing full well, meat can be expensive in price and cause greenhouse gas emissions.
In fact UN figures suggest that meat production puts more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than transport. (1)
I’ve been sea fishing since I was a kid and [...]
Posted on 17 April 2009
I’m no gardener. Well I wasn’t until about a year or so ago. Having preached to all my friends for years about the environment I felt it was time to stop talking the talk and start walking the walk.
But why “dig for victory”? Surely you can dig all you want and still end up with nothing to eat.
Posted on 14 April 2009
Clearly laid out, simple to understand and full of visuals. This book is revolves around the theme of peak oil and its wide ranging impacts. Part handbook and part summary of the scary climate predicament we find ourselves in - The Transition Timeline is designed to be a manual for change.
The first of this 5 [...]
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Posted on 20 June 2009
Water – our greatest resource. We use water every day of our lives. In fact, it’s the safest liquid we know and without it we couldn’t exist.
We’ve been using water to clean for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until recently that advances in technology allowed us to activate water’s natural cleaning ability to transform [...]
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Posted on 18 June 2009
Much attention has been paid in recent years to what seems to be a growing environmental conscience in the United States. Going green used to be considered expensive and a luxury for those who could afford the trend. Now it appears that we are learning that not only is adopting more environmentally conscious attitudes good [...]
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Posted on 04 June 2009
During this economic crisis and continued global warming, the need for sustainable development has become a now issue instead of a later issue. Here’s a quick list of 10 items I’ve discovered that can make a world of a difference.
1. Heat-energy recovery system
Sensible Heat Energy Recovery System (SHERS) uses heat generated from an air-conditioner or [...]
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Posted on 29 May 2009
If I am distracted from the environment I stop caring. I have recently moved into a new flat, a stressful enough task, especially when you are moving in with your girlfriend for the first time. Biodiversity loss, ice caps melting, or encroaching desertification seem like nothing compared to who waters the flaccid basil plants or [...]
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Posted on 07 May 2009
Every year more than 450 million square feet of toxic, non-biodegradable billboard vinyl is tossed into landfills. For the past four years Eco-LogicalART, a small non-profit based in Los Angeles, has been salvaging vinyl, stretching it and offering the canvases to artists for free in exchange for exposure on the exterior of the gallery. This [...]
