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.
Tags: gardening, grow your own, self sufficiency, vegetables
Posted on 17 April 2009
Swaptree is a unique website that allows users to trade books, textbooks, CDs, DVDs and video games with other users for free. Members simply list the items that they are trading and the items they want, and Swaptree’s two and three-way trade algorithms instantly find all of the items that they can receive for the [...]
Tags: earth day, swapping, swaptree, trees
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 [...]
Tags: book review, The Transition Timeline, transition
Posted on 02 April 2009
Charlotte and Ben’s account of their struggles to save their father’s farm is an inspirational tale that warms the heart, and through their own words leaves you with a deep appreciation of the hard work, that these organic food heroes have been through to bring an honest meal to our plates. Their father Arthur Hollins [...]