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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

In 1929 the start of the Great Depression was hitting the USA. President Roosevelt proposed the ‘New Deal’, a giant monetary injection, to stimulate markets and reduce poverty. Part of the New Deal was the Work Projects Administration, whose task it was to create millions of new jobs for the unemployed across the USA.  Overnight, [...]

Back in 2005 I sat watching Live 8, listening to Birhan Woldu,and my Dad in the background telling me how this could be the start of revolution. At that point decided it was time for my own revolution. Time to give something back.

Is it me, or are there good reasons to be optimistic at the moment? An American promise of a Green ‘New Deal’, the UK’s pledge to cut CO2 80% by 2050, their failed plans to exclude aviation and shipping from the Climate Change Bill and then there is a slight whiff of a new economy [...]

The credit crunch, wall street crumbling, markets dropping all around the world , ‘Times they are a changing’. What significance does this have for the Environment? Well in times of hardship people become more prudent with their spending. Generally this is good on a local level, people start to buy second hand items, get things [...]

…First female US Vice-President? “I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country,” she said. Bring it on I thought, this is America’s first possible female Vice President. Sarah Palin’s gusto image invoked a warm glow in my soul. Don’t be deceived, this Alaskan coined herself the pitbull with lipstick for a reason. [...]

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a key building block of polycarbonate, a lightweight, high-performance plastic used in a variety products including drinks bottles (1) Bisphenol-A has attracted a lot of attention in the scientific community in recent years as many feared it would have adverse effects on human health. Partly because a number of studies found BPA [...]

Glastonbury Festival 2008, ‘Love the Farm, leave no trace’ that’s what this year’s slogan said. The organisers even developed some biodegradable tent pegs to stop those lovely dairy cows cutting up their feet and mouths. So how were the festival’s green credentials? Well a damn site better than any other festival in the UK I [...]