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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Reading through some scientific papers recently I was struck by the many, well-intentioned ideas for tackling climate change. These included solar arrays in space beaming back microwave energy to Earth, burying charcoal, pumping iron into the oceans and various ingenious devices designed to block out the sun’s rays. Whilst not questioning the need to seek [...]

The prospects for the emergence of a genuinely sustainable global economy have been given fresh impetus with the election of Barack Obama, extending beyond the well intentioned rhetoric characteristic of new administrations. I think we can be optimistic for several reasons. Firstly, it signals a radical departure from the previous administration’s policy of denial, apathy [...]