ECOPOD COFFINS ARE NOT QUITE DEAD (Dec20)

But pretty nearly.  What a pity. These beautiful paper mâché, seed-shaped coffins are gorgeous.  They’re[...]

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02
Dec
TV Clips of Julia Hailes – Green Consumer Compilation from 1988/1989/1990 (posted Nov20)

Many people will be surprised to know how much interest there was about green consumerism[...]

14
Nov
Scorched earth in Sicily (Oct20)

What a beautiful time of year to come to this island perched on Italy’s toe. [...]

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29
Oct
Wilding week 2 (Jul20)

The diggers are in their element The water meadow is now looking pretty earthy with[...]

20
Jul
Wilding has started… (Jul20)

Yesterday, the diggers and dumpers arrived, along with the wonderful Andrew George and his fellow[...]

08
Jul
ANIMALS TURN HUMAN…(May20)

A role reversal. Imagine humans behaved like animals and vice versa. What would we think[...]

05
May
How Covid-19 is Changing the world (Apr20)

The Covid Crisis is sowing the seeds of division - young vs old, local vs[...]

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10
Apr
COVID 19 MAY BE THE BOILING FROG WE NEED (MAR20)

I remember referring to the boiling frogs analogy in speeches about 20 years ago.  Some[...]

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19
Mar
Simply switching from plastics to other materials could actually increase carbon emissions. (Mar20)

This is the conclusion of a new report from the Green Alliance: Fixing the System[...]

11
Mar
Turning the Big Yellow green

I’ve just been appointed a board member of FTSE 250 company The Big Yellow Self[...]

29
Nov
Getting beds (Sep19)

I received an email last week giving me some shocking information about the number of[...]

22
Sep
SMART METERS ARE SMART (Sep19)

My son, Monty, has worked out how we can save over £2,000 per annum on[...]

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17
Sep
Going wild in Dorset (Sep19)

I’m tremendously excited about our new landscaping project… The central idea is wilding and I’m[...]

09
Sep
McDonalds are wrong to switch to paper straws (Aug19)

I can’t count the number of times when I’ve said I don’t want a straw[...]

09
Aug
Frightening floor paint may be greener than I thought…(Jul19)

I tried to order 10 litre pots, but was told that 5 litres would be[...]

31
Jul
Butterflies love this meadow

A wonderful place near me. It’s full of wild flowers. Butterflies and bees love it.[...]

29
Jun