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The Guerrilla Recycler
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about my boss insisting on using paper cups in the student cafe, rather than china cups. I had a problem with this because Starbucks coffee is probably our biggest...
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Yay Yay Recycling Win
As I said in my last post I’ve discovered my cafe at university, where I work, has recycling bins for plastic bottles and drinks cans. Since then I’ve been using them (nobody else seems to) but...
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Actual Democracy Would Be Nice
First of all I want to express that I’m incredibly grateful and lucky to live in a country which has a democracy, and also to live in a time period where women have the vote. But wouldn’t it be super...
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Donating Delights
I’ve just run back from the bank, beaming like a Cheshire Cat after donating £101 to Save the Arctic. Okay that’s not quite true, I didn’t run. I hate running. But the donation part is totally true! I...
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The Great Green Wall
The Great Green Wall is a long term project in Africa that involves planting a huge ‘wall’ or trees along the Southern edge of the Sahara desert. The picture below is a bit blurry in terms of the key,...
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Lateral Power
Another amazing, inspiring bite-sized video from Sustainable Man. These guys are awesome! Tagged: solutions
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A Slice of Hope
It’s easy to get bogged down with the enormity of the problems that taunt humanity in the 21st century. Climate change, environmental degradation, resource scarcity, species loss, pollution,...
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On March 11, 2013, the EU's sales ban on animal-tested cosmetics went into...
Reblogged from Sunset Daily: I am so pleased to share with you the great news that today, March 11, 2013, the EU's sales ban on animal-tested cosmetics went into full force. This means that cosmetics...
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Sustainable Bhutan
Hello everybody! This evening as I was browsing Facebook after a huge portion of pasta, I came across some astounding news. Sustainable Man posted this article which says that Bhutan is set to go 100%...
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Vegfest @ Brighton
On this cloudy Sunday me and a friend of mine went along to Vegfest – an annual veggie bonanza of deliciousness that takes place in Brighton, Bristol and London. It was absolutely packed, like to the...
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Solar Aeroplane!
Not my photo. Belongs to © Solar Impulse / Jean Revillard. I have good news today! Yesterday I read about Solar Impulse, the American-owned solar aeroplane that can fly all the way through day and...
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Enough Is Enough – Book Review
The book cover. Enough Is Enough (2013) is an astounding book by Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill, subtitled “Building a sustainable economy in a world of finite resources”. I read it in three days, tossing...
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Awesome local food growing group!
I’ve just made a fantastic discovery! Photo credit: capitalgrowth.org … Not of the project discussed below. I basically watched this film about urban food growing and distributing systems and became so...
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We’ve had enough Growth
Lately, I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way our society will be able to become both sustainable and equitable, providing a good quality of life for ourselves while allowing other species to...
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Why Technology Isn’t Our Magic Bullet
I’ve just finished reading Supply Shock by Brian Czech and I’m going to give you a summary of what I’ve learned. Cover of Brian Czech’s book. Basically after reading Enough is Enough by Rob Dietz and...
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Renewable Island
Samso landscape with wind turbines. Not my image. Samso is a small Danish island with about 4,300 residents. What’s remarkable about this place? It’s 100% powered by renewable energy. That’s one...
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On Jobs and Employment
The thing people love most about economic growth is that it creates jobs, and prevents existing jobs from being cut. Similarly, the worst thing about recession is that people lose their jobs. This is...
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