Reading Time: 8 minutesCarbon footprint calculators have been on my radar for a long time now, and lately ‘Net Zero’ has crept into the frame. Having followed green-living news out of interest, it’s inevitable; I could hardly have missed either of these terms. I’ve tried plugging my life details into a few carbon footprint calculators, out of curiosity, […]
Big Green Issues
Regenerative Fashion, Wildlife and Fibres
Reading Time: 5 minutesRegenerative fashion is emerging out of regenerative farming. It’s nothing new of course, as we’ve been regenerating soils, wildlife, crops and livestock together out in the fields for an age, whether that’s been through our efforts to produce crops for food and fibre, or rearing sheep, cattle and other animals for meat, milk, wool and […]
Sustainable Food Future from the Ground Up: New book
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a peek at what I’m planning for the future: I’m thinking of producing a short book: working title – SUSTAINABLE FOOD FUTURE FROM THE GROUND UP. It’s based on my previous blog posts about this subject. I’d like to know if you, my blog readers, would be interested in this book (below)? Sustainable Future […]
A new Zero Waste Shop in Worcester: Why Bulk Bins?
Reading Time: 7 minutesI’ve been looking for bulk bin buying options to avoid plastic waste when food shopping for a while now, but my nearest stores have been around 30 miles away. However, we now have a zero waste shop in Worcester, where I live, called Pack It In Zero Waste Living. Marvellous! It opened on Saturday in the […]
Sustainable Life: Everything Has to Come From Somewhere
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhen I see advice on how to live a sustainable life, the words everything has to come from somewhere always come to mind. It’s something I find I keep saying to myself. We can so easily be seduced by a new ‘sustainable’ product, forgetting that it still has to come from somewhere. Perhaps sometimes there […]
Unpackaged Food Revolution, Loose Leaf Tea and More
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe need an unpackaged food revolution. In my last post Plastic-free shopping 1970s style we went shopping with me and my late Nan on the bus (buz) into Hanley in the centre of Stoke-on-Trent. This was my bid to investigate the plastic-free food that went into her tartan shopping trolley in the 1970s. I was prompted […]
