Reading Time: 7 minutesLove Your Larder, Pep up Your Pantry – get into traditional food storage, and you’ll think twice about the fridge freezer. Fancy something salted, pickled, fermented, dried, smoked, potted, cellared, and stored in olive oil or honey? You can find this food all around the world. You can sample all kinds of distinctive foods that […]
Climate
Wildwood, Tree Rings, Climate and Environment
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe life a forest has seen is written into its wood. Rising and falling temperature, water availability, the affect of people living at its edge; tales of bark chewing deer and clouds of insects too. All leave their mark in tree rings. The signature of wildwood, climate change, insects and people; of oakwood and birchwood. […]
Lost Words and Nature-based Solutions
Reading Time: 5 minutesRegain lost words and seek out nature-based solutions. Simple swaps, which we’ve heard so much about during Zero Waste Week, are a great way to make a difference. But, alongside a focus on stuff (avoiding buying stuff; wasting less stuff), I want to bring in another dimension. For this week, think also zero waste of […]