Prime Minister, What Would You Ask Of Us?
Dear Prime Minister,
You are continually being told what we demand of you. Most recently, for example, we have asked you to sign a fair, ambitious and binding global climate treaty.
We hear less, however, about what you would ask of us. As committed, engaged citizens, how can we best More…
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Prime Minister, What Would You Ask Of Us?
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009When All Flights Are Grounded
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 When All Flights Are Grounded
Dear Prime Minister,
When all flights are grounded, we will not understand. We will feel that the world as we know it is tumbling down. We will protest about the restriction of freedom and demand our right to travel where we choose. There will be petitions, maybe riots; we will not know More…
Riverside Cottage Ideas and Ideals
Thursday, September 24th, 2009Dear Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, I would like to express my thanks to you for opening the eyes of the various councils and county councils around this great Country of ours.
Your efforts to encourage people to grow, especially in spaces where land has gone to waste, or land where just grass has been grown, have been brilliant.
All More…
The Future Of Our Food
Monday, August 17th, 2009As part of their Food 2030 project, Defra would like to hear our views on improving our food system. If you have ideas or opinion on how a re-designed system can improve our environment, health, wellbeing or the economy, or want to see what others have suggested, go the forum to have your say before More…
Sustainability Fayre Cardiff
Thursday, February 5th, 2009As part of Social Science week 2009, the Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) an ESRC funded interdisciplinary research centre based at Cardiff University will be holding a Sustainability Fayre. ‘Changing the way we Live’ will be a sustainability fayre, open to all sectors of society. The aim of the event is More…
The Triple Bottom Line
Friday, January 23rd, 2009So, we fast approach the end of the tax year. And what a year it has been! To say the least, it has been as confusing for those in the finance game as those out of it. That’s not to say, on the other hand, that a lot of people didn’t see this More…
The joy of restraint – an advertisement for what you cannot buy
Saturday, December 20th, 2008It was the architect Mies van der Rohe who first said ‘less is more’. He felt that small numbers of beautiful objects or surfaces revealing their true natural beauty are more deeply satisfying than a clutter of pieces under layers of decoration. While it is true that beauty comes in many guises, I think the More…
The Yin and the Yang of it
Saturday, December 20th, 2008Most people are familiar with the Chinese yin/yang symbol. It is often used to denote the concept of balance, of harmony. With its two graceful, perfectly interlocking shapes nestling into each other in utter symmetry, it certainly does give us a beautiful visual symbol for balance. What is often overlooked, is the significance of the More…
Hip, hip, hooray!
Friday, November 14th, 2008Back in the second world war it was impossible for people to get oranges and the government was worried about everyone getting enough Vitamin C. So advice was issued to suggest the making of Rosehip syrup. The recipe was promoted recently on Gardeners World and we’ve tried it out on guests at our More…
What if the boat stops coming?
Friday, November 14th, 2008Today I was blown along my high street by damp gusts of wind that were whipped up with ocean salt that splattered across the shop windows. Sometimes, I have to jog along the pavement, racing the next squall of iron hard rain as it rolls down from the dark mountain glens. A ragged rainbow hangs More…
