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It's Not Easy Being Green - self sufficiency in the 21st century.
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Thanks for that Competitionscafe - Have just looked at the link and now I want to go! Not too far away either.We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.
– Marian Wright Edelman0 -
MATH wrote:
I too would have liked to see a second example of a 'normal' house going green as a more achievable goal for more viewers.
I've just got a book out of the library called "A life stripped bare" , by Leo Hickman. It's very good so far - about trying to be greener whilst living in outer London. The first part made me want to rush out to Sainsbury's and picket the Kenyan mangetout!
Apologies if this is terribly obvious to lots of people already, as I think he also has a column in the Guardian.0 -
aloiseb wrote:I think he also has a column in the Guardian.
Indeed he does - some of them can be read online at:
http://money.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/0,13437,984632,00.html
http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?site=Money&search=%22Leo+Hickman%22
Lots of interesting and useful info there.
I got the book too last year and it's a good read.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903919614"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
-- Author Unknown --0 -
Great programme - fan of !!!!!! from Scrapheap
Has anyone worked out how to connect the rainwater butt to a toilet yet - they did say it was easy but did not show how to do it
I also think they need to start brewing their own alcohol as they seem to be getting through a lotI want to...........?0
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