Easy Ways to Save the World

May 4th, 2008

Compost Awareness Week May 4th - May 10th

If you read this site regularly you will know that compost is one of my favourite subjects. Next week is compost awareness week running from the 4th to the 10th of May. There are events going on all over the country and it is being supported by celebrity gardener Charlie Dimmock. In my opinion you can never have too much compost so if you ...

May 17th, 2007

The Nag

The folks at anti-apathy have a new campaign called 'The Nag'. You sign up and then it emails you every month with one thing you can do to make your life more sustainable. Seemed a bit London centric asking for 'borough' when you sign up apart from that it makes the subject quite entertaining. It's free and it's easy!

April 12th, 2007

NOLA green project

Had a comment about this on a post that wasn't really relavant so I thought I would give it it's own post. Apparently you could 'win a super groovy green goodie bag'. Christal the lady who put the comment up, is trying to raise money to assist the Green Project in New Orleans. It's unfortunate but the closest I have ever been to New Orleans is Cuba! Anyway ...

October 30th, 2006

Stop Climate Chaos National Event

Just had some one post a comment about this - slightly bizarre as it was a completly unrelated to the actual post. But thanks for pointing it out to be me Calvin. I won't be able to make it as my parents are stopping by but don't let that stop you going! I would probably take some flame retardant clothing too as it is the day before Bonfire Night. ...

September 8th, 2006

New recycling system in Bournemouth

Our new recycling system is apparently now up and running - the main problem for me at the moment is I keep forgetting to put the bins out and that the 'big' bin that is used for the recycled stuff is almost full already and we haven't even put it out yet. Once we get sorted it out will make our lives a lot easier as will not having ...

August 21st, 2006

Wind Weekend

I'm busy next weekend with various bit and bobs but if you are then why don't you embrace some wind. Wind farms across the country are opening their doors so you can see what makes them tick. There is also a competition where you can win a years supply of electricity by taking a picture of you or your family at a wind farm. I'm sure ideally most people ...

August 1st, 2006

More Scenes

I haven't added anything to this blog for a while and I noticed that Chas Griffin added a comment to my post about Scenes from a Smallholding. I was slightly confused at the 'no relation to Ali' part as my wife is called Ali but it's cool having a celebrity comment. It also good to ...

June 20th, 2006

DWT Hardy Hike

This walk takes place in an area me and the wife know quite well. It's actually an amazing bit of coastline where the walk takes place. Until we moved here I didn't realise how beautiful it is. I would say it is easy to compare it with somewhere like the Lake District or North Wales in ...

May 31st, 2006

Bumblebees

There was an article in The Independant about bumblebees and the problems they are having. Apparently 3 UK species have become extinct and 5 and getting there. You can't actually read the whole article without paying so I will kind of summarise here from what I can remember and what I have found out. You can support the Bumblebee Conservation Trust by joining it here. If you join you ...

May 22nd, 2006

Water butts and compost bins

If you live in the Bournemouth area and want to get a water butt or compost bin buy them from here. They don't seem to be doing the smaller version of the water butt as described here but you can definitely save a bit of money as you get all the required bits for one price. There does seem to be a longer wait for the water butts ...