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help Baglady connect the world! New Year message

Published on December 31, 2011 in EWWR, European Week of Waste Reduction, Friends of Baglady, Green News, Kids and Schools, Living ASAP, Media, Pledge ASAP and Travel ASAP TASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , , , , .

1 year ago, 1/1/11, I got myself on BBC Radio 4, and spoke to the world [I hope!] on Listeners Look Ahead – yknow, the pubic response programme straight after Correspondents Look Ahead, which I was shocked [not] to find had absolutely NO mention of environment issues. Everything else but.

So I rang and predicted a LOT of enviro events. I had my minute and 2 other speakers added their bit. It was good. Because that day, tho few knew, was the Secret Unofficial Launch of Round 2 of Pledge ASAP, and that was where we ended up getting the support of over half the NI Assembly, over half the NI MPs, etc etc….

EVERYONE I speak to, ever, says the BBC and now in Australia the ABC, is not doing enough on environment. People need to know WHAT to do, HOW, and WHERE.. and of course it’s good to know why and who else is doing it.

I’m totally inspired by my return to the stunning Blue Mountains. Also I see many signs that alarm me, of course.,..

So I’ve already made contact with lovely KELLY from Blue Mountains City Council and all set to work through them with local and national schools, councils, politicians, media… same old ASAP recipe…. Mayor Daniel Myles, look out, Baglady’s coming…

Come on NI and OZ, we’ve started something wonderful, let’s help spread it around the world…. Happy New Year and hope this makes sense, I’m on wifi in a café, pending full internet connection.

Love and thanks for being there… S the B

baglady arrives in Australia! Christmas greetings and love to all

Published on December 23, 2011 in Friends of Baglady, Green News, Kids and Schools, Living ASAP, Media, Pledge ASAP and Travel ASAP TASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , , , .

the voyage is over! I got to the Blue Mountains Wed 21st! via the famous Indian Pacific train from Perth to Adelaide and Sydney

and thanks to all of you who travelled ASAP with Baglady
I had loads of kind messages and to be honest, I hardly suffered at all; even on the train I found myself travelling with freelance radio and news journo Tom Gilmore from Galway, who’s already taken the first Baglady piks in Oz, giving me an excuse to parade up and down the train preaching my usual anti-waste pro-planet messages

found out why my Hamburg Süd container ship was cancelled: the kiwi fruit they were to pick up in New Zealand was attacked by a pest or a virus called PSA.

it’s lovely to be back in my 2nd earthly home, the economic chaos has not quite hit here yet but [almost] everyone I meet is talking about impending change and thank goodness there’s a lot of good thinking around about the changes we all need to make ASAP!!!

by the way let’s put the Christ back in Christmas, or have the guts to call it something else….

2012 is the year we get Australia sucked in!! it’s now or never…

best beams, Baglady…

lost at sea: Baglady

Published on November 28, 2011 in Friends of Baglady, Kids and Schools, Living ASAP and Travel ASAP TASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , .

Folks I’m lost at sea at present. Can’t get or send emails at all.

Trying so hard to get through to Iris and Rachael, Bill, Jacky, Julia, Nick, all the NI councils, newspapers, and all the schools but I have to say: it’s not working. Technology is NOT the answer to the world’s problems.

In 2 days I will be in Salalah which is in Oman… Hope I can connect from there via wifi and or phone, skype, whatever.

Then long long days at sea to Thailand. So wish me luck everyone and I hope we speak SOON.

Tell all your friends and family to do as much as you can ASAP!!

not drowning, waving… Baglady

Cairo: a ‘tourist’s eye view by Baglady

Published on November 22, 2011 in Friends of Baglady, Living ASAP, Media, Pledge ASAP and Travel ASAP TASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , , , , , .

Baglady experiences pyramids

Baglady experiences pyramids

You wouldn’t believe it. Whole busloads of Aussies and Irish were slap in the middle of Cairo yesterday, and yet we got neither sight nor sound of the protests in Tahrir Square where Al Jazeera news says at least 33 people were killed. We can see it on endless replay on our TVs in our cabins.

But everyone I speak to who went on the Cairo + Pyramids/CruiseontheNilewithbellydance tour yesterday [Mon] was shocked by the scenes taking place at that better known tourist spot, the Pyramids, complete with Sphinx….. mfl [more later]……

Suddenly all we old and elderly etc people are coming out with all this stuff about the state of the world, and what we NEED to DO about it. Mostly women but lots of men: list includes: Sharon, Robin, Ruth, David, 3XWendy, Sylvia’s the latest oh yes and Don. And Thomas. Fred Thomas. Plus Tomislav, Nick, Omar, JimX2…. it’s endless. Phyllis. Lynn and husband…

They’re from all over Australia. And loads are of Irish/Irish descent. Fred’s great great grandfather was deported in 1815 for stealing a roll of fabric…

Somewhere in the middle of all this story is Northern Ireland. Ably represented by Baglady. Who in turns represents NI’s contribution to European Week of Waste Reduction, Owen Lyttle, Jane Cassidy, Steve Aston, Alison Curtis, Sue, Declan, James, Judy [Do it Loud], Bo and Bairbre and the bell… EWWR\’s a big story and Baglady’s pledged to support it, report it and then in January we’re doing yes, a big follow-up event in Ballymena. ASAP Day. Or Shop ASAP Day. Whatever our girls on the ground decide to call it.

How’s it going Rachael? with the John Toal Show – coollest show in the country folks, the Saturday Magazine show, on Radio Ulster, 10-12 every Saturday. And what are you brothers doing to celebrate the end of EWWR??? Rachael’s giving you all a call, to find out.

Meanwhile Baglady’s been having fun, eating forbidden foods, filming rubbish, and beauty, everywhere she goes and she’s dying to share it with you, as are the 500-odd crew, staff and passengers of this wee cruise ship from the big country: the Athena, Goddess of Wisdom! from the land recently known as Australia. Which is about to be taken over, ASAP….

and guess what! we’re 3 hours ahead of you already brothers…. only 8 more to go and we’ll be in Australia. ifya know what I mean…

best beams, BL

inspired by Malta! Baglady sings for European Week of Waste Reduction

Published on November 19, 2011 in EWWR, European Week of Waste Reduction, Friends of Baglady, Kids and Schools, Living ASAP and Pledge ASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , .

Hullo dia duit gday! it’s me Baglady – sailing across the planet with a burning yearning to find rubbishfree places and people… and I think I’ve found the least rubbishy place in Europe!

Guess where?

Q: Is it Northern Ireland?

England? Liverpool – Northampton – Hope Valley – Sheffield – Oxford – London posh?

Paris?

Napoli recycling opportunity

Napoli recycling opportunity

Roma? Napoli? Sicilia?

Malta?

A It’s – MALTA!

But sad to say, so far Baglady’s found rubbish everywhere.

What’s YOUR place like? what rubbish do YOU want to get rid of from your world?

Best beams, baisers and baccios,

Baglady …

TRAVEL ASAP with Baglady, check our piks/stories, and send us yours…

let’s REALLY reduce waste in all EUROPE, not just for a week, make it – forever!!!

signs of hope in Hope Valley

Published on November 8, 2011 in ASAP journey, Friends of Baglady and Living ASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , .

Hope Valley Country Market

Hope Valley Country Market

this is Derbyshire, Hope Valley, lots of friendly people and they walk a lot. Not yesterday, rain in stilts coming down on the conservatory

Hope Valley’s got a country market which opens 9.30 sharp on Fridays… and everyone rushes in and buys lovely homegrown and homemade things.

we need to follow their example, ASAP. we need to grow and produce more food, share it, swop it, give it away…. just like we used to do

the more I have, the more I give away, the more flows towards me…. come on NI – take the lead!!

Shirley’s Farewell to Northern Ireland

Published on November 2, 2011 in ASAP journey, Friends of Baglady and Living ASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , , , .

Baglady's Farewell at Ballyeamon Barn, Cushendall

Baglady's Farewell at Ballyeamon Barn, Cushendall

Hullo and thanks to all who’ve played your part in getting Shirley the Baglady off Irish soil

John Toal called me an inspiration!! So it was worth the 4 hrs I spent to get to BBC Radio Ulster by ASAP bus and train..

I still hadn’t finished packing and didn’t really ever finish, just loaded onto the boat with bags and bags, to sift and sort and recycle every possible thing.

Stena Line Belfast-Birkenhead. A far cry from the old ferries. Aggressive drinking men tossing cigarette butts into the sea and throwing cans around. I gave them my view on it; I think they were a bit ashamed but they covered it up with smart remarks.

Which I did at Lime Street Station, Liverpool. Paper/card thrown in together; plastic to landfill but at least I DID it! Also drank [not FairTrade] coffee from my own cup – saving waste. .

NI schools support Baglady

Published on October 30, 2011 in Friends of Baglady, Kids and Schools, Living ASAP and Pledge ASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , , .

Baglady on radio with John Toal yesterday, before start of her journey to Australia.
Looking forward to keeping Saturday magasine updated during her As Sustainable As Possible journey.
Listen again to Baglady on John Toal show Radio Ulster http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b016k116
On after 11.30 let us know what YOU think: email rachael@bagladyproductions.org or to Baglady on Facebook, Twitter with any comments.

Northern Ireland schools support Baglady

Northern Ireland schools support Baglady


Ready to follow Baglady Down under? Thanks to all the MLA’s and MP’s support
Join NI schools like Harryville PS, St Colm’s Draperstown High School, Ballymacrickett PS, St Pauls Junior Boys High, St Catherines and, Saints and Scholars Integrated PS Armagh, Dungannon Integrated HS, Carniny PS, Ballymena PS, Broughshane PS, Buick Memorial Cullybacky PS, and Larne High School following.
LET’S ENJOY and LET’S see what more we can DO living As Sustainably As Possible. BEST BEAMS!

Baglady’s Big ASAP Journey

Published on October 18, 2011 in EWWR, European Week of Waste Reduction, Film, Friends of Baglady, Living ASAP and Pledge ASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , , , .

Bairbre de Brun MEP + Shirley the Baglady

Bairbre de Brun MEP + Shirley the Baglady

What’s happening today? Getting ready to edit my own film again, at last, for the Baglady’s Big ASAP Journey… writing this, also generating thumbnails, uploading clips, and recording Voice Candys, exhausting….

No Baglady. It’s ALL in your mind, that exhaustion… you are not hungry, you are not thirsty, you have shelter, clothes, and something to look forward to. UR truly lucky Baglady. So cut the crap and just DO it!

2 wks to go in NI….! 2 wks in GB. Maybe a quick train-hop over to Bruxelles mes chers, been invited by Bairbre de Brun! who stole Baglady’s bell, one Christmas long ago outside the great door of St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast/Beal Feirste.

Baglady’s bell is a recycled stunner made by Bo Vance from some, would’ve been wasted, metal from somewhere and!! have a listen! I shall play Baglady’s and Bairbre’s bell for you at the coming wake [Ballyeamon Barn 30th October] of my departure, and tell you the FoE story, behind it… and the laugh we all had together, in front of the cameras….

Bo Vance and other ASAP supporters

Bo Vance and other ASAP supporters


and while I’m at it this is a MASSIVE thank-you to all the journalists, photographers, filmmakers and newspersons

Yup I could be a delegate at – A social green revolution; towards and after COP 17 in Bruxelles hosted by Bairbre de Brun MEP but I don’t know how to find the time
But Baglady, it’s only 2 hrs 19mins de Londres a Paris, so it can’t be much more to Bruxelles, let’s zoom on it [please BBC??]

Well Baglady’s going to Sheffield and WHO has she in her sights in Sheffield?…..

then there’s York. And a friend of Karen’s and Betty’s. ‘Betty’s’! the most delicious pies and pastries and was it jam? marmalade in the whole world…

Hope you have all pledged ASAP! if not start NOW!

wake up world!

Published on October 4, 2011 in Baggileaks, Events, EWWR, European Week of Waste Reduction, Film, Friends of Baglady, Kids and Schools, Living ASAP, Media, New Category and Pledge ASAP. Leave a Comment Tags: , , , , .

come on everybody, time to get moving talking doing, Northern Ireland [hey] has to lead the world

I’m very busy with ASAP, SASAP, MASAP, TASAP and all the other SAPs and we need your help

soon you’ll be hearing the voices of the amazing excellent boys of Lurgan St Paul’s Junior High School. They’re among thousands of schoolpersons speaking out loud and clear now, on environment and sustainability issues. Well done those boys!!

We already have the answers! we just don’t quite realise it. Watch these spaces and feel free to join in wherever you see a space for YOU. Our MLAs are doing it, our MPs, our Mayors, our councils, Limavady, Ballymoney the latest; + our businesses…. and our wonderful local papers – keep reading them, they keep our communities alive.

But you know, we’re all a bit rusty sometimes on what to do, and how, so we’ve all got to help each other.

Shop ASAP with Baglady around Northern Ireland [hey] starting at the Salad Bowl in Omagh. This is a project with EWWR – European Week of Waste Reduction [November 19-27] – get YOUR favourite shop in the picture. ASAP.

Travel ASAP i.e. virtually online with Baglady, sailing from Rome on November 15th. Listen to her/me on John Toal’s Saturday Magazine show, BBC Radio Ulster 10am October 29th. Get inspired. Quick!!

check our ASAP intro film here, NOW and let’s rock Mother earth back onto her axis