Beauty, Rubbish and Picking Up
Opinionated senior and friend of Baglady Edith Wise weighs in with her views on the plastic bag problem. She also has her own show on YouHooTube, which everyone is advised to check out.
Edith Wise may or may not be a pseudonym of Australian dramatist Sue Ingleton.
Check out this simple, powerful film by Californian sustainability academic Annie Leonard. Find out about where our stuff comes from, where it goes, and the many hidden limits and costs of this system.
Continue reading ‘Story of Stuff’
Here’s a little podcast by Miriam from Eglantine Community Garden on cars.
A campaign to inspire “A Kitchen Garden in Every Blue Mountains Home” was launched on 26 March by Cittaslow Katoomba Blue Mountains.
See here for further information.
Continue reading ‘A Kitchen Garden in Every Blue Mountains Home’
Baglady Shirley Lewis welcomes the news that British PM Gordon Brown ‘may legislate against free plastic bags.’
The Guardian quoted Gordon Brown as saying he was now willing to use compulsion to ensure that other stores follow the lead set last week by Marks and Spencers, who are to charge 5p a bag in future, following a highly successful trial in Northern Ireland.
Continue reading ‘Gordon Brown is Coming Round’
Magnet Women’s Group are holding an Eco-friendly sale in Scarva Visitor Centre on Thursday 28 February 2008 between 11.00a.m. and 3.00p.m.
There will be a variety of stalls including recycled goods, crafts, flowers, preserves, fruit and cakes.
Banbridge District Council will provide advice on waste and energy awareness and environmental issues.
Magnet Women’s Group would be delighted if you and any friends could join us.
Our friend David Smith was in Argentina recently, and emailed us regarding the capital’s sound recycling policy.
When I was in Buenos Aires last August, I was very impressed by the recycling efforts in place all over the city. At many street corners, we saw several bins — “food waste”, “paper only”, plastic only”, etc. And within the school I was visiting, the same thing. There is a real sense of responsibility among children and adults.
You can read more about what’s going on.
The Sea of Hands is an Australian movement in support of justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, aimed at mobilising non-Indigenous support for native title and reconciliation.
Continue reading ‘Sea of Hands’
With the amount of arable land in all Ireland, we either fill our bellies, or our fuel tanks.
— Philip Allen, FoE
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