This is my dream: To live as my forefathers once did - in harmony with the land that sustains us. A project to investigate and innovate the creation of a low impact home with methods of living in a form of permaculture designed to sustain my family and improve biodiversity. To leave the land richer than before and in doing so enable others to do so.
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Plastic is fantastic?
Posted 27/03/08 by Matt B in the Online category
The BBC have a good article looking at the effect of rubbish washing up on a remote island and the impact man has had on the island over the years. "Diary from the middle of nowhere" is written by the BBC environment correspondent - David Shukman.From the site: "Plastic debris collects around the island, scene of a seminal World War II battle, with serious consequences for its wildlife."
Making waves
Posted 25/03/08 by Matt B in the Online category
Often we do not consider the impact of global weather change as they might result locally. Often this is because we are too used to thinking of the "big picture" such that it can become abstract and distant. One brave Kent blogger took the opportunity to examine an incoming storm and consider the effects locally.In a post entitled "High tides Ramsgate surges and global warming" Ramsgate business man Michael Child examines the increase in higher than normal tides, their causes and the implications.
Furthermore he has a video of the dramatic waves the storm kicked up along the coast where he lives.
Green Search Updates
Posted 24/03/08 by Matt B in the Online category
I have been been adding further sites to the green search engine. Sites added to the listings are given priority and the results are therefore improved significantly with ever good site added. I was particularly impressed with one find - Horticultural which is an "organic allotment and garden blog".I also found a blog of a person trying to be greener while becoming debt free and a site entitled "How To Be Green" both of which were added on finding them. The Google linklet really helps adding sites by simply surfing to them.
The result is that such searches as foraging and Wild Food are now starting to produce quality results.
10 Steps towards not drowning in stuff
Posted 15/03/08 by Matt B in the Online category
I am rather assuming that you have seen Annie Leonard'sthe story of stuff (if not you might want to). One thing it does not give is any answers - it just raises the questions. Annie Leonard says that has no intention of offering 10 steps to involvement (as requested in the video below). However, I am.10 Things you can do to undo the damage.
(it's not what you think).
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What has gone before
Posted 12/03/08 by Matt B in the Online category
The hardest thing for me to decide with this blog was how I was going to reference the blogging I have already done on the subject. At first I thought I would import it but that seems a little pointless. So then I thought I could ignore it but I didn't like that idea much.Finally I settled on a compromise. A link: Here It Is. This is a link to my personal all subject blog and the green posts I made there.
Now I may republish the posts there or I may not. But at least they are available to you... sort of.
Reading List
Posted 04/03/08 by Matt B in the Online category
I think it would be somewhat wrong of me to start out without sharing some of the sites that I respect and use. Those sites that I go back to again and again for further information. Blog's that I subscribe to and just generally providing a good set of resources of the greener life.The story of stuff - if you have not seen this site and the video on it then you have missed out! Get yourself over to the site right now and view that movie. It really is that good and more.
Story of stuff, blog - the blog by the creative force behind the video.
I am a geek. It's part of who I am. Due to my geeky nature I like things like the wikipedia and Google. I find Tipi's fascinating and have that page bookmarked so I can get back it regularly. Yurt's are probably more practical in the UK though.
Foraging for food is another topic I have a real drive for. As an idea I find it simply appeals to me on a deep level. I freely admit that I know far too little about it but that does not stop me wanting to read about it. naturali.co.uk has some good content on this topic as do pfaf.org, wildmanwildfood.com and lowimpact.org.
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Green Search
Posted 03/03/08 by Matt B in the Online category
A search engine for all things green and ecologically minded. Based on Google's search technology yet customised especially for this topic.
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