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Thursday, June 25th, 2009As I well know, it’s one thing to know how to do something but another thing to actually do it! On June 11th I set myself the challenge of gardening as if my life depended on it and since then I’ve been harvesting something from the garden every day. It had seemed as though it [...]
Will Ferrell & Al Gore for president?
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007I’m not sure whether this video about the “i” range by Apple makes me want to laugh or cry (click here to watch it) but every now and then something happens which is simply perfect …. BMW has just launched the Hydrogen 7 car it developed with NASA. The first one has gone to Will [...]
Leave no footprint
Friday, June 29th, 2007“Leave No Footprint” by Kay Singleton Keller I’ve been so surprised … each day I’ve been finding one other action I can take to reduce my “footprint” and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying myself doing it … until today. I spent the night in a Motel in Blayney in freeeeeeeeeeeeeezing cold. The Motel was lovely but, [...]
He knows when you’ve been good or bad…
Thursday, June 7th, 2007My children are getting too smart. They’ve obviously realised that there’s no point asking me to buy them toys all the time (you’re just getting sucked in by people who want to sell you plastic crap .. said with a demonic look and eyes rolling – don’t worry, the markets will be on soon [...]
Envirowarriors young and old, are rising from their slumber & gathering their forces
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Today I spent the day away from the computer (I got my wish!) attending gatherings of people from every part of the community wanting action on Climate Change. The first was a huge community consultation organised by Blue Mountains City Council which is part of The Cities For Climate Protection Programme. It was to review [...]
Laughing at Gravity
Saturday, May 26th, 2007Eric Thake An Opera House in every home, 1972 On days like today it is so fantastic to be alive! I’m even starting to love catching the train to Sydney. The serendipitous nature of travelling with other people and unexpectedly bumping into friends, or making new ones, is quite a lovely surprise to someone who [...]
The Great Global Warming Swindle … not!
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Whenever I give a Slide Show presentation about Climate Change, as I did to staff and students at Nepean TAFE today, the slide that seems to appeal to people most is this one that I found on the Cool Hunter Site. It’s the ‘Canoe Dress’ by designer Yael Mer. Inspired by the New Orleans evacuation, [...]
Homo Britannicus
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Children love the idea of robots. This morning Maxie was playing his favourite game of being a baby robot. I commented that his piano playing showed a lot of feeling which was unusual for a robot. His arms were moving up and down stiffly as he came in to me and said, in a robot [...]
Making my drops part of a wave
Monday, May 21st, 2007All the hard work many of us are doing to reduce our consumption is important in preparing us for a changing world. It demonstrates that it is possible to live differently and still be extremely happy, if not happier! The danger lies in believing that personal change alone will solve the problem of global warming. [...]
Bye bye Noddy …
Sunday, May 20th, 2007Well it feels as though the unusually warm weather has finally gone – it is freezing today. Bye bye summer. And bye, bye Noddy. Yesterday I gave my friend this Noddy car for her 60th birthday and today I’m feeling an aching nostalgic pain for everything else I seem to be saying bye bye to. [...]
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