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aranya on December 13th, 2010

The recent snow affected most of us in one way or another. Interestingly, I was running a Permaculture Diploma tutor training event on the outskirts of London when much of it fell. I thought the possibility of being snowed in inside the M25 rather ironic, given how much I avoid going there. Mind you, who [...]

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aranya on January 26th, 2010

The much awaited follow up to Geoff Lawton’s inspirational five minute flash video posted on You Tube a few years ago… Greening the Desert II: Greening the Middle East from Craig Mackintosh on Vimeo.

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aranya on January 6th, 2010

If you’re already aware of the excellent short film ‘The Story of Stuff’, you’ll be pleased to hear that Annie Leonard and her team are back with an important message about the Copenhagen agenda… If you missed ‘The Story of Stuff’ the first time around, you can still see it here.

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aranya on December 24th, 2009

It was perhaps inevitable that our so-called ‘World leaders’ would disappoint us in Copenhagen. Are any of us really surprised? The influence of big business is far too great for our politicians to lead us any more. No, we are the ones this time who are going to have to come to the rescue. Yes, [...]

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aranya on November 11th, 2009

Having just put another couple of logs on the fire on this chilly night, I am once again reminded of our total reliance upon winter warmth. As I mentioned before, we’ve developed an adapted hibernation strategy to get us through the cold months, but our dependency on fossil fuels of late has made us very [...]

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