Experiments in Living
Posted in Environmental Issues on May 29th, 2008
Sometimes I wish I was not so curious. I really gave myself the heebie-jeebies this morning when, for some reason known best to myself, I saw fit to Google the phrase “Peak Oil”. All the bell curves seemed to point towards what we know already but don’t want to face up to: thanks to increasing industrialisation across the [...]
Posted in Environmental Issues on May 15th, 2008
In a typical piece of New Labour chicanery, Gordon Brown, our beloved Prime Minister appeared on GMTV this morning, backpeddling over the “bin tax” proposals. He really is scared about not being re-elected! For those who are unfamiliar with GMTV, it is a breakfast “magazine” programme which assumes its viewers are semi-comatose and uses this as an excuse for [...]
Posted in Environmental Issues on Apr 14th, 2008
According to VHEMT founder Les U. Knight, this is the moral equivalent to having children in the age of impending destruction in which we live.
And, for all the carbon offsetting, recycling and frugality, another person adding to the burgeoning 6 million plus world population will add to the burden for all of us. Received wisdom of [...]
Posted in Environmental Issues, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Mar 27th, 2008
Apart from the fact that its check design is beloved of chavs everywhere, and that I can’t actually afford designer clobber.
No, Burberry is one of those anachronistic fashion houses which still uses animal fur in its designs. It’s amazing to think that anyone would want to put their name to something that causes so [...]
Posted in Environmental Issues, Uncategorized, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Feb 18th, 2008
Giving up meat. As simple as that. Giving up something I don’t really need and want less and less wasn’t really a sacrifice in the conventional sense of the word. I like and prefer vegetarian food, and although when I started to re-assess my life last July during a period of depression, going veggie wasn’t [...]
