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Good health or wellness
Good health is the absence of illness, so there is limit to the degree to which it can be commodified. Once you are healthy you don't need to buy anything else. End of. "Wellness", on the other hand, is a cunning artefact designed to drain the bank accounts...
Switching to Bamboo Toothbrushes?
If everyone in the world who are currently using plastic toothbrushes switched to using bamboo toothbrushes would there be enough bamboo? Would new bamboo plantations have to be created and if so would this encroach on any endangered habitats. Are any...
Fines should be appropriate
Types of fines that should be levied against companies should be meaningful -- i.e. like "all the profits from the year of the offense PLUS a 10% penalty on top." Regulators trying to do their job over multi-national companies are struggling. We need...
wonderful herbal fragrance
a simple trick you can deploy to beat nature at its own game. You can harness the power of tough, low-growing ornamentals to out-compete weeds for space, water and nutrients in these nooks and crannies. Not only will this dramatically reduce the amount...
Flowers in the wind
The wind in the willows sang softly to me Follow my voice wherever it leads From mountains, through valleys, to deep rolling seas Born on the wings of a breeze ~ Ralph McTell, The Wind in the Willows As gardeners, we work our sites to make them accommodate...
Avoid plastic packaging
Using our own containers to buy foods from bulk bins is one of the primary ways to avoid plastic packaging while grocery shopping. But it’s not always easy, especially when you’re just beginning your plastic-free journey. First, you have to find shops...
The death of frankness
The death of frankness is one symptom of the wider dearth of ambient privacy in our daily lives. The cheery Silicon Valley surveillance state that prevents us from speaking plainly in private is the same one that requires us to warn our children – or...
Summer with Jazz
Summer Jazz listening to Nigel Kennedy Summer Culture is being alive . , .
Beware: Frogs ahead
A warning of frogs This is not something that you would see in the city A warning of frogs that may ambush you ahead
Bringing the rural to the urban
'Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature - It will never fail you'... Two hours a week spent in nature – even if split into short bursts – has been found to give health and wellbeing a significant boost, A sense of tranquility could be the key....