Five years ago a community wanted to stop developers from building on a farm, so they literally bought the farm. The Guardian takes a look at this successful non-profit farm run by the local community.
This is no ordinary Welsh mountain farm - and yet, until five years ago, that is exactly what it was. In [...]
Tag Archives: UK
Community Welsh Farm Still Going Strong
August 13, 2008 – 10:43 am
A Good Reason for the British Royal Family
May 22, 2008 – 1:37 pm
Celsias has an interesting piece on how the British royals can serve a good purpose- protecting the environment. And, no this is not an ironic post.
The Prince has also long promoted small, local, organic farming. Leading by example, his own Gloucestershire farm has been organic since 1986 and was among the first to provide [...]
Tesco Labels Food with Carbon Footprint
April 17, 2008 – 9:55 am
In Feburary the New Yorker looked into the complexity of carbon footprint labeling of food, and the article spent a lot of time looking at Tesco’s efforts. The most important point from that article (I think) is that it sometimes makes environmental sense to eat food shipped from other parts of the world. Eating locally [...]
Dreaming in Green
January 23, 2008 – 10:33 am
The Guardan has a well written article that looks at the emergence of academic green thinking in the UK. The article looks at the advancements being made, but does so in a way that ensures we keep our feet on the ground.
Fortunately, he points out, students are starting to take action for themselves, with campaigns [...]
No More Junk on TV
January 2, 2008 – 6:04 pm
I couldn’t resist that headline, but it’s close enough. The UK has decided to ban ads that sell junk food to young teens and children.
A total ban on adverts for unhealthy food and drink products around TV programmes for under-16s has come into force.
It extends similar restrictions already in place for shows aimed at children [...]
Cyclists’ Cellphones Monitor Pollutants
January 2, 2008 – 10:38 am
Bike couriers in Cambridge, UK have been given tricked-out cellphones that monitor the air pollution around them and ten report that information to a research team. What a clever way to gather this information.
The technique is made possible by small wireless pollution sensors and custom software that allows the phones to report levels of air [...]