Very exciting news, I took delivery of my first organic fruit and veg. box at the weekend. It came from Ferme Sainte Barbe and it was delivered to the home of someone in my local GAC - a group buying scheme where I live. Quality seems fine but not really that cheap at 15 Euros. I will let you know what it is like.
"Very exciting news, I took delivery of my first organic fruit and veg. box at the weekend. It came from Ferme Sainte Barbe and it was delivered to the home of someone in my local GAC - a group buying scheme where I live. Quality seems fine but not really that cheap at 15 Euros. I will let you know what it is like." - Ailsa Kelleher, 2008
I was really delighted to read that a big design award - the Saachi design award - has gone to the people who have developed a thing called 'Life Straws'. This is something I saw a while ago which is a potential life saver. It is a small water filter - 25cm long which filters nearly (99%) of water borne diseases from fresh water. They last about a year and cost 2US$. his is a lot for the people who would be using them but nothing to those of us who could potentially buy them for the various charities on developing countries. I am looking into how I can help supply these in the future...
'I was really delighted to read that a big design award - the Saachi design award - has gone to the people who have developed a thing called 'Life Straws'. This is something I saw a while ago which is a potential life saver. It is a small water filter - 25cm long which filters nearly (99%) of water borne diseases from fresh water. They last about a year and cost 2US$. his is a lot for the people who would be using them but nothing to those of us who could potentially buy them for the various charities on developing countries. I am looking into how I can help supply these in the future...- Ailsa Kelleher, 2008
I watched a really interesting one minute podcast by the Executive Director of Sierr Club, Carl Pope, http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=42281.0&dlv_id=40282 an environmental organisation in the US. He said that rather than being overwhelmed by the thought of reducing CO2 emissions by 80% in 40 years time, we should think of reducing it by 2% each year. He reiterates that this is relatively easy to do - by making the small changes I have talked about like changing light bulbs, making sure appliances are completely turned off and getting energy efficient appliances and cars. If we start by doing all this the reductions will soon mount up...Easy peasy!
I watched a really interesting one minute podcast by the Executive Director of Sierr Club, Carl Pope, http://action.sierraclub.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=42281.0&dlv_id=40282 an environmental organisation in the US. He said that rather than being overwhelmed by the thought of reducing CO2 emissions by 80% in 40 years time, we should think of reducing it by 2% each year. He reiterates that this is relatively easy to do - by making the small changes I have talked about like changing light bulbs, making sure appliances are completely turned off and getting energy efficient appliances and cars. If we start by doing all this the reductions will soon mount up...Easy peasy!
I am looking forward to getting my first organic vegetable box next week. You order a box on the Wednesday and they are delivered to a central point on the Saturday. The vegetables and fruit come from the Ferme Sainte Barbe http://www.fermesaintebarbe.be/
"I am looking forward to getting my first organic vegetable box next week. You order a box on the Wednesday and they are delivered to a central point on the Saturday. The vegetables and fruit come from the Ferme Sainte Barbe http://www.fermesaintebarbe.be/" - Ailsa Kelleher, 2008
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Can't believe that people would want to eat fresh cherries at Christmas that have been flown half way round the world! (BBC reporting today) I know that there are jobs to be taken into consideration for those farmers growing the fruit but really, do we need to be able to eat everything all year round?
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