We got tomatoes in our veg box this week.
They were grown at a local farm. Great for keeping down food miles.
But it’s November.
So how did they get us fresh tomatoes?
They either picked them green and left them to ripen for a month or grew them in heated greenhouses.
Neither option is ideal. If they were picked [...]

There is a new website that has just launched in San Francisco called Let’s Green This City.  This site is going to be the city’s go to place for all that is good ‘n green.
Venables Bell and Partners is the ad agency that was tapped to launch this huge event!  And here’s the best part, [...]

The things you talk about with the people that matter in your life are the air in your relationships. This seems a timely discussion in light of the conversations that are bound to take place in the next several weeks as our family structures, past and present, collide back into full view. We call them [...]

San Francisco is the first city to certify greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S!  The city by the bay is publicly and voluntarily reporting it’s greenhouse gas emissions under a rigourous registry program.  This program is called the California Climate Action Registry and everything from hybrid cars to our cable cars have been certified with them.  “Measuring [...]

If you are interested in knowing more about this (and can easily get to Edinburgh) register for this free event taking place on Tuesday 28th November at the Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh. It’s organised by Friends of the Earth Scotland and will include workshops on health and safety in Scottish industry, [...]

Reading Wendy’s first post about making love sustainable and the events of the past few weeks have got me thinking…
Things have been very busy in Make Hay’s world just lately and I’m not complaining one bit. We’re meeting lots of new and interesting people, expanding our services and more recently I’ve been coordinating and developing [...]

Just a friendly reminder that here in the US is buy local day! Don’t forget to stay away from the big/super/warehouse/chain stores.
For more info check out: http://www.buylocalday.org/
~Arcadia

I am going out on a limb here to offer you news of this event, because I believe, even though we haven’t yet discussed the zillions of issues around orgasm, that the intent of this event is based in love. I tend to believe in the power of conscious creation and also as a loveologist [...]

As a supporter of the Local Works Campaign I receive updates on how they are progressing and the latest one is a call for volunteers in London - can you help?
Local Works is the campaign for the Sustainable Communities Bill. As you can read on the Local Works home page:
‘the Bill is a radical [...]

Scotland has been a champion of renewable energy for many years. The first Hydro plant was seen in Scotland as early as 1948 with Pitlochry, being the most famous in the country.
50 years on a new £140m power station is being built at Glendoe, by Fort Augustus, Loch Ness. It is still till two years [...]