Last spring in a lovely old country pub my partner and I were enjoying a scrummy meal in which most of the ingredients were locally sourced. I made the comment that it was a shame there wasn’t a local directory of some kind that listed pubs and restaurants that served local food. That chance comment [...]

The other week I was at a conference in Glasgow and took the opportunity to go and visit Entrading, a new green/eco/ethical/fairtrade/organic/generally very nice shop.  I had read about it the week before, so I had to go!
What a fabulous place, it’s not massive but packs in a lot of great products - and a [...]

Sep 20 - Sep 22, 2007
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, California
United States
(800) 724-4880
http://www.westcoastgreen.com
West Coast Green represents the largest milestone yet in the residential green building movement. Never before has a conference and expo provided access to such comprehensive state-of-the-art resources, impacting presentations, and rewarding opportunities. You’ll find over 275 exhibitors showcasing the latest in resource-efficiency [...]

A few days ago my niece Beth told me about Mars’ announcement to put rennet (an animal enzyme) in their products. Because it was National Vegetarian Week I asked her to write me a post for GGG about it.
Over to you Beth….
Veggie Rights
With recent news that Mars have decided to use animal rennet in their [...]

Friends of the Earth’s Big Ask campaign is taking Al Gore’s documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth‘ around cities in the UK.
The film will be shown in several cinemas and local MPs will be there for questions about tackling climate change.
For more information visit the Friends of the Earth website

After a whole week of pouring rain here in Nottingham (and most of the UK I think) it finally stopped on Sunday so I could finish the work I’d started on the veg patch 7 days ago.
If you’re wondering what I’m rambling on about see the Veg Patch Diaries #1 post.
The poor little plants that [...]

National Vegetarian Week begins on Monday 21st May in the UK and I was wondering how you’re planning to celebrate.
I stopped eating meat when I was 12 years old. At that time my reason for doing this was quite simple, I found out about intensive farming. I was so horrified by the way that many animals [...]

I know that we’re already half way through but I just found out that May is Environment Month on the Community TV Channel. You can watch on Sky channel 539, Virgin TV channel 233 and Freeview (from 6-9am only) channel 87.
 
During this month the channel are launching two new series which look at global environmental [...]

I thought Kate’s post earlier in the week about using local milk delivery called ‘Thought and (action) for the day’ was an excellent idea. It prompted me to shamelessly steal it and write a post in the same vein about something I’ve been thinking about.
We’ve been using Ecotricity as our green electricity provider for a [...]

This year I thought it was about time I had a go at growing my own veg. Having never done this before I thought I’d share my experience here on GGG, for a few reasons. The first reason being that hopefully it will encourage others who, like me, have thought about doing this before but [...]