Back to food. (No surprise there.) I’ve just been watching a video which talks about how influential food buying habits are, because of the frequency of them, for all of us, every day. So it seemed as good a point as any to come back to food, and what we do with it. Â And equally, …
Monthly archives: February 2013
Eco audit: country mouse
These days, it’s quite trendy to holiday in the country. Â As countrified as you can. Â Glamping. Â Staying on eco farms. Â All that sort of thing. One of the great gifts my parents gave me was to take us somewhere in the country for our summer holidays. Â Not quite off-grid, in modern parlance, but sometimes, that …
Eco audit: one foot, two foot
If you put one foot in front of the other, often enough, pretty soon you’ll discover that walking is the way to get about. Â No parking. Â No timetables. Â And, with a rucksack to hand, you can even schlep your things about too. Not really a huge discovery. Â Except that it’s got to the stage that …
Eco audit: making your own entertainment
I don’t mean you have to gather round the piano. Â (But you can if you like.) I’m thinking about ways to relax, be with others, that are also not too draining on the environment. In my teens, it was books and music – and TV at points. Â The obligatory Friday night long soak in the …
Eco audit: cucina povera or using things up
I like leftovers. Â I particularly like leftovers when other people come over and bring food with them. Â Unplanned leftovers – and the planning then of what to do with them – is a treat for the food mind as well as the body. I’m trying to remember what leftovers were like when I was growing …
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