Back in my teens, I got into cycling. Â Not racing, not even to keep fit – just to enjoy the motion of cycling, and the places I could go. It was an escape. It was free. And I’ve now realised that it was also quite eco. My dad passed on his bike to me – …
Category archives: Eco
Eco audit: new perspectives
Right at the end of my teens, I got a bucket load of new perspective. I lived abroad for half a year. I may not have backpacked around South America, or lived in a mud hut, but I went far enough to get some fresh perspective. Going to a country on the other side of …
Eco audit: something old, something new
In my teens, I became the owner of a rather particular waistcoat. It had belonged to my great grandfather. It has a wool front, and satin back. The buttons are the bit I like the most – and it is still in my wardrobe, even if it is really too big for me to wear. …
Eco audit: making things
Back in the mists of time, it is said that people made things. Â Their own clothes. Â Their own shoes, even. Â They grew and they hammered and they painted and they basically made their way in the world, themselves. Today, we tend to forget that. Â We recognise that things have to be made – but we …
Eco audit: shrinking then growing
No, I’ve not given up on the blog. Â But the arrival of builders, and the shrinking of available space (because everything’s piled up in the rooms that are available), means that there’s not much headspace for words. But still. Â I want to keep going on this month’s series – while also being overtaken by what’s …