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Down with green guilt trips
Hippies get a bad rep. Credit where it’s due: they were banging on about the state of the planet way before Coldplay got involved.
Carry on camping
Camping. The holiday choice of kings. The chosen leisure activity of millions. Oh, camping, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
Flights of fancy
So, I recycle. I don’t own a car. I take a keen interest in community events. But I have an emissions admission to make.
Ways to stop wasting food
Ok, everyone - the game’s up. Headmaster has spoken. We’ve all got to stop wasting food. No more tipping it into the houseplants or popping it into your trouser pockets. Everybody’s got to eat up.
Eight bad things to step on
On Saturday, in the South Coast’s last bit of good weather before gales and heavy storms, I braved a swim in the channel. Unfortunately, as those familiar with Brighton’s Blue Flag-winning beaches will know, this involves crossing a stretch of pebbly, rocky beach barefoot
Plastic: Not fantastic
Kew Gardens became the latest in a growing number of places to ban plastic bags yesterday. But prohibiting the plastic isn’t the last word on greening up your shopping trip.
Mud bath? What mud bath?
I’ve recently come to suspect that the country’s weather forecasters are a pessimistic bunch. The weather this year hasn’t been fantastic, but I’ve still managed to get sunburned on three separate occasions when we were forecast rain
Bees behaving oddly
Bumblebees have been busy in their search for nectar, turning to aphids for their new dish of the day.
Easy being greenwashed?
Green is big and green is clever. But with all things big and clever, there’ll be bandwagon-jumpers.
Glastonbury weather forecast
You wanna hear it? Really? Do you?
Well, it’s not all bad: the site doesn’t look like a swamp, and the heavy downpours of recent years are thought unlikely to appear.
