2004

Energy Alternatives

For a clear headed guide to alternative energy sources in a cold (UK) climate, visit Off the Grid.

Written by David Allender, who bought a remote house ten years ago and has steadily tested his way though each kind of alternative power, it tells you exactly which batteries to get for maximum reliability (Tungstone (now part of the Hawker group) – type YCP25) , or which is the best model of wind turbine. David is currently testing solar panels.

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December 30, 2004 1 Comment

Events

Be your own Yes-Men in 3 steps

The Yes-Men got international coverage when one of them impersonated a spokesman for Dow Chemicals and announced a multi-billion dollar compensation settlement for the people of Bhopal. Now they have a new movie out in the US and the UK.

They like to say “YES”

It was the latest in a long line of politically inspired hoaxes targeting the World Bank, GATT and other global institutions. This time they managed to fool BBC Radio news. “We wish it had been Fox TV, but they couldn’t give a damn about Bhopal” said Yes Men spokesman Mike Bonanno.

In London to promote their new book, they told me how anyone could be a Yes Man, on a local scale. So if your elected officials are in league with developers, or the local newspaper editor is in the same branch of the freemasons, this is what you might want to do, as advised by the Yes Men:

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December 11, 2004 2 Comments

Don’t forget your Solar Toothbrush

Solar toothbrush saves on toothpaste

Compact-Impact
is selling a titanium solar powered toothbrush that works without toothpaste.

The Soladey-3 “cleans and sanitizes without any toothpaste, forever” promises the maker.

For $45, here’s how it works:

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December 10, 2004 1 Comment

Events

Giving is not just for Christmas

Beal – giving is “cathartic”

RECYCLING is part of the post-consumerism we advocate at Off-grid. But FREE CYCLING goes one better.
Freecycle founder Deron Beal calls it the worldwide gift economy.
At freecycle.org members give away things they would otherwise throw away. They also post want ads on their 1277 local web sites around the world. The (local) recipient collects – for free. The energy spent on transport is far outweighed by the energy saved in avoiding bringing one more item into a crowded world.

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November 30, 2004 4 Comments

Events

Ecover – the only ethical multinational

On an industrial estate ten miles outside Antwerp, the Ecover detergent factory sticks out like a sore thumb. The other buildings are nondescript sheds with gray or beige metal roofs. Ecover’s factory is topped with a bright green lawn.

It’s not the immaculate sward beloved of suburban gardeners, more of a meadow, really. But it blends in with the surrounding fields and it is a key feature of what is still, ten years after it was built, the world’s most environmentally-friendly factory.

Its products – household cleaners and detergents — can be used in off-grid homes with no threat of pollution to groundwater or gardens when the washing water is recycled.

Truly clean soap

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November 30, 2004 No Comments

30 Organic suppliers in the UK

Here are some of the best UK Organic suppliers From the Sunday Times Organic Guide

1. Heal Farm

Good value for money. Farmhouse produce that’s home-reared or made in the farm’s kitchen. Multibird roasts include duck filled with goose breast and orange and walnut stuffing (38.75, serves eight) and turkey with chicken breast and cranberry stuffing (52.85, serves 10). Christmas in a basket is its biggest hamper (465 including delivery). Last orders Dec 9; 01769 574341, www.healfarm.co.uk.

2. Eversfield Manor
Organic farm rearing Aberdeen Angus and Romney Marsh sheep, pigs, free-range chicken and game. Its Christmas hamper (185.25 for orders placed in November) includes all you’ll need for a gourmet meal, such as goose or turkey, beef or lamb joint, brace of pheasant, smoked salmon and gammon, plus a Devon blue cheese, Christmas pudding, chestnuts and fresh herbs. Last orders Dec 15; 01837 871400, www.eversfieldmanor.co.uk.

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November 25, 2004 No Comments

Food

Organic Christmas Recipes

We all know its an orgy of pointless over-consumption. But despite our moaning, most of us succumb to the jingle of bells and the mulling of wine, telling each other its “for the children” or “the old folks.”

So later in the week we will feature the founder of freecycle.org telling us how to give the gift of giving. Today we give you recipes for organic Christmas dinner, and tomorrow some suppliers of the basic ingredients that will warm your heart on the coldest of nights. But also, a way of making Christmas decorations out of cheap and recycled materials — as if it will salve our consciences! (click below for more)

have an organic Christmas

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November 24, 2004 2 Comments

Land

Beach Hut Crazy

Part of the reason for going off-grid is the obscene price of property. But even high-earners will be appalled at the 140,000 asking price for a small beach hut in Dorset.

Crazy places – crazy prices

Hut 180, and the 344 like it, sits on a spit of sand and shingle between the natural lagoon of Christchurch Harbour in Dorset and Christchurch Bay, with the Isle of Wight and the Needles in view eight miles away.

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November 23, 2004 No Comments

Tony Juniper — how to be Off-grid

Tony Juniper cycles and walks whenever he can, but the Director of Friends of the Earth UK freely admits that it is not always possible to live a 100% pure green life. And he told Off-grid he was inspired by the spiritual environmentalism of the Southern hemisphere rather than the science-based analysis we use in the West.

Inspired by “spiritual” environmentalism

I am constantly challenged as to how to withdraw (from the world of mainstream consumption) he told Off-grid. And like a lot of people I am defeated. At home, we buy Energy from one of the green producers. It’s wind generated. And things like transport you can make a lot of difference walking, or bicycle and train.

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November 22, 2004 1 Comment

Events

Green and Gold

He’s the heir to business millions and she’s the former model who swapped the catwalk and high heels for wellies and a life down on the farm. Together they are, according to The Guardian the eco movement’s most glamorous couple.

Golden Greens

Sheherazade Goldsmith lives with husband Zac on a 300-acre organic estate in Devon. Zac took over editing the Ecologist from his Uncle Teddy in 1997, the same year in which his businessman father Sir Jimmy Goldsmith died. Uncle Teddy is still going strong — investing in Green companies, attending seminars on the Environment and holding forth unstoppably on all things Green. (Click below for more)

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November 18, 2004 No Comments

More progress for UK solar industry

A new factory in North Wales could give the solar energy market in the UK the impetus it needs. The Sharp Corporation, the worlds major producer of photovoltaic (PV) products, initially expected that the new Wrexham plant would turn out PV panels for residential and commercial installations at a rate of 20 MW worth per year. But orders quickly exceeded output and the company announced that it would be doubling it’s capacity.

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November 18, 2004 No Comments

Looking to nature creates a second chance for Welsh Farmers

Faced with a dramatic 75% decline in farming through disasters as diverse as Chernobyl and BSE, many Welsh hill farmers decided to pack up and try a new line in work. Not the three families that make up the Cwmni Gwynt Teg (‘fair wind’ in Welsh) cooperative. When faced with disaster in 1997, this ingenious group looked to the the mountains for inspiration and harnessed the wind, on their own land. They now run the Moel Moelogan Wind farm, a profitable and growing business.

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November 16, 2004 No Comments

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