From the monthly archives:

September 2009

What to do, now there’s no jobs

by marese on September 30, 2009

female student farmer
Marese: don’t be a sheep! I volunteered to work on a farm because there was no chance of a job in my part of America after I graduated. In the 1950s, 20-somethings went on a European tour. In the 1960s we dropped out. In the 1970s we protested, and in the 1980s we got a job. The 1980s then stayed with us right up until the credit crunch. Now the age of greed and individualism is over at last, what’s the next step?

For about $25 each, we can buy two-year memberships in Workaway.info, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF), and Help Exchange (HelpX), all Web-based directories of hosts seeking helping hands in exchange for room and board.

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Green nonsense from pooped-out Brown

September 29, 2009

p>British prime minister Gordon Brown made an eco-promise when he first got the job – he would create 5 eco-towns. Then it was ten eco-towns. Now it looks like we will be lucky to get two eco-towns – whatever they are.
So his claim in today’s speech to Labour Party conference that he would create a quarter million green jobs is [...]

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Dishwashers make eco-sense

September 29, 2009

Precise details of how much you save from having a dishwasher, and why.

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Grow your own tobacco – book review

September 28, 2009

A while back, I had some trouble with the government about buying cigarettes from outside the country (USA), it is perfectly legal to order cigarettes for import into the USA for personal use. I assure you that the cigarettes I ordered WERE for personal use, I did not trade, sell, barter or in any other way distribute these cigarettes. After [...]

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