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How to save up to £680 by throwing less food out

Thursday, May 16th, 2013 by Nigel

fruit and veg saver

The theme for this year’s UN World Environment Day on the 5th June, is Think. Eat. Save. It’s a campaign aimed at reducing the 1.3 billion tonnes of food that is wasted each year, when 1 in every 7 people in the world still go to bed hungry.

But it’s not just a problem in developing countries. In the UK we…


How to avoid the nasty chemicals in… everything

Sunday, April 7th, 2013 by Nigel

water bottle

There was an article in the Indie today ‘Calls to ban dangerous chemicals‘ by Emily Dugan, about nasty stuff that’s in, well too many things that we use in everyday life.

Whilst some scientists say there’s no link between these chemical ‘endocrine disruptors’ and illness, others are calling for these substances to be banned as they cause


Nigel’s Eco Market, 27th August, central Brighton

Friday, July 22nd, 2011 by Nigel

Eco Market

About four weeks ago we decided to to a summer eco market in Brighton, to bring together lots of like minded sellers and makers into one place for a fantastic day of eco inspired shopping, food and fun.


The Big Lunch: street party with the Jones’s

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 by Nigel

the big lunch

Here’s a question: how well do you know your neighbours? As I write this I realise that I don’t actually know many of my neighbours by face, let alone by name, which feels pretty shocking…


Let them eat cake… 86,000 tonnes of it

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 by Nigel

food-waste-freeganism.jpg

A friend who lives in Wales is telling me about Freeganism, which involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket bins. It reminds me of the time I visited a different friend who used to live on a houseboat on the Thames. One of her neighbours, ‘Mad’ Pierre, who rumour had it…


Join in the Food Harvest

Monday, May 18th, 2009 by Nigel

There are plans afoot. Real plans aimed at tackling climate change by getting us to become more local. Which means in the future we could all be taking local holidays, growing our own food, and generating our own energy.