I know people who love to drive. I can understand that. That sense of power and motion, of eating up the miles, of seeing new landscapes from behind glass while some track plays on the stereo…
Isn’t this genius? You thought it was one of those CD-RW containers? No, it’s tupaware for the digital age - the only thing to turn up to picnics with, these days. Ideal for bagels and ring doughnuts, obviously. This top recycling is brought to you by…
There’s an excellent article by Jonathan Watts and Jess Cartner-Morley on the complex economy of the humble plastic bag in The Guardian.
“The apparent intractability of the plastic bag problem is all the more remarkable considering that our dependency on them is a recent phenomenon. Polythene was not even invented until the 30s, and plastic bags did not become common in supermarkets…
Anyone who listens to BBC Radio 4 (and I appreciate that will not necessarilybe lots of you… but bear with me here) will know that Nigel Pargiter of the long-runing radio soap The Archers has gone green, much to the exasperation his frightful wife Lizzie. He’s ditched his car, and decided to buy only local produce for his conference centre, Lower Loxley Hall. His latest wheeze is eco weddings.
Katie Rogers seems like a nice woman. She lives in LA. She decided to give up owning a car. Of course, this being LA, she also decided to make a movie about it, trading in her vehicle for a video camera. She completed the task early this year and is looking for ways to plug her movie. There’s a trailer on her site, Carless In LA.
