This is not my... Week 12 08
20/03/08 - A town like Alice
19/03/08 - Easter is nearly here
18/03/08 - We're all going on a summer holiday...
20/03/08 - A town like Alice
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A town like Alice... |
In a bid to combat climate change the town in the middle of the Australian outback is joining Adelaide as one of Australia's solar cities.
Which is brilliant news.
Even if it is a bit galling to find it recieves 9 hours sun a day since:
a) we are about to have a distinctly wintery weekend, and
b) when I went there years ago it took 4 days to reach with 6 people crammed into one car* (that blew up in the middle of the journey and was nearly crushed by several road trains) only to end up in a blizzard resulting in the first snow seen at Ayrs rock in recorded history (not bitter though...)
Anyhow - it will be a fantastic test for solar energy which is shaping up to be a viable energy resource for many sun blessed countries.
In fact, have been working on an article that details just that.
(Will add to the list of 'things we promise to get up on here at some point in the future'.)
Anyhow - for now though - have an amazing Easter!
Susie, Ollie and La.
x
*Energy saving even then Mum?!
19/03/08 - Easter is nearly here
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That traditional spring time holiday of... |
chocolate eating.
Hmmmm.
To be fair I am not all that bothered by chocolate.
Which - on reflection is - probably the reason I agreed to give it up for lent... (Does that defy the point a little?)
But this Sunday it will be firmly on the menu.
And what better than going for a little bit of the organic or fair trade variety?
Check out Divine, Montezuma's and Love Eco (technically the last one is a link to chicken door stops but - hey - it's Easter.)
Anyhow - for those of you who are chocolate lovers - check out the massive egg above!
You'd be a happy child if your parents brought that home.
Have a good one x
18/03/08 - We're all going
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on a summer holiday... |
Been plotting and planning for an escape from town and what better is there than... camping!
Tried to do some work this weekend which clearly resulted in a day spent making holiday plans instead. And what better than a good old English summer break.
The problem is - it's not that easy. Where do you start with camping if you haven't camped before? Well... legally at least.
And then we stumbled across... Cool Camping.
It's camping.
But it's cool.
It say's so.
Technically I haven't actually read the book yet. (I've been working damn it. Honest....) But it can't be a bad place to start.
Road trip here we come!
x
This section will be a daily, well - Monday to Friday daily, editorial. (Have to keep some time aside to keep up the ritual wine drinking / dancing as if being chased by bees.)
I promise to make it my mission to investigate something each day on exciting forays to find new stuff, fun stuff, ethical stuff and anything involving break dancing men with extremely toned physiques.
Let me know if you think of something I should go and visit or if you have any great ideas or information. (Any dodgy suggestions will be politely declined... or not so politely, depending entirely on what they are!)
For today, though, please just have a look below to find out how this whole thing came about. I hope that you are having a lovely morning.
See you tomorrow,
Susie x
Background to This is not my...
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What is this site all about?
Well, as all good ventures do, it started in the pub with the ominous words "I know, why don't we...?" |
What was different, though, was that it still seemed like a good plan in the morning (and somewhat less injurious than trying out extreme ironing, the other suggestion...)
Anyway - once again we had been supping beers and putting the world to rights when someone mentioned the unmentionable, despite our disaffection with the state of the world, none of us was actually doing anything positive to change it.
Whether this was complacency or apathy, who knows - but we were definitely leaving it to others to make decisions and take action for us on issues about which we felt strongly.
We live in a free society, but often things seem to happen as a fait accompli. The war in Iraq, ID cards, the fact that we will eventually succumb to watching some of Big Brother no matter how hard we try...
And we just go along with it. But that is ok, right? I mean, we aren't exactly encouraging the abuse of others - are we?
Ok - so maybe my new top might have been made under less-than-perfect conditions and I suppose that means I am supporting those conditions, but - I have to buy something to wear, so what other choice do I have?
And that was the problem. What - and where - are the choices?
So we decided to investigate. Surely in this free society we have other options; we just need to know how to find them.
So we went online. There are some great directories already for ethical and/or environmentally friendly products, but for us these didn't go far enough. We were on a bit of a roll and decided that these products deserved more active promotion.
We wanted to make as many people as possible aware of the practical things they can do to live life in a better way.
So on this site we will provide information about easy, positive and ethical consumer choices. These are choices that won’t necessarily cost you more, either.
In our directories you will find environmentally friendly and ethical companies and products across the following categories:
Clothes
Energy
Food and Drink
Health and Beauty
Home and Garden
Office
Recycling
Restaurants
You will also find plenty more to lure you back to the site on a regular basis. So come back to have a wee look.
Plus we will be working on video's, events and curious antics to keep important issues in the public eye – and provide us with much entertainment and amusement at the same time.
Give us a shout if you want to get involved!
Anyhow - take a look. Explore… investigate… probe away.
We hope you like it; we hope you use it.
