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I personally was not massively impressed with the film. Not enough science and too much speculation. I also get fed up with so much historical and cartoon footage. The film's target audience is those who won't go and see it. Those would will go and see it needed something in more depth and not endle...

James

He's a friend of mine by the way and pretty educated....

I was under the impression that a indigenous based vegan diet in temperate Britain was pretty impossible as there isn't the source of protein and fats that are needed. These are usually supplemented with imports of lentils etc. The arguement that many nuts are indigenous has never convinced me as I ...

Ok, so some small savings can be made. I think the main benefit will come from the frequent reminder that every little helps....

Anyone heard of this: Blackle is Google - but a black screen version. A few months ago, TreeHugger Mark Ontkush wrote a post on his blog EcoIron titled "Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year " . The post lays out the following train of thought. "An all white web page uses ...

South Bank http://prospectus.lsbu.ac.uk/courses/course.php?CourseID=2165&SearchWords=energy Brunel http://www.brunel.ac.uk/courses/pg/cdata/s/Sustainable+Energy+-+Technologies+and+Management+MSc East London Uni and CAT http://www.cat.org.uk/msc/home/index.tmpl Imperial http://www3.imperial.ac.uk...

Hi all I'm planning on applying for to do a Renewables Msc next year and was after some advice from anyone who might be able to give it....Ideally I'd like a job greenwashing private customers houses and gardens and doing cheaper rate work for councils - from surveys and reports to implementation. I...

Chavez, who is actually one of the democratically elected leaders in the world, but gets more than a little bad propaganda from our complicit mass media, does it again:

http://www.granma.cu/INGLES/2007/junio/ ... s-new.html

I think you need to look at history to see what jobs are always around when times are hard:

Brewers

Prostitution

Actors

Blacksmiths

People who work in markets (not the financial ones mind)

Chimney sweeps

I don't understand why you need to go round the whole house turning everything off each time you go out. Why not have everything off unless it is being used? e.g Phone charger is off unless it is being used, digital radio alarm goes off in the morning and only on when I go to bed. Computer (laptop) ...

CIDER!

It's time for a London post work social. Anyone around for a Jerusalem Tavern (Britton Street near Farringdon) meet a week tomorrow i.e. Tuesday 22nd?

I'm off on a permaculture design course for 2 weeks starting end of April in Shropshire. Also I've started some "Tora Bora" Gardening in my neighbours garden with a few friends. We termed it Tora Bora gardening as because we got permission it can't be real Guerilla gardening but is a sort ...

It appears that in my temporary absence from the forums, you've all gone quite insane.

http://www.davidmiliband.defra.gov.uk/blogs/ministerial_blog/archive/2007/03/06/5703.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage Oil Independence? In 2005 the Swedish Government appointed a Commission on Oil Independence. The idea was to think through what it would mean dramatically to reduce Sweden?s d...