Hi,

That sounds a bit like us, but not exactly - not 'acres' of land ! but a
larger garden than most here - and two rooms upstairs that face east.

Contact me by private email, tell me who you are, and you are more than
welcome for coffee if you are local / visiting.

Best wishes,

Keith



"La Puce" wrote in message
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Keith (Dorset) wrote:

Well... and I thought I was a radical!

You're not alone. Honest. There's millions of 'us' and growing by the
second. We're currently involved with the Carbon Trust
http://www.cooperatives-uk.coop/live/cme1122.htm and developed a
'toolkit' to measure carbon reduction. Even yesterday when Emerge
Recycling came to pick up our bags from our office to be recycled, I
had made a pile of the polystyrene boxes that I was going to use at
home to sow seeds in. The woman ask me if she could have them for ....
planting her seeds in!! It's amazing how many people have started
recycling and finding ways of re-using stuff )

Even though we recycle every single thing we can, live in a small house,
hardly ever drive anywehere, switch off the lights everytime we leave the
room, don't leave the telly on standby, refuse carrier bags at Asda - and
grow all our own produce. a wake up call such as yours does make me think
what more 'I' can do... and, where some might be offended, I genuinely
thank
you for that.

It's my pleasure. This Christmas, wind turbines in the UK generated
sufficient electricity to meet the needs of over a million households
(BWEA source). It's the fastest growing energy source world wide, with
an average annual growth rate of 23% over the last 15 years. I think
it's something to celebrate )

I say 'whatever cause' as a rather cowardly cop-out on the forum as
although
we 'know' what the cause is, I could not quote actual facts and figures
to
back up my statement here - I'm not scientific - just a down to earth,
country person who has for decades (I am 52) grieved and become more and
more heartbroken over natural habitat loss, deforestation etc. .... and
nowadays the thought that our 'RECYCLED' plastic milk containers are
being
shipped to, and sorted in China!

For every time you feel you can't do more than you already do - think
to offset your 'pollution' and give to organisations working in
environment, climate change etc. When my aunt was dying last year, I
had to go and say goodbye to her. I had to take a plane. (I couldn't
return for the funeral because I would have had to take another 3 days
off to travel by train for 13 hours). I offset my 'pollution' by giving
to an environmental group. If we could all do this - just think what
could happen. We could even contemplate 'let's systems' sooner than we
think. As I said ... you're not alone ;o)

http://www.co2balance.com/
http://www.letslinkuk.org/

Very best wishes. We have a lot in common.

Do you have an allotment, or acres of land with a house in the middle
with a guest room facing East? ;o)