Tangled Bank Foraging and Fibre Crafts
Learning about and trying to live lightly on this beautiful planet. The natural world, inclusive bushcraft, evidence-based environmentalism and sustainable living.
Olio is an app that launched in the UK in 2015, encouraging people to share surplus food and so prevent food waste. It then expanded to allow the sharing of non-food items on a similar model to Freecycle or Buy Nothing Groups. As well as food sharing between individuals, Olio also distributes surplus close to … Continue reading A disappointing decision from Olio
I've now had a little time to process the results of December's elections, and move on a little beyond the shock, grief and very real fear (two of my disabled friends have explicitly stated that they don't believe they will survive another five years of austerity driven cuts) that were my immediate reactions. I shared … Continue reading Where do we go from here?
Dandelions growing along the edge of a shingle road at the base of some concrete steps. Stuart Rankin, CC0 licensed I love foraging for wild food, as a way of exploring new flavours, learning more about the natural world around me and deepening my connection to it. My walk to work across the university campus … Continue reading “Let them eat weeds”: Foraging is not a solution to food poverty
Tangled Bank Foraging and Fibre Crafts 