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Sprouts on a windowsill, not on subscription: the quiet radicalism of growing things

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The Anarchist Gardeners Club at Glastonbury Festival, June 2025 by Black Lodge Press. Nothing radicalised me like growing vegetables. Food just….comes out of the ground? And you can eat it, or share it and get more food? Our society encourages us to see everything as a zero sum game, where we're all in competition with … Continue reading Sprouts on a windowsill, not on subscription: the quiet radicalism of growing things

Going with the Flo – why I’m still wearing a mask, and the one I’ve chosen

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I'm still wearing a mask in 2026. In part it's because of the inconvenience getting sick causes, making me fall behind in my weekday job and potentially lose money if I have to cancel my weekend craft courses. In part it's because if I have to in a crumbling empire in a cyberpunk dystopia I … Continue reading Going with the Flo – why I’m still wearing a mask, and the one I’ve chosen

How we made our wedding as sustainable (and affordable!) as possible

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I was so lucky last month to marry Charlie, the most wonderful person I've ever met. I wish I was a better writer, I'm rather better at facts and figures about carbon sequestration than I am at heartfelt romance so I can't really do the whole experience justice but it genuinely was the best experience … Continue reading How we made our wedding as sustainable (and affordable!) as possible

“It’s Not That Radical” – organising for an environmentally just future with Mikaela Loach

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Last night my partner and I went to see Mikaela Loach, climate justice organiser and author of "It's Not That Radical" in conversation with Kalkidan Legesse at Bookbag, Exeter's independent bookshop. Mikaela Loach on the left and Kalkidan Legesse on the right, sitting in front of microphones and viewed over the shoulders of seated crowd … Continue reading “It’s Not That Radical” – organising for an environmentally just future with Mikaela Loach

“Bamboo” mugs – not as green as we thought?

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There has been a fair amount of alarm in sustainable living circles recently over an an investigation conducted into bamboo mugs by the respected German consumer testing organisation Stiftung Warentest, published here(pdf) and kindly translated into English by my father here. The report found that they were often misleadingly labelled as biodegradable when they are … Continue reading “Bamboo” mugs – not as green as we thought?

Failure Friday: coffee filter funnel

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With the recent growth in interest in sustainable living I'm seeing a lot of posts of beautiful people with Instagram-worthy lifestyles sharing their clearly enviable life decisions, and I just wanted to push back a bit against the rather intimidating impression this gives that no one ever gets it wrong. I've certainly made some mistaken … Continue reading Failure Friday: coffee filter funnel