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sarah cook »
Those Mad Ladies were on the Loose Again
Posted on 1:01am Saturday 23rd June 2007
We were on the loose again today !!
Peter Norton »
Look before you leap
Posted on 12:11pm Friday 22nd June 2007
The ‘Precautionary Principle’ is a well established scientific principle. It is a response to uncertainty, particularly in the face of risks to health or the environment. In general, it involves acting to avoid serious or irreversible potential harm.There may be no evidence to suggest there will be harm, but there may also be no evidence to suggest that there will not be.
sarah cook »
Cindy Read »
Patriotism and other stuff!!
Posted on 10:02am Saturday 16th June 2007
Patriotism. It’s something different to everyone. Americans are very patriotic and are into big gestures and over the top emotions. (Something I expect gives cause most Brits to think we are all totally barking mad.) But then Americans don’t understand the ‘stiff upper lip’ that the Brits are so proud of, so I guess that makes us even.
Peter Norton »
Food Future
Posted on 12:29pm Thursday 7th June 2007
With increasing frequency we are being urged to re-connect with the source of our food, and gain a better understanding of how it is produced. Experts from different areas are agreed it will bring many benefits, such as: helping to tackle obesity ; linking farmers directly to their customers; and encouraging more environmental awareness.
Peter Norton »
World Environment Day
Posted on 12:20pm Thursday 7th June 2007
Every year the United Nations marks the World Environment Day on 5 June. It is celebrated in over a hundred countries and aims to raise awareness about environmental issues and inspire people to take action. Each year, one country is selected to host the main international events. This year it is Norway and the theme is ‘Melting Ice – A Hot Topic’.
Cindy Read »
Busy Times
Posted on 9:16am Thursday 31st May 2007
There are changes happening in my life, things that I will share with you when I next blog. They are big changes requiring a lot of attention to detail. That's all I will say for the moment, or perhaps I should say 'watch this space'.
Peter Norton »
Life Without Oil
Posted on 12:30pm Tuesday 15th May 2007
Close your eyes and imagine life without oil. Impossible? Well, according to permaculture guru Rob Hopkins we are on the threshold of ‘peak oil’- the point at which the maximum amount of oil that can be extracted globally is reached.
Peter Norton »
Change The Programme
Posted on 12:23pm Tuesday 15th May 2007
Sally Lawrence’s letter on the letters page two weeks ago, about being automatically given plastic bags even when she didn’t want them, got me thinking about habits. Habits are things we do when we’re not consciously thinking. They are like the default setting on a computer, the setting which it automatically returns to when it’s not given any other instruction.
Cindy Read »
Back to reality. . .
Posted on 5:24pm Monday 14th May 2007
We’ve been away for awhile. We spent three weeks in Florida visiting family. I stocked up on my grandbaby hugs hoping to store them up until the next time we can go and visit. While you were having lovely weather here in Hereford, we were having a few nice walks on the beach and enjoying a lazy afternoon or two by the pool. Sadly holidays don’t last nearly long enough and it was soon time to come back home.
Peter Norton »
My Walk to Work
Posted on 3:29pm Monday 30th April 2007
On Monday I decided to walk to work. My work-place, the Bulmer Foundation, is based in the heart of Bulmer’s cider plant in Hereford – my home is in Allensmore. It took an hour and a quarter – not exactly a hike but certainly more than a stroll.
Peter Norton »
Do you like hospital food
Posted on 4:17pm Friday 20th April 2007
The NHS spends 500 million a year on food and catering services. Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, said “let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food” so you would imagine that food in hospital would be an important part of the overall healthcare provision. I’m afraid that, in most cases, it’s not.
Cindy Read »
Travelling!!
Posted on 4:30pm Tuesday 10th April 2007
Hello out there!! Is anyone still blogging? I was away for a week and came back to see no new blogs posted and since I talk too much anyway, I thought I’d put my 2 cents in or rather 2 pence.
Cindy Read »
Nothing in particular. . .
Posted on 1:08pm Wednesday 21st March 2007
There are times when I still feel like such an outsider here in England. I still miss some of the foods I can't get here unless I order from an American website that charges silly money for products I paid much less for in the states. Sometimes my accent seems to stand out to me, other times it seems all the rest of the world has an accent. There are times as well when I feel that I am too loud and too 'out there' for the majority of the British population, that my ideas are a bit on the outrageous side when back at home I'd be thought of as cautious.
Peter Norton »
Water, water everywhere
Posted on 4:27pm Friday 16th March 2007
If we are to believe what the scientific community are saying about climate change, floods and droughts in Herefordshire will become more frequent and more extreme in the not too distant future. Recent unusually heavy rains gave us a glimpse of things to come. We saw damage to property and vehicles, long transport delays and significant difficulties for business and service providers. And, according to current predictions, we aint seen nothing yet.
Peter Norton »
Who's to blame?
Posted on 12:17pm Thursday 8th March 2007
I picked up an interesting snippet from a book I’m reading called ‘A Journey in Ladakh’. The author overheard a conversation in a bar in which a question was asked : ’If a Ladakhi woman gets ripped off, paying too much for a poor quality shawl in the market, who’s fault is it ?’ The answer was unanimously ‘the purchaser, she should have known better, and been shrewder’. If you asked the same question here, I wonder what the response would be.
Peter Norton »
Unnatural Beauty
Posted on 4:48pm Wednesday 7th March 2007
Cosmetic surgery has been in the national news again this week. Mintel’s UK based research revealed that 50% of women surveyed would consider plastic surgery. I found this news disturbing.....
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