Sustainable or regenerative?
Until I did my Permaculture Design Course with Steve Jones, I didn’t really pay attention to the words in the title. In my head ‘sustainable’ and ‘regenerative’ were synonymous, I hadn’t bothered to unpack them until I started to listen to Steve and Ian Steele, whose farm the course was held on.
Sustainable agriculture … Read more
Small steps to living more sustainably
Small steps
Small steps I have taken this week to living more sutainably:
In the garden
I’ve ordered some organic bluebells ordered to plant for the spring and the early insects.
I’m reading ‘The One Straw Revolution’ which is all about doing less to grow more (my kind of planting). As well as being … Read more
Musings on a walk
The first thing I realised as I was walking this morning, is that like the politicians, I have prioritised economics over things like sustainability. When I had kids I added them to my life so it was work + family. Then I had a breakdown so my life equation was then work + family + … Read more
New Paradigm
Yesterday I was talking to Madeleine Forbes about the new paradigm. Madeleine lives in Portugal where she and her family are developing a sustainable life and I interviewed her because she is trying to live differently, by her own rules. I have been interviewing women who are living according to their own values and perspectives … Read more