Articles

A Strategy for Sustainability
Tony Wrench |
Thursday, 1st February 2001

The 'sooner or later' brings in the other aspect of sustainability – that we are looking at a very long time scale – longer than any political party has ever remained in power; longer than any one human being has lived. We are looking beyond our simple human...

 

Plunge into a Natural Swimming Pool
Michael Littlewood |
Wednesday, 1st November 2000

There can be no doubt that swimming in water containing chemicals does have an adverse effect on many people's health, both internally and externally. If you are living a holistic lifestyle, eating organic produce, using alternative medicine, drinking spring water...

 

From Homeless to Happiness
Susan Whiteway |
Tuesday, 1st August 2000

So, there we were. It's the early 1990s: we have two small children, a business that has been sunk by recession and no home. Oh, and we're both in our forties. Forty it seems is the decade when employers assume that those seeking employment over that portentous...

 

Working Towards a Sacred Society
Robina McCurdy |
Thursday, 1st June 2000

Tui has a steady stream of visitors, coming to experience community life for a short period of time. Most people are primarily interested in the social aspects of community living. Of all the questions asked, by far the most common are around issues of human...

 

Crisis in the countryside
Sir Julian Rose |
Wednesday, 1st March 2000

The traditional rural economy appears to be in a state of terminal decline, a process which probably started with the Enclosures Act in the 17th century, accelerated by the Industrial Revolution, and became virtually moribund in the latter half of the 20th century...

 

Make a Living from Growing Mushrooms
Richard Edwards |
Wednesday, 1st March 2000

Cookbooks are full of them, Charlie Dimmock has had her hands on them and, as one has come to expect, the supermarkets have sourced their own plastic versions... We are, of course, talking about 'wild' mushrooms.

 

Earthship Huts - Recycled Modular Buildings
Jonah Reynolds |
Monday, 1st November 1999

The Hut Earthship is earthquake proof and hurricane resistant. It offers quick and immediate shelter that is strong and easy to build, catching water from the sky and providing clean water for the inhabitant. Earthship Architecture is designed to be modular, to...

 

What on Earth is going on with Global Warming?
Paul Allen |
Monday, 1st March 1999

As 1999 gets underway, many people around the globe will be wondering what this year's weather will bring. Even before 1998 came to a close, it was clearly one for the record books. Average global temperatures broke all records. China was swept by its worst floods...