Just imagine: gas for your cooking and heating made by composting home-grown British grass, writes Almuth Ernsting. What's not to like? Well, it would need almost all the UK's grassland to match our gas demand, leaving cows and sheep to starve or forcing them into sheds to eat foreign-grown feeds. And methane leakage could easily wipe out any climate benefit.
… flowering meadows which would support wildflowers and the pollinators and many other …
Biomass electricity in the UK = clear-cutting of ancient swamp forests + bulldozing of traditional communities' lands + deprived UK communities bearing the brunt of toxic emissions.
… The plateau provides us with medicine, fruit, flowers, beauty and space for us to rear some …
Fresh, locally sourced produce, real ale and cosy fireplaces: the Great British country pub is one foodie tradition that’s not going anywhere. Rachael Stubbins rounds up five of the best
… the fruit and vegetables on the menu to the flowers on the table is picked from the …
From the DIY ‘treebog’ to the solar powered fairy lights, bell tents and yurts, Suffolk’s Alde Garden is the perfect place for an eco-friendly weekend break. Rachael Stubbins paid a visit
Review: Alde Garden Rachael Stubbins | 26th April 2012 Ethical Living Suffolk Travel Explore Green Living Society Alde Garden Review Yurts Tents Glamping Camping UK England Green Eco Friendly …