Monday 31 December 2012

St Polycarp treasures.





A quick stroll around one of our favourite villages the other day: two previously undiscovered post-mat objects. Ancient concrete washing thing (what are these called?) now full of irises and house leeks.
Wonderful green and rust gate made of lattice metalwork, fence and possibly some parts of an old
ornate day bed.


Thursday 20 December 2012

The future is in a bright green shed.

This is a sensible man.
We need more people like this and we need to stop thinking about our human waste as something that must be removed with vast quantities of water.
My mum says she remembers that her dad used to store 'it' up in a big compost heap and then was well rotted, in it would go into the garden, the veggies and then ultimately back into the members of the family.

Mark (Howie) designer and fabricator of the Ecolette loos, makes, sells and hires them, often used at festivals and other large events.



The 'end result' compost he showed me was like perfect top soil, odourless, and rich looking, just after a few months. Perfect recycling.
Just one of the million things we all have to address after the non-end of the world . . .

Link to Mark's site: http://www.ecolette.net

Tuesday 11 December 2012

Everyone must watch this . . .



Simple, engaging explication of how we have got into such a global nightmare of 'stuff'