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A bigger kind of peace

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22/12/08 | Posted by breaking wave | Permalink | (0) Comments

As enormous numbers of people across the world join in Christmas services this year, we need to open our eyes to a bigger kind of peace.

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TED Amory Lovins on Winning the Oil end game

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17/12/08 | Posted by Bruce | Permalink | (0) Comments

In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning us off oil and revitalizing the economy. Amory Lovins is cofounder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and the instigator of ingenious ideas to transform the energy and automobile industries.

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TED David Keith with a surprising idea for solving climate change

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11/12/08 | Posted by Bruce | Permalink | (0) Comments

Environmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere to deflect sunlight and heat?

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EarthAbbey Mid-Winter Celebration Jan 3rd Bristol

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11/12/08 | Posted by Bruce | Permalink | (0) Comments

We’re having fun re-imagining a pattern of worship more in tune with the earth. We want to begin by marking the turning time of winter and the incarnation through soil and seed. Our first worship event will be a service shortly after New Year called, ‘The Seed That Fell Into The Earth’.

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TED Alex Steffen on a Sustainable Future

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05/12/08 | Posted by Bruce | Permalink | (0) Comments

Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries. Watch this TED talk.

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Teatime frost shows good insulation

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03/12/08 | Posted by Bruce | Permalink | (1) Comments

I’ve just been pottering in my garden and come-over with a bout of procrastination during which I noticed the frost on my roof – and the lack of frost on any of the other roofs neighbouring my house. What could this mean?

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New Uses for Old Tights!

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19/11/08 | Posted by Mountain Ash | Permalink | (0) Comments

You’ve probably come across the idea of recycling tights as stuffing for cushions or soft toys but here are some more ideas…

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The beginnings of permaculture

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13/11/08 | Posted by breaking wave | Permalink | (1) Comments

Permaculture is a scientific and philosophical approach to living in tune with the earth. It was invented by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in Tasmania more than thirty years ago and is now fast becoming a worldwide phenomenon. The spirituality of Earth Abbey appears to fit extraordinarily well with this movement.

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Earth Abbey takes root in Bristol

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13/11/08 | Posted by breaking wave | Permalink | (0) Comments

The time for action has come. Over the next few weeks we shall be holding a series of gatherings in Bristol as a means of creating our first communities. If you would like to join us- consider yourself invited

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Extinction – so many ways to say goodbye

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20/10/08 | Posted by breaking wave | Permalink | (1) Comments

We are living in the age of the 6th mass extinction.  The previous five were all the result of some geological/ cosmic event or events, often with an associated climate change.  The current extinction is different - it has a biotic cause.  That biotic cause is the human species and we are on track for matching up to previous mass extinctions. 

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