As financial systems crash, can you feel the new day dawning?

They say that near death experiences offer us an opportunity for radical change. Could this be true for the world’s financial systems?

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Self Sufficientish City Foraging

Andy and Dave Hamilton have started hosting guided city foraging in Bristol. They can show you masses of plants on your doorstep you can eat but you might not have noticed before!

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Looking for a naked lettuce

One of our number has been exploring what it means to live without producing any waste. Here is one day in her diary

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What’s in a name?

Earth Abbey is encouraging members to take on an Earth Name. What is this about?

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Future Scenarios

How do we best plan and prepare for the future in the light of peak oil and climate change?

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How To Make the Most of Your Nastursiums!

Is your garden full of nastursiums (lots of orange / yellow / red flowers with big lilypad type leaves)? Have you thought of making a meal with them? We did…

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Something to chew over

Spare a thought for the humble cow – our relationship with it may be destroying the earth

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Blessed are the peacemakers and their expensive graffiti

Greenpeace activists, a power station and some graffiti looks like the ingredients for just another stunt, but this one shook the government. A bit like a prophet called Jeremiah once shook his government.

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The Joy Of Foraging No. 3: Fergus Drennan and Hawthorn

Last night Fergus Drennan, otherwise known as Fergus the Forager came to take a group of 140 Bristol freeconomists around St Werburghs. Just along the first street, on our way to some more overgrown areas he found five or six edible plants – and the most promising was the humble hawthorn, in fruit right now. Here’s what you can do with it.

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Whatever happened to Ur?

It sounds like a hesitation. It was the ancient city from which the patriarch Abraham originated. It is also provides a fascinating lesson in water use, that is becoming highly relevant today.

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