http://inhabitat.com/japan-to-build-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-near-fukushima/
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23082-japan-to-build-worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21094288

The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this green thing back in my earlier days.”

The cashier responded, “That’s our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations. You didn’t have the green thing.”

She was right — our generation didn’t have the green thing in its day.

Back then, we returned milk bottles, soft drink bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycling. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

But we didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’t have an escalator in every shop and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.

But she was right. We didn’t have the green thing in our day.

Back then, we washed the baby’s nappies because we didn’t have the throw-away kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling machine burning up 220 volts — wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.

But that young lady is right. We didn’t have the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house — not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn’t have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the post, we used wrapped up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn.. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

But she’s right. We didn’t have the green thing back then.

We drank water from a tap when we were thirsty instead of demanding a plastic bottle flown in from another country. We accepted that a lot of food was seasonal and didn’t expect that to be trucked in or flown thousands of air miles. We actually cooked food that didn’t come out of a packet, tin or plastic wrap and we could even wash our own vegetables and chop our own salad.

But we didn’t have the green thing back then.

Back then, city people took the tram or a bus, and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their mothers into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn’t need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.

But isn’t it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn’t have the green thing back then?

(Sustainable Economics)

Guest speakers

Molly Scott Cato

Professor of Strategy & Sustainability at

Roehampton University  &

Economics Speaker for the Green Party

&

Leanne Wood AM

Leader of Plaid Cymru

Inspirational Event: 4 September 2012

7.30pm – 9pm

Open Space Event: 8^th September 2012

2.30pm – 4.30pm

Seminar Room, Bloomfield Centre, Narberth

All Welcome

(Free – Donations welcome)

I have thrown some thoughts here http://welshtransition.org/2012/08/booklending/

For the past few years Narberth Food Festival has held a Pudding Competition for professional chefs and TransitioNarberth has promoted the planting of more native fruit and nut trees in the area.

Now Transition and the Festival are joining together to find the best Narberth Pudding.

Aim : To find a dessert pudding recipe which best reflects the aims of TransitioNarberth and Narberth Food Festival: the promotion of locally produced food which is good to eat.

Rules :

• Open to everyone
• Ingredients must include native fruit and/or nuts
• Recipe must accompany entry, with permission to publish
• Entered puddings will not be returned

Judging : By chefs at Narberth Food Festival on Sunday, 23 September 2012  at 2pm.

Prize : A hand-decorated plate to keep

Entry : £2.50 fee gives free entry for competitor to Sunday’s festival

Return application form with entry fee by Saturday, 22 September 2012.

Forms will soon be be available for download from the Competitions page at www.narberthfoodfestival.com or from ]]> http://transitionarberth.org/2012/06/narberth-pudding-competition/feed/ 0 http://transitionarberth.org/2012/05/plant-sale-2012/ http://transitionarberth.org/2012/05/plant-sale-2012/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 16:43:53 +0000 des http://transitionarberth.org/?p=440 Congratulation we raised the grand total of £212. 80p,with a bit more to come.
So well done, more than the money, it was a lovely day, and very good to be in Narberth for the plant sale.

Time   7.30pm – 9pm

Venue  The Seminar Room , The Bloomfield Centre, Narberth

Title       Sustainable Economics in our community

Guest Speakers

Leanne Wood                 Leader of Plaid Cymru   www.leannewood2012.com

Molly Scott Cato             Professor of Strategy +Sustainability at Roehampton University

Reader in Green Economics @ Cardiff University.   www.gaiaeconomics.org/molly.htm