Two of us behind this project are planning to move down to near Bristol by the middle of this year. Relocating means there will have to be changes to how this project carries on. This project will continue and hopefully as a result of the relocation, it will grow. It will be jointly run by […]|
Further to this post we put up a short while back – Another reason to grow our own food:) – 8.1.22 – there’s more writing and research backing up our argument that we could easily grow a lot more of our own food. Firstly, there’s this: UK could grow up to 40% of its own […]|
Our last post gave an update on two of the four vegetable garden plots we run: Even in the depths of winter – Part 1. This post features an update from a long established community garden on an estate in Laindon run by our partners at Basildon & Southend Housing Action. It’s not the most […]|
In our previous post – Another reason to grow our own food:) – we extolled the benefits of growing as much of your own food as possible. The images above, which is a mini-progress report on two out of the four plots we run, show that we put our money where our mouth is when […]|
Here’s more evidence to bolster the case we’re making for grassroots food production in our communities through allotments, community gardens, guerilla gardening, etc. This piece was first published on Sustain New research finds urban allotments could be as productive as farms A two-year pilot study in Brighton and Hove by the University of Sussex shows […]|
This review is from the Bristol Radical History Group …the fences that divide England are not just symbols of the partition of people but the very cause of it. Bristol Radical History Group subscribers will find inspiration in Nick Hayes’s book. He sets out to trespass on a range of properties and rivers throughout England, […]|
It’s not often we plug a book, particularly one we haven’t even read! This looks like it will be interesting and useful – once we’ve received and read the book, we’ll post up a review:) Strategies for Ecological Revolution from Below by Peter Gelderloos Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental […]|
In these troubled and increasingly dystopian times, the concept of ‘looking forward’ to the coming year may seem strange to people understandably filled with trepidation about what’s to come. We totally understand that and would be lying if we didn’t admit that we’re more than a bit fearful about what’s coming down the line to […]|
For those of us who see biodiversity as something that should be surrounding us and not sectioned off in a nature reserve, here’s some encouraging news from Thurrock Council as to how that can be achieved: Maintenance programme will promote biodiversity and community involvement in Thurrock. Before we go any further, yes, cutting down on […]|
This piece was first published on FISHINABOX NEWS, SAVE THE PLANET. It’s not a ‘conventional’ way of looking at things but it’s certainly an interesting and possibly for som…| alternativeestuary.home.blog
Back in April we wrote this piece – Plugging the gaps – which looked at the way grassroots community action groups were stepping up to the plate to plug the gap left by permanent auster…| alternativeestuary.home.blog
