Shows & events
Calling all greenies in Wales! (Like Hippyshopper emeritus Ella at Organic Jac!) Saturday, the 8th of July, those into green building design and construction can see the best and brightest in Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies showcase their work at the Second Sustainable Science Symposium, held at the Center for Alternative Technology, in the hills of Southern Snowdonia. Both students and prominent local experts will speak on how to go greener in business - but also in the home, so don't feel like you need to be a CEO or an academic to. attend. There'll be workshops on cob and strawbale construction and also clay and lime render. If even that is a bit over your head, you'll still be sure to enjoy a set of art workshops aimed at young adults and kiddies.
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Did you know that Canadian environmental laws are so lax that companies are not required to disclose ingredients on many consumer goods? Often I find myself having to buy imported goods from the US or abroad because my disabilities require that I avoid many additives, and Canadian goods do not provide me with enough information to adequately judge the product. This is just the tip of the iceberg, of course: dumping laws are weak, accountability is poor, and protection for endangered areas is arbitrary to nonexistent. Canada plays green, but recently ranked near the bottom of the industrialized world in its environmental habits - worse than countries like Korea or Greece, both of whom are not exactly noted for being stellar. Environmental Defense has mounted a petition - overly modest in that it seeks only 5,000 signatures and already has over 3300! - calling for Canada to shape up its environmental act. It's open to international signatories, so please do go stuff your autograph in the virtual box: Canada belongs to your planet and your planet deserves better.
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Food & drink
While you're at the Gloucester Vegan Fayre, be sure to visit the Viva! Incredible Veggie Roadshow. The York event was a huge success, attracting over 2200 people - more than at any previous Roadshow display. (Visit here to see pictures.) If you can't make it to any of the events, you can at least request a free vegan starter pack, which includes a copy of It's Time to Go Veggie magazine, plus literature and other helpful materials. [GT]
Shows & events
Saturday, July 1, at the GL1 Leisure Centre, Gloucester, 9:30am-5:30pm, you could stroll into the Gloucester Vegan Fayre, the biggest, veganest event in - according to its sponsor, Yaoh (who sells those hemp things we mentioned here recently) - the entire world. There'll be a real mix of stalls at GVF, offering everything from food & drink to Indian head massages to cosmetics or books! All products on sale will be cruelty free vegan products - this means no meat / dairy / eggs / leather / silk or anything which has come from animals. Nutrition, fitness, food, videos and contests. And if you go early or go late (before 9am or after 3pm) the parking is even free - as indicated in the directions to the Fayre. [GT]
Food & drink
Published by Organic Valley, the Earth Dinner is an ethical dinner party with, if you wish - and here's where the publishing part comes in - a set of Earth Dinner cards that encourage you to figure out "Who grew the food? How was it grown? What is the geographic origin of the food?"
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The Living on a Whim Project is the summer brainchild of Joshua Pitts. Send him your digital pics of yourself being whimsical, spontaneous and passionate about life. Launched yesterday, he already has over a dozen submissions (of, admittedly, varying quality, but the child/tree mix shown here is piquant). (via Cool Hunting)
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Energy saving
Despite meaning well, emissions in Wales have gone up 0.2% since 1990. There appear to be some typical reasons for this - importing lambs when there are plenty of lambs at home - more people commuting - difficulty cutting greenhouse gases since, since devolution, said responsibility rests now with the assembly government. Depressing. But there's some good news from the very same place - some exciting and delightful projects at Canolfan Yr Amgylchedd - the Environment Centre in Swansea. (Thanks as always for the headsup, Ella!)
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