I like this idea that everyone could stop using energy for just one hour. On Saturday 28 March 2009 at 8.30pm, WWF will stage their 3rd Earth Hour, when they hope up to a billion people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for an hour and send an important […]
Read More →I am afraid that this montage is the best I have been able to cobble together from the Earth Talk Walk on 31st January. Any other photos gratefully received. Anyway … well done to Hilary for organising a really interesting day meandering between Tooting’s different places of worship. What was striking was how similarly the […]
Read More →Far from being a crisis or a terrible blow to the economy as some sections of our media would like us to think, the snow has been great! On Monday, Tooting Bec Common was mobbed with people enjoying the snow, making snowmen and … talking to each other! Yes can you believe it? I talked […]
Read More →The Selkirk on 60 Selkirk Road, SW17 0ES, has kindly let use use one of their upstairs room for our next Sunday Swap, so put Sunday the 1st of March, 1-4pm in your diary now! The swaps are a great opportunity to arrive with something you don’t want, and leave with something you do. The […]
Read More →For your very own, lovely, souvenir edition, print out, keep and collect autographs map of the Earth Talk Walk route on Sat 31 Jan, click here The Wandsworth Guardian will consider printing any interesting shots of the day so … will Lucy be dressing up? Will Hilary be using her thespian skills? Who has a […]
Read More →The focus of the walk will be a dialogue between different faith and community groups’ about the responsibility towards the earth and its conservation. The walk will address concerns about climate change, oil prices and the potential scarcity of the earth’s resources. It will help to build up a common set of beliefs and values […]
Read More →Barack Obama speaks so eloquently and his message of hope is so uplifting and revitalising that I just hope that our expectations of him are not too high. In yesterday’s inauguration speech I was particularly happy to see that he gave several nods to the environmental issues facing our world: “each day brings further evidence […]
Read More →I have been feeling very sorry for them. Everytime I go out in the morning to let them out and fill up their food, the ice on their water bowl has thickened. As they rush out to peck at the unforgiving stone hard ground I worry about them. To make things more lively for them […]
Read More →A Buddhist and her non-aligned friend dropped into the New Testament Assembly in Beechcroft Road for their Imagine Hope Gospel Carol Concert on Saturday, not knowing exactly what to expect and left pleasantly surprised, moved and uplifted! Some of the singing was so good it brought ecstatic responses from the congregation, particularly “Blessed Voices“, a […]
Read More →Lucy and I headed off to Nottingham for the Transition City Conference last week – held specially for communities working to set up Transition Initiatives in Cities and attended by about 150 good people from cities across the UK and beyond. It proved to be a fantastic opportunity to meet with and hear the experiences […]
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