Articles Tagged with the word ‘time’
Pilgrim’s Progress
22 May 2007
Author, Babette Gallard, writes about how horseback pilgrimages have not only given her carbon-free holidays, but more importantly the opportunity to reconnect with a sense of spirituality and the joys of slow travel.
Time Off to Make Marston Green
21 Mar 2007
Paid volunteers employed by Timberland clothing company, recently teamed up with a group of school pupils to plant 5,000 trees, completing the regeneration of the Forest of Marston Vale, which lies south west of Bedford, in England.
Treetop Utopia
14 Mar 2007
Treehouses make Swiss Family Robinsons of us all. Whether splintery nail-fastened platforms or arboreal sanctuaries, they are havens in the sky. You can climb up and away from time, share space with the birds, rise above all the hurly-burly and retreat from the drudgeries of earthbound living.
Discover, Explore, Conserve
14 Mar 2007
The John Muir Award encourages all ages to experience, enjoy and care for wild places, whether on their door-steps or further afield. A national environmental award, it has a simple framework which centres around four challenges representing the ethos of John Muir, the famous Scottish conservationist.
Visionaries
13 Mar 2007
This time, we celebrate the lives of men and women who, through their actions, have changed the lives of thousands, even millions of people. Often their original intention was just to help a few where they saw a need.
Transition Town Totnes
07 Mar 2007
Totnes is the first UK town preparing for the time when oil production has peaked and energy from fossil fuels is in short supply. Rob Hopkins, the man behind Transition Town Totnes, believes that we are on the threshold of peak oil.
SUPERKIDS!
21 Nov 2006
Stocking Filler! SuperKids - 250 Incredible Ways for Kids to Save the Planet. Super Kids arms the young eco-heroes of tomorrow with all the facts, ideas and knowledge they'll need to save the planet.
Green Being
The Emerging Spiritual Revolution: Embodying the Spiritual Imperative of our Time
18 Jul 2006
Calling those who are seeking a shift from a materially-driven society to one based on spiritual values and co-operation. Join us for an inquiry and celebration of the pioneers Sir George Trevelyan and Fr.Bede Griffiths.
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Community Spirit at Leith Festival
29 Jun 2006
The Leith festival is one of the many events organised by the city ofEdinburgh. Everybody agrees that a strong community feeling can be felton the streets around the port, during the 2-11 of June.
The Rainbow Caravan
29 Sep 2005
The Rainbow Peace Caravan hit the road in Mexico eight years ago. Since then, more than 500 members have formed part of the Caravan for varying periods of time and the Caravan has driven through 20 Latin American countries.
Comment
30 Jun 2003
We are living in a time of transition. The changes that are required at this time are so vast that we need to expand our horizons. We can begin by questioning why we are destroying the natural world and making our planet progressively less habitable.
Global Youth Reporters
30 Sep 2002
Thousands of journalists buzzed around in the media centre at the Johannesburg summit, but one small group stood out. They were young, not yet jaded, and were having a good time. These youth reporters came from all over the world ñ Australia, Argentina, Bosnia, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, the UK and the US.
Global Youth Reporters
30 Sep 2002
Thousands of journalists buzzed around in the media centre at the Johannesburg summit, but one small group stood out. They were young, not yet jaded, and were having a good time. These youth reporters came from all over the world ñ Australia, Argentina, Bosnia, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda, the UK and the US.
Designing with the Future in Mind
30 Sep 2002
In 10 or 20 years time all buildings could produce more energy than they use and make a positive rather than a negative contribution to the ecosystem, says architect, Andrew Yeats of EcoArc. Some of EcoArc's buildings like Heeley City Farm already export excess electricity to the grid at certain times of years and the house that he built...
Comment
30 Dec 2001
We entered the new millennium, full of hope that a new era was dawning - an era of peace and prosperity for all - so it is hard to be positive about the events of recent weeks. But there were things that needed to be said, so we decided to publish a Special Edition of Positive News to voice...
Going Local — Globally
29 Dec 2001
A Member of the European Parliament has called for a new policy of localisation, which would help local people, all over the world, to achieve genuine sustainability
Alternative Mansion House Speech
30 Sep 2001
'It is time for a balanced environmental budget with action on climate change to avoid ecological bankruptcy.' Presenting his Alterna-tive Mansion House speech at the Glaziers Hall in London, the New Economics Foundation's Andrew Simms said, 'It's time for the government to get radical with social investment and sustainable local economics. Time to create a vision of an environmental...