Time to Get Ugly │ Fertile Resistance Posted on 15 May 202317 August 2023 When the means of subsisting correctly have slipped into the hands of psychopaths, there must be fertile resistance from those that wish to keep living outside of this assault. For time this need for fertile resistance has been established and evident for all who search and ponder. If there is… Read more
Foraging and Frolicking Posted on 16 April 202316 April 2023 Foraging wild plants for food, medicinal or cosmetic purposes is one of the many ways of developing a meaningful connection to our earth. The earth we all depend on as earth beings and that makes our lives possible to begin with! Oft forgotten, minimised or shunned, this ancestral, vital, unsynthesized,… Read more
The English Snail Posted on 21 March 202112 December 2021 L’Escargot Anglais – The Englishman Who Wanted To Clean France So proud of this guy, @lescargotanglais aka Eddie Platt aka The English Snail, the co-author and star of our book. He’s the crazy English guy spreading his love for France, the planet and humans far and wide. Impossible to stay indifferent where… Read more
Support Life, Not Death Posted on 9 March 202112 December 2021 In spite of being aware of the state of the world and having somewhat made peace with it all, it still disappoints me to find manmade rubbish left so carelessly behind. Whether it was dropped in a city, or sneakily thrown from a window on the motorway, it is likely… Read more
Eat Plastic Posted on 3 November 202012 December 2021 Just 1 cigarette butt can pollute 500 litres of water. 80% of the litter found in the oceans, rivers and waterways is from land. By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the sea.Plastic never disappears, like seriously never, but it can take upwards of 450 years to… Read more
Single-Use Madness Posted on 18 October 202012 December 2021 In 2015, we learnt that 90% of seabirds on our planet have ingested plastic when the results of a study by British and Australian scientists was published. Now, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn it is 100%. If that wasn’t bad enough, it is actually 100% of animals on earth,… Read more
We Don’t Have a Climate Change Problem Posted on 10 October 202012 December 2021 We don’t have a climate change problem. We have a human problem. We have a lack of respect for each other and our home problem. We have an unbalanced sense of entitlement problem. Read more
Real Living Ones Posted on 1 October 20207 December 2021 Let’s talk about plants, real living natural ones, not plastic ornamental ones that only end up in landfill and polluting our beautiful, natural environment. Why are *real* plants in the home important?– Can improve air quality– Reduce stress– Procure feelings of joy– They look good Now we are all super… Read more
Eat Less Meat Posted on 28 August 202012 December 2021 Just over a year ago, I decided to stop eating animal products… why? It wasn’t the easiest choice as I was a keen meat eater and I already felt pretty good about myself as I would go to great lengths to get my meat-fix from organic and “ethical” vendors, avoiding supermarkets, industrial… Read more
Sauvage Méditerranée Posted on 15 August 202030 December 2021 Upcycled earrings by Sauvage Mediterranee – made with sea glass collected in the #calanquesdemarseille and lovingly assembled by a small team of real people in an artisanal workshop, nestled in the Provence region of France. It’s true that I’m a recovering fast-fashion, beauty-trend coveting, shopaholic who shamefully spent far too much precious energy on… Read more