Check out www.howies.co.uk, especially the "life" page from the "think" menu which gives the top 10 reasons why winter beats summer, and the "corporations" page which had an excellent story about a giant frog talking to an industrialist. ;)

Clare, an update on that Heath & Heather company thing. I've done a bit of investigating (because I also have their Nettle and Peppermint teas) and have found the following information.. it's not good ( Read more... )

Let's stop Tesco ruining everything they touch and expanding like a painful unstoppable virus: http://www.tescopoly.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=85

As reported on the BBC News site "Asda faces £850,000 tribunal cost": http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/4702236.stmThose Walmart corporate gits are finally gonna be given a nice slap. They're no different over here than over there. I work across from one and refuse to ever shop there, and I strongly recommend everyone else avoids them too ( ( Read more... )

This petition can be done in just a few seconds. It's to request mandatory labelling on all animal products based on Genetically Modified Organisms. https://ctk.greenpeace.org/genetic-engineering/ctk-collectors/respond?item%5fid=1217430

As usual, please get as many people as you can to sign it. Thanks.

I was looking around the Internet for sites related to ethical buying and came across a site for the Ethical Tea Partnership (http://www.ethicalteapartnership.org) who seem to provide vague information about some form of ethical partnership with tea companies. Included are R Twining & Company Ltd (make Twinings products), Unilever (make PG Tips ( Read more... )

Please read the following letter I've sent to DEFRA's Plant Variety Right Office and Seeds division and consider sending them a message too. The letter is taken from BanTerminator.org and slightly edited to take into account dates passed:

To: enquiries.pvro@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Subject: Genetic Use Restriction Technology Seeds

Message:Dear Minister ( Read more... )

Most folk probably haven't seen the Spanner Films documentary called Drowned Out, so I'll give you a brief overview of what it's about. In India there lie (or at least used to until recently) villages all along the Narmada valley, an idyllic, beautiful and thriving valley home to hundreds of thousands of people along it's length, and along it's ( Read more... )

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Joanne Delaney was sacked from Dunnes Stores after 4 years service for wearing a union badge to work. Please click on the link below and add your support by the email form page. You only need to fill in your name and email address. The letter is already written out (which you're free to amend) Leave a comment